First Amendment Law Committee

When staff are just starting out on their NVQ and SVQ in Health and Social Care, or when new staff who have qualified from abroad start working in the UK they can be uncertain and confused by the different terms, such as policy, regulations, legislation, etc. NVQ and SVQ Assessors can also be uncertain of the differences.

In many ways the starting point to understanding the differences is actually Government policy.

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It is the limitation engendered by an in depth study of individual subject matters and specialized disciplines that shortchange us in understanding the otherwise comprehensive and integrated natural reality. As much as it is imperative that every reality and phenomenon is studied from every angle and perspective, seen a piece at a time and condition it is of paramount importance that at the end or anywhere and everywhere it makes sense that it be looked at in a generalized and comprehensive manner.

It has become a common scene and experience to observe a reality by specialty and confine our vision of it to the same spectacle by which we trained to look at and interpret. Such a narrow vision of specialized training has its merits of course as it has its demerits or drawbacks. Since the major intent of this writing is not to indulge in the merits and demerits of specialized studies it would make better sense to jump to the intent of the paper and leave the reader with short introductory note as it is.

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The instant we are born into this world, we embark on a challenging, lifelong journey of learning. We start out learning basic things like walking and talking. From there we enter school, where we take on the alphabet, socializing and writing, as well as reading and arithmetic. Then it goes on and on. Many teenagers think that learning stops after high school or college, but in reality, learning goes on until the end of our lifetimes. Some things we excel at, some we are just okay with, and other things we are embarrassed to show people how little we know. Why is this? Why do we all comprehend and excel at learning things at various skill levels? The answers to that can be found in the Five Laws of Learning, and they are as follows:

1. The Law of Doing. Hands on, otherwise known as experience, teaches us best. The connection between actually doing something and our brain is a strong one. So, when you are learning something new, don’t just discuss how to do it, or read about how to do it…Do It.

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The united states federal government maintains numerous law enforcement agencies throughout it’s many departments with a myriad of roles and responsibilities. Some of the more well known federal law enforcement agencies are the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), The United States Marshal’s service (USMS) and the United States Secret Service (USSS). Each of these federal agencies has very different roles and responsibilities within the law enforcement community. There are several dozen federal agencies in existence and their responsibilities run the gamut from static protection of federal lands and buildings to proactive patrol, protection and investigations.

Federal law enforcement agencies are able to enforce both federal as well as state laws throughout the united states and possess full police powers granted to them under the United States Code. Most law enforcement officers employed by federal agencies are not referred to as police officers but are officially designated as ‘Special Agents’. Many federal agencies maintain both plain clothes as well as a uniformed division, one well known example of this is the United States Secret Service. Although many in the public are familiar with the neat, well dressed men and women who they see shadowing the president of the united states where ever he goes and speaking frequently in to their coat sleeves, what many people don’t know is that there is also a uniformed division that is responsible for protecting the White House, the US vice presidents official home in Washington as well as protecting foreign diplomatic missions in the Washington DC federal district.

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