Officer Nighthorse acted in this case just as any officer should have. When he received the call to the Qwiki Mart, he rushed over and received descriptions of the burglar from both the victim and the clerk. After finding Jesse Caufield, a teen who matched the description of the robber, he also discovered the victim’s wallet and a wet Blazers hat in Jesse’s possession. These two pieces of evidence further suggested Jesse Caufield as the thief. The officer did his job by handcuffing the teen.…
When dealing with small town police departments, many issues tend to arise when comparing the problems faced in a small town to an urban environment (Johnson, 2000). Some factors that small-town areas face include budget constraints, response time difficulties, and community relations (Gordner, 2006). These issues greatly affect rural areas due to a high poverty rates, low unemployment, and detrimental funding issues (Gordner, 2006). These problems cause small-town police departments to have difficulties in funding the detrimental services which are often required by law enforcement (Ioimo et al., 2011). One factor that is directly affecting small police departments in rural crime trends such as the severe prevalence of violent crimes (Johnson,…
In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko discusses in chapter five the use of police in the 1970s. He starts of by mentioning Sam Ervin a senator from North Carolina who would try fight then President Richard Nixon Administration stance on the no knock warrant. At the time the main focus for any political election was showing the public that they were tough on crime in order to tally up votes. This started to set up policies and agencies that will soon begin the war on drugs. First thing was the no knock warrant that allowed police to obtain a warrant that doesn't require them to knock if they believed a suspect was going to destroy evidence.…
Ava DuVernay's compelling new documentary breaks the silence on police brutality. This visual invitation to a history most refuse to acknowledge. A Netflix original, 13th, reveals a rather disturbing phenomena on modern day slavery. Lined up with writers, activist and United States attorneys, this film ranges from a political standpoint on a very disturbing and shunned past. This documentary, incredibly hard to watch and powerful enough to awaken even the simplest of minds.…
Annotated bibliography St. Louis Protests: A Guide to the Police-Shooting Case This article goes into how another case of police shooting and how the police was acquitted with all murder charges. This case happened in 2011 but the case was just finished this past weekend, first this case was about a suspected drug dealer who was fatally shot, by the cop because the cop feared for his live and also said that he saw the suspect with a gun. Also it brings up a good question why was this former officer charged with first degree murder when they usually know it’s hard to convict a police man for first degree, at times it’s even better to charge them with manslaughter which is a lot better than charging an officer with murder. Another thing that this article mentions is that this drug deal started on foot but the suspect ended running back to his car which started a high speed chase, which the officer said I saw a gun, cops are trained to use force when they see a suspect with a gun or even if they believe it’s a gun they are likely to shoot.…
Sympathy is defined as sorrow or pity for someone's misfortune (according to google). But this sympathy is not the sympathy for someone else but for me alone. Have you ever seen the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop. One of the funniest movies on the planet according to me. The humor is awesome and the way they made the movie was so good it made me want to… well we’ll get there soon.…
Ever since sophomore year of high school I’ve always wanted to become a police officer. When we were told to go to the website ihaveaplaniowa.gov to take tests to figure out what kind of jobs we would like, corrections were one of the first results. I knew I didn’t want corrections, but something along those lines seemed to sound right for me. I thought about it then I knew I wanted to be a police officer. Dealing with crimes while they were taking place, chasing down ‘bad guys’, and just simple community services to make people’s lives easier.…
The New York Police Department has grown significantly over the past 160 years. Now there are a little under 35,000 uniformed officers vigilance officers in the streets and 51,000 employees overall. There are 8 million people in New York City with a ratio of 4.18 police officer per 1,000 people. The NYPD mission was to improve the lifestyle of the city by “enforce the law, preserve the peace, reduce fear, and provide for a safe environment” (NYPD Mission). The NYPD duties are “enforcing laws, conducting patrols, issuing citations, investing crimes, collecting evidence, arresting suspects, completing paperwork and testifying in courts” (Work).…
every year, new enforcement officers make an oath to protect the citizens and the city before joining the police department for the first time. No matter what the situation is the police officers will be there when people need help. However, gradually people are losing faith in police officers after many incidents where police officers had to attend the court for committing crimes. one of the officer was Darren Wilson, who did shot and killed Michael Brown. Luckily he was found innocent because he was defending himself.…
Lois Simmie wrote the biography of Sgt John Wilson after being interested in the story by reading a book about John Wilson. The book that Lois had read was called Murder in Uniform by Christina Stewart and Lynn Hudson, it told the story of John Wilson but was missing some information. Lois told many people the story, many did not know that the story was a big part of Saskatchewan history, she got the opportunity to write the story and have it published. Lois Simmie traveled to Scotland with the help of her son who purchased a ticket for her so that she could see all of the places she was writing about. Lois Simmie wrote the biography of Sgt.…
To begin with, the view that Balko has as to why the force should be wasting a ton of money on rescuing kittens, friendlies neighborhood beats, or anything that is important to society, other than using the money for the military. The police department has changed through the years, and Balko mentions those changes through the years has affected the way we operate today. The police were very difficult through the years, they are now willing to kill “innocent people”. The police is taking out (killing) animals that belong to the criminal, suspect, or even victimized. They are creating chaos in this world, and more and more riots, will be created if it continues.…
In the Frontline documentary Policing the Police, writer and historian Jelani Cobb investigates the problems facing the Newark Police department. The film specifically follows the gang unit whose main focus is getting guns off the street. In the background Cobb explains what he is witnessing and what he’s learning from it. Cobb explains how the police can only stop people with legal justification, but 75% of the time there was no legal justification. There is no trust between the members of society and the police and vice versa.…
He says "I found out the crime don 't matter. You can do one thing or can do another, kill a man or take a tire off a car,…
Christie's view is that crime is a socially constructed he argues that crime is a trivial concept, one that is decided as much my society than by law. Thought his book "A Suitable Amount of Crime" he observes the vast differences between countries over what is considered a crime, and how those who carry out acts that are criminal are punished. Christe further argues that crime is a social and cultural creation and is closely bound by people's perceptions of norms and values. In my opinion I agree with Christe I believe that an action becomes crimes through a process of social construction a simple example of the social construction of crime is that a behaviour can be considered a criminal act in one society and not a criminal act in another…
Meursault remembered, “He added that he knew all about cops and how to handle them. Then he asked me if I’d expected him to hit the cop back. I said I wasn’t expecting anything, and besides I didn’t like cops. Raymond seemed pretty happy” (37).…