Essay On Police Brutality In Peru

Police brutality is steadily becoming a more relevant issue in most countries worldwide. It's quite surprising to see these people who supposedly work to protect the general population but instead are now causing more and more harm and confusion. Stemming from various social issues, primarily racism and various other forms of discrimination, it seems that at times that minorities can be targeted more than the rich upper classmen in society. Especially if a country is known to have a higher rate of hate-crimes. The delegation of Peru, is aware of their reputation as a reasonably violent country and are working towards bettering all potentially problematic areas in order to reduce overall violence. Peru has/is currently dealing with various complications regarding police brutality most of which emanate from problems between the police and judicial system that mainly result in poor conditions …show more content…
One of the first steps to doing so is by improving the overall conditions of the police officers. Officers lack in pay, resources, infrastructure, population and morale amongst other things. The delegation of Peru believes that by increasing the pay of police officers not only will the general morale be uplifted, but, more people might seek interesting in becoming officers themselves. Actions can also be taken to create more extensive training for future officers and to make it so that the position as a police officer is one to be held exclusively, as a full time job. By following through with all suggestions and enforcing better conditions for officers, not only will the rates of corruption most probably decrease, but the stigma against the police will too, making it so that the general population and the officers can maintain a peaceful and beneficial