In recent years there has been an uprising against police violence and shootings in various communities in the United States. Many of these communities are determined to make a change and are standing firm in the fight against injustice. Things were no different in Cleveland, Ohio in 2014. Twelve-year-old Tamir Rice, a residence of Cleveland, lived with his mother and siblings on the west side of the city. November 23, 2014 was a rather normal Sunday for Tamir.…
(case study) In making these changes to the department’s overall culture, he ensured involvement of members of all levels of his police force in order to identify natural leaders from all ranks. He listened to their recommendations and allowed everyone an equal opportunity to speak without fear of repercussion. He took this to the next level by developing a strategic planning committee to draft a values statement (this became “Service Pride and Dedication”).…
For every $1 spent building relationships between youth and police today, up to $17 in future justice system costs can be saved. With that in mind, Deanna Davis is on a quest to build 1 million new relationships between youth and the police with her project: bTrue. Deanna created bTRUE as a partnership project between the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston, where she works, and area & Kingston City Police. Deanna, a proud Kingstonian with over 25 years of community involvement experience is working with Constable Josh Conner, the Kingston Police Service’s Youth Programs Officer and YCJA coordinator on the project. They will be taking it to The Breakout Project next week, where they hope to transition the plan from ideation to reality.…
On Monday May 2, 2016 Roseville’s Chief of Police Daniel Hahn came to the Sierra College Gateway Campus to speak with our community justice class. He began by telling us a little about his background and why he became a police officer. Chief Hahn grew up in Oak Park, which is known to be one of Sacramento’s most crime ridden cities. Law Enforcement was always viewed negatively by those who lived there; therefore, growing up Daniel never envisioned that someday he would become a police officer .That being the case, he decided to go to college to achieve a degree in business.…
Public interactions with the police have been highly publicized throughout the news lately. Most of the publicity portrays police officers abusing the system and using violence in order to get the public to do what they want. The technological era is supporting this statement with videos of police officers making questionable decisions. Others believe that police officers are in a tough position and have one of the hardest jobs in the world. They have to make split second decisions that might result in using force in order to get someone into custody.…
It was October 8, 2015, I walked into the police station not knowing what to expect. When I walked to the desk they asked me for my name, and Patrol Officer Jonathan Bransfield greeted me. I was brought behind the desk into the dispatch center where I filled out the paperwork to go on the ride along. After signing the paperwork Officer Bransfield showed me around the station where I was greeted by everyone. Officer Bransfield showed me the temporary holding cells, the booking room, the chief’s office, the severe-weather reporting room, and the detective’s office.…
The police force in today 's society is the main topic of discussion in this essay. In recent news, the media have emphasized police brutality. Mainly attacking blacks, the videos of the beatings have cause riots and protests nationwide. Police are under fire from citizens who believe that their actions against suspects are brutal and not needed, usually happening at traffic stops, burglaries, or disturbances. With the increase in the use of media, come more videos of police abusing or beating suspects while bystanders watch in awe.…
Each year thousands of reports occur involving some sort of police brutality. Police brutality has been in the media for some time now. The media has altered viewpoints of every person in the nation, but could police brutality actually be going on? The legal definition of police brutality is “a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary”. Police brutality is when in any situation a civilian is harmed due to force by a police officer.…
In 1965, the United States faced a combination of an unfair criminal justice system and in response President Lyndon Johnson convened a special commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (Roufa, 2016). The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society issued seven objectives and more than 200 recommendations. According to Roufa (2016), the seven objectives identified the path to reducing crime and maintaining freedom. However, in the interest in time and space this essay will on look at three of the seven objectives. Objective three dealt with the elimination of unfairness.…
Why has the police department learn anything from the Rodney King beating and the aftermath that took place after the verdict? Twenty-five years ago some of us seen the verdict that stunned the city of Los Angeles, where angry crowds gather on the street across the city to protest while others riot. Today we face similar problems with police officers from the situation that happen in Ferguson with the Michael Brown or in New York where Eric Gardner was in a choke hold by a police Officer which he could not breathe and later died. There have been other cases around the world about police officers using excessive force. Some police officers have neglected these issues and do not fully understand the impact it has on a…
INTRODUCTION The act of crime is brought about by breaking the law enforced by the government thus, there is violation of rights entitled to individuals and disruptions of well-being (Brown et al. 2013: 20). The duty of a law enforcement officer is to eradicate crime in a society, it’s to promote peace and ensure safety within a society. Additionally, law enforcement officers are normally seen as law abiding citizens who are tasked with implementing the laws at all jurisdictional levels (Otu 2006: 18). At the same time, some law enforcement officers see themselves as crime fighters, while others consider themselves helpers of those who cannot help themselves.…
Benjamin Spock, a best selling American pediatrician, once said, “Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.” Police brutality is defined as the use of excessive or unnecessary force by police when dealing with a civilian. People in power abusing their ability to take advantage of citizens has always been a problem. In U.S. history, this abuse of power has mainly been directed towards minorities, and to this day still exists. In an effort to solve this issue, we must examine its complications and the best way to approach them.…
What Are the Issues in Policing? Policing has been around for a very long time in society. Policing is simply the duties and tasks that police officers have to perform to maintain law and order in communities. Polices perform such duties as traffic control, criminal investigation, keeping peace, and other helpful services to citizens. Over time, policing has changed tremendously and has had a great effect on today’s society.…
Law enforcement agencies have been using social media over the last few years to enhance their image as well as to inform communities on a range of issues, such as crime prevention, street closures, and various scams. In doing so, they have also discovered that social media can be a powerful tool for law enforcement officers and investigators during criminal investigations. While it will not completely eliminate them form using the traditional methods for an investigation i.e. placing a wanted poster in the post office or a missing child picture on a milk container. This additional resource can assist them with moving an investigation along more effective and efficiently. The use of social media can reach a broader audience and information…
As you are well aware the world is strikingly different and has evolved through constant change. The same may be stated for the military and social media, when I first entered military service in 1977 our social media was personal interaction, slow-mail and phone conversations. Now we acknowledge various mediums that we may use to communicate or keep in touch with family, friends and so forth. The military acknowledges the fact that social media is an intricate part of our culture, social-media benefits the military in a variety of ways from recruiting, and highlighting each individual branch with reports/stories of who they are and what they are accomplishing on home station or around the world, or as a morale boost keeping families separated by long distances in touch.…