Today’s society has changed a lot over the years. Policing has defiantly been and will most likely continue to be a challenge. There are three main eras of policing including: The Political Era, The Reform Era, and The Community Era. I will only talk about two of them being The Political Era, and The Community Era. In this essay I will be including their strengths and weaknesses of the two. I will also be mentioning how some of the issues law enforcements have impacted society today. During the period of 1840-1930, the political era for police officers were established and controlled by the local government agencies. There were a lot of strengths from the political era. Around this time police were doing more than just fighting criminals.
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With community policing, the focus is on stopping crime before it happens, not responding to calls after the crime is done. Community officers gives citizens more control over the quality of life in their community. Community policing means police become part of the neighborhood. This helps police get more involved with their resident's needs and it also helps residents to develop better trust in the police. The community era is a way to promote public safety and better problem solving. Although the political era was way before the community era, the community era took a great source from the political era, the foot patrolling. Community policing strategies incorporate foot watch, problem solving, information gathering, casualty counseling and services, community organizing and discussion, education, walk-and-ride and knock-on-door programs, as well as regular watch, specialized shapes of watch, and fast response to crisis calls for benefit. In Boston, the citizens loved when the officers began foot patrolling, they didn’t want it to stop. So as time went by the officers continued. Research proved it was more than a political thing, it gave the city life, it kept the citizens from living with fear for their community and improved polices attitudes toward the citizens. With more polices present in the neighborhood, the residents feel more secure and safe. A major …show more content…
At the same time, officers can engage with citizens, recognize and illuminate issues, and positively influence their communities on a day by day basis. However, the two issues I think we are facing in the law enforcement would be racism, and police brutality. Racism is the conviction that characteristics and abilities can be credited to individuals simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are predominant to others. Prejudice and segregation have been utilized as capable weapons empowering fear or contempt of others in times of struggle and war, and even during financial downturns. Racial hatred is increasing. There was recently an incident in Kentucky where an officer was accused of racial profiling. Todd Shaw, a veteran law enforcement officer, lost his job after law authorities learned that Shaw had sent racist messages on Facebook. As far as Shaw’s Facebook message “Shaw told a Louisville police recruit it was OK to shoot teenagers caught smoking marijuana if they were black,” I do not agree with this statement. Everybody makes mistakes and smoking marijuana is not a legit reason to shoot or kill a person of any race. I feel as though racism has always been a problem with our society and only getting worse. I personally don’t think there is a way that it will stop, or for us to make it stop. Another issue I feel we are facing is police brutality. A couple of
With community policing, the focus is on stopping crime before it happens, not responding to calls after the crime is done. Community officers gives citizens more control over the quality of life in their community. Community policing means police become part of the neighborhood. This helps police get more involved with their resident's needs and it also helps residents to develop better trust in the police. The community era is a way to promote public safety and better problem solving. Although the political era was way before the community era, the community era took a great source from the political era, the foot patrolling. Community policing strategies incorporate foot watch, problem solving, information gathering, casualty counseling and services, community organizing and discussion, education, walk-and-ride and knock-on-door programs, as well as regular watch, specialized shapes of watch, and fast response to crisis calls for benefit. In Boston, the citizens loved when the officers began foot patrolling, they didn’t want it to stop. So as time went by the officers continued. Research proved it was more than a political thing, it gave the city life, it kept the citizens from living with fear for their community and improved polices attitudes toward the citizens. With more polices present in the neighborhood, the residents feel more secure and safe. A major …show more content…
At the same time, officers can engage with citizens, recognize and illuminate issues, and positively influence their communities on a day by day basis. However, the two issues I think we are facing in the law enforcement would be racism, and police brutality. Racism is the conviction that characteristics and abilities can be credited to individuals simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are predominant to others. Prejudice and segregation have been utilized as capable weapons empowering fear or contempt of others in times of struggle and war, and even during financial downturns. Racial hatred is increasing. There was recently an incident in Kentucky where an officer was accused of racial profiling. Todd Shaw, a veteran law enforcement officer, lost his job after law authorities learned that Shaw had sent racist messages on Facebook. As far as Shaw’s Facebook message “Shaw told a Louisville police recruit it was OK to shoot teenagers caught smoking marijuana if they were black,” I do not agree with this statement. Everybody makes mistakes and smoking marijuana is not a legit reason to shoot or kill a person of any race. I feel as though racism has always been a problem with our society and only getting worse. I personally don’t think there is a way that it will stop, or for us to make it stop. Another issue I feel we are facing is police brutality. A couple of