Police Community Relations Essay Topics

One of the most controversial topics today is police-community relations. From racial profiling to shooting at unarmed civilians, to protests that endanger police. How can we make today’s community safer for both civilians and law enforcement? Some cities and towns communities have great relationships between both while others do not. The community should trust in law enforcement while in turn law enforcement should feel a mutual support. Every police department has their own way of having a relationship with the community. One of the factors that we have to look at is the makeup of the community. A police department in rural Bristol, New Hampshire may handle situations differently than places like Chicago, Illinois. In cities like Chicago, there’s going to be more resource for the police department to use since the police force will be much bigger. Talking to Sgt. Guarnieri about how Bristol Police Department interacts with the citizens they serve, he states that although “easier to achieve these results in a small town like Bristol...many of the residents know many of the officers here by first name. We try to be a presence at community held events and make ourselves …show more content…
Some believe that the name “Black Lives Matter” is racist to all of the other race, and believes that “All Lives Matter” is more appropriate. On the Black Lives Matter “About” page, they exclusively say “When we say Black Lives Matter, we are broadening the conversation around state violence to include all of the ways in which Black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands of the state.” Is it mocking when other groups, such as police, using terms like “Blue Lives Matter?” These are the divides that needs to be fixed to promote a healthy community relations with police and community, and we cannot afford for communities to be “us vs