Brandon, I enjoyed reading your discussion post for this week’s assignment concerning social equity themes in law enforcement. As you stated, there must be a balance between law enforcement departments and their local communities that allows for the protection of both induvial rights of the citizens and the safety of the members of the local law enforcement departments (Cronkhite, 2013). A few weeks ago, I had an experience dealing with our local sheriff’s department personnel were they more than violated my Fourth Amendment protection of unlawful search of part of my property. When I addressed the issues with the officers and asked them that they exit my property, I found them to not only be confrontational but was also told that I could
