Relationships In Law Enforcement

Recently, the true intentions of law enforcement have been questioned due to the various, unnecessary deaths caused by police. Because of these unfortunate events, communities have begun to not trust police officers and others of law enforcement. This divide has caused many to target the very ones who are to serve and protect. The lack of trust the citizens feel has also caused several in law enforcement to become paranoid and afraid for their lives when on the job. Many communities believe that their law enforcements view them as inferior and abuse their power. To eliminate the divide between law enforcement and citizens, police should be assigned time to interact and create relationships in their area to increase the public’s knowledge of …show more content…
Surprisingly, not many laws are viewed as common knowledge and require some research. More often than not, almost everyone has broken a law that they might not have known was even a law. For example, in the state of Alabama alone, many are seen riding bikes without helmets, but the law requires a helmet to be worn. This law is universal, but some children and adults break this law simply because they are uninformed. By having police start to interact with younger citizens, first, this increases the likeliness of a decrease in crime. However, it is important to continue this relationship with children because they are influenced by those around them and may forget the laws they have been taught. Although informing children helps, making an impression on older generations is also important. Children learn from the adults whom they respect, therefore by reaching out to adults as well as children decreases the distrust and suspicion citizens feel toward police …show more content…
To make all of these goals a reality, law enforcement should interact with society. Not only would this decrease crime rate, but it would create a relationship between citizens and law enforcement as well. This relationship would also diminish the sense of fear between the public and police and ultimately rebuild the trust lost between the two in recent years. Rebuilding trust and forming relationships creates a better environment for both law enforcement and the citizens they serve. While police do have busy schedules, they should be assigned time to interact with society because investing more time into the communities they serve would, in the long term, would make their jobs easier. If change is not made regarding officers of the law interacting with the citizens they serve, the unfortunate and unnecessary trend of deaths caused by police would increase by a substantial amount, forcing citizens to continue to distrust police and other members of law