Since 9/11, around 5,000 Americans have been killed by U.S. police officers. This is almost equal to the number of American soldiers that lost their lives on duty in Iraq. Besides this, there are thousands of cases of police misconduct every year. Over the past few years, police power is beginning to grow at an alarming rate. Police power is defined as “The inherent authority of a government to impose restrictions on private rights for the sake of public welfare, order, and security”. This means police officers are allowed to take whatever action they think is necessary to protect the public and keep order. Some people in the U.S. say police misuse their power and should be punished, but others say police officers are taking the right actions, to keep everyone safe. This is a very delicate issue and has been brought up multiple times just in recent years. So the question arises, should police power in the U.S. be limited. Considering all the misuse of police power in the U.S., the power officers possess needs to be limited and the only way to do that is by limiting their use of guns.
Over the past years, police power has been growing at an …show more content…
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, about one officer gets killed on the line of duty every 58 hours. This is one of the main reasons why some people want police officers to get more power. They want police officers to be able to protect themselves more fully against criminals and take whatever action they deem necessary. But this number doesn’t even come close to the 5,000 American civilians killed every year, in recent years, by police officers (Mint Press News). Besides this, there are rarely ever any cases of police officers getting shot. But there are at least two or three cases of civilians getting shot by officers in the U.S.
Over the past years, police power has been growing at an …show more content…
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, about one officer gets killed on the line of duty every 58 hours. This is one of the main reasons why some people want police officers to get more power. They want police officers to be able to protect themselves more fully against criminals and take whatever action they deem necessary. But this number doesn’t even come close to the 5,000 American civilians killed every year, in recent years, by police officers (Mint Press News). Besides this, there are rarely ever any cases of police officers getting shot. But there are at least two or three cases of civilians getting shot by officers in the U.S.