The police hold an essential role in the relationship between the state and its citizens. Mostly, they are central to discussions of fairness, justice, and equality before the law (Bloch & Solomos, 2009). Notably, the police are a coercive arm of the government through which majority of the public have frequent and direct contact. Bloch and Solomos (2009) assert that “the police are to the government as the edge is to the knife”. Moreover, the police have encounters with the public and shape experience of the government. Therefore, the police must abide by the law and enforce it at the same time. According to Rowe (2012), the police being the public authority that exists, should serve and protect the people. Moreover, they should be guardians
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Mainly, the police uncover the criminal activity through conducting an investigation. Mostly, they patrol in the streets and interact with people from various ethnical and racial backgrounds as they look for any activity that they think is suspicious. Moreover, the British police officers stop cars for traffic violations in the hope of discovering more serious criminality. The police are involved in various activities in an effort to determine the validity of a reported offense. Therefore, they engage with different people as they seek evidence or while they are in the process of enforcing the law. Unfortunately, the discretion is routinely exercised through the prism of race. Mostly, they identify criminal suspects on the basis of skin color or their language..
Generally, the black people are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police in comparison with white people (Murray, 2014). Therefore, comparing the number of stops and search with residents population helps in calculation of the number of stop and search per capita. In the case of England and Wales in 2007 to 2008, the rate of white people was 22 stops per 1,000. On the other hand, the number of black people was 129 per 1,000 and Asian people 27 per …show more content…
The 2012-2013 report indicates that, of those stopped while driving along the road, the black people were highly stopped on various occasions with a proportion of 20 percent stopped five or more times as compared with 6% of white residents (Murray, 2014). Equally, nine percent of Indians and 14 percent Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are stopped and checked by police officers in England and Wales (Murray 2014). The CSEW statistics show that disproportionality in stop and search persist with people from mixed race at 18%, Asians at 15%, and blacks at 17%. Moreover, ethnic groups are mostly likely to have been stopped and checked in a vehicle by police officers compared to white people at 10%. Furthermore, those who are stopped by the police and belong to the minority ethnic groups were more likely to be searched thoroughly (Murray,
Mainly, the police uncover the criminal activity through conducting an investigation. Mostly, they patrol in the streets and interact with people from various ethnical and racial backgrounds as they look for any activity that they think is suspicious. Moreover, the British police officers stop cars for traffic violations in the hope of discovering more serious criminality. The police are involved in various activities in an effort to determine the validity of a reported offense. Therefore, they engage with different people as they seek evidence or while they are in the process of enforcing the law. Unfortunately, the discretion is routinely exercised through the prism of race. Mostly, they identify criminal suspects on the basis of skin color or their language..
Generally, the black people are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police in comparison with white people (Murray, 2014). Therefore, comparing the number of stops and search with residents population helps in calculation of the number of stop and search per capita. In the case of England and Wales in 2007 to 2008, the rate of white people was 22 stops per 1,000. On the other hand, the number of black people was 129 per 1,000 and Asian people 27 per …show more content…
The 2012-2013 report indicates that, of those stopped while driving along the road, the black people were highly stopped on various occasions with a proportion of 20 percent stopped five or more times as compared with 6% of white residents (Murray, 2014). Equally, nine percent of Indians and 14 percent Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are stopped and checked by police officers in England and Wales (Murray 2014). The CSEW statistics show that disproportionality in stop and search persist with people from mixed race at 18%, Asians at 15%, and blacks at 17%. Moreover, ethnic groups are mostly likely to have been stopped and checked in a vehicle by police officers compared to white people at 10%. Furthermore, those who are stopped by the police and belong to the minority ethnic groups were more likely to be searched thoroughly (Murray,