Police Officer Stereotypes

Francis Scott Key repeats one line throughout the entirety his famous poem The Star-Spangled Banner, "O 'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." But is this true? Currently some minority groups may disagree, and instead refer to America as the home of prejudice, injustices and corruption. And rightfully so in the wake of the mysterious shootings of minority members by police who were exonerated and received no punishment in almost every case. The one exception was the shooting in North Charlotte were the entire incident was recorded by a bystander who gave the footage to the New York Times, for fear that the police of North Charlotte may try use censorship to cover up the incident. In reaction to the recent highly questionable …show more content…
The problem created by law enforcement officers stereotyping individuals is that they tend o target and falsely accuse members of certain backgrounds because of the perceptions about the individual, based on a stigma that creates a negative image for the members of the group. What follows is discrimination by officers that reifies and creates the culture need for the formation of institutionalized discrimination within law enforcement agencies. When discrimination is present in law enforcement agencies a deviant subculture, which results in officers breaking the laws that they are to up hold and exemplify in order to enforce the laws. This deviant subculture can lead to individuals who occupy law enforcement roles to experience a phenomenon where there are conflicting roles expectations (norms or behaviors) associated with, in this case, being an officer. So the deviant behavior in the officers that have been involved in the high questionably shooting of minorities many have been experiencing role strain that hampered their ability to perform their …show more content…
However, while mandating that law enforcement officers wear bodies may have many positive benefits the question is how officers will react to the mandate. Officers may decide that body cameras are excessive, since that already have dash-cameras. Also, they may fear that the public has unrealistic role expectations for how officers perform their duties have apprehension about how the public will respond the footage officers performing their duties. In addition, there may be the issue of corruption in a law enforcement agency, as is suspected in some agencies, which may cause tampering or censoring of what is in footage in order to hind the crimes of members of the law enforcement. To confront these issues law enforcement officers need to be convinced that the benefits of wearing the body