Police Essay

Is Police Brutality Becoming A Problem? We are no longer looking at police as heroes, but as deceitful criminals. Police brutality has always been around in the nation and now it is happening prevalently. When witnessing a police officer abusing his or her power that incites anger in citizens. When we are an actual victim of police brutality we become afraid. Once we realize no one will punish the officer for the crime they committed, we become angry and afraid. Who is left to call when we are…

For starters, there is a large difference between “power” and “discretion.” In police organizations, power is held at the top of the organization, or “pyramid,” and from their power flows downwards, as does accountability. Discretion on the other hand is held greatly by the lower ranking individuals inside the organization. If individual officers did not have discretionary powers then they would be spending all of their time trying to get permission to perform everyone role and aspect of their…

part of our death system, the police have been put in place to prevent death. However, why is it that throughout history, the police have neglected their duty to prevent death? In the book, Death, Society, and Human Experience, the death system is a structure built upon many different components. People, place, times, objects, and symbols together…

Police Brutality has been a long part of American history. It’s ugly, but true. What exactly is police brutality? What causes it? Is it avoidable? Who is exactly the blame? Police brutality is the use of unnecessary or over excessive force. Police brutality long existed through the Industrial Revolution of the US, in the 1960. While the most common form of police brutality is physical. Police brutality can be considered if the use of nerve gas, clubs, pepper spray or guns are used to…

The image of a police officer is shown to be very strong morally and mentally but in reality, policing actually has significant effects on the officer’s personal life. Effects on police officers have not been focused on until recently with all the studies, but all of these effects have later described have been involved and have been a part of daily stresses since the beginning of policing. The work life of a police officer effects officers like having to deal with stressful situations, effects…

career in the police industry. Police officers are employed by the state and agencies which deal with local law enforcement. A job in the police department simply entails • Reducing crime • Enforcing traffic safety • Investigation • Working in jails • Testifying in courts in cases they are involved You have to be ready to accept responsibility, work as a team, meet daily challenges, and gain the respect of your community. There are different roles in the police department. • Police Officers…

The police are supposed to convey an idea of a higher law that is supposed to protect us citizens from criminals and other objects that are able to harm us. Yet, in recent years, these “enforcers” have shown us a different side of protection. These past couple of years, newspapers and articles have all shown predicaments where our so-called “pure and all knowing” law enforcers kill or harm innocent citizens that have done no harm to us. This just shows how abusive they are. Although there are…

Statement: Misconduct within in the police department contributes to how police officers operate on the frontline which causes corruption within the community. Research Reasons Based on: “Police Quotas, Reclassification of Police Reports, and Stop and Frisk” (five videos) Sometimes as a society we tend to only look at the small picture, when in all actuality we need to take a look at the bigger picture. In the media police officers are portrayed as the cause for police brutality and…

From 2010 to 2012 there was 1,217 deadly police shootings. Blacks, ages 15 to 19, were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, whereas only 1.47 per million white people were killed at the hands of police officers (Wihbey and Kille). In years following September 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina, cases of police brutality spiked. In the 2000s, police departments started using tasers for an alternative to other deadly forces, which caused more than 150 suspects to die after the device was used on…

is the oath that all police officers take. This says that they will serve the community, but is rolling down the streets in older models of current military vehicles considered serving? The definition of militarization is to equip with military forces and defenses and also to adapt for military use (Merriam-Webster) .The police departments around the nation are over militarized and instead of a riot shield barrier between the police and its community I advocate for the police personnel to…