Police Essay

Throughout the years, the US has faced cases of police brutality. It’s a controversial topic within many different communities all over. Police brutality gives law enforcement a negative image prior to many departments not giving proper training in nonviolent situations, unreasonable use of force, minorities are unfairly targeted, and police officers getting away with misconduct. To begin with many officers in law enforcement are not receiving the proper training. For instance every officer…

Anthony, your examples of the steps your city’s police department have taken and the idea that it should be easily applied to homeland security makes complete sense. I fear that one of the issues that prohibits successful communication and trust between a police department and its’ citizens, is the size of the department and the city or county that they serve. I currently work in a city of approximately 55,000 people and I’d say for the most part, the citizens are very trusting of our department…

My personal experience with a police officer was different than I thought it was going to be. I used to live next to a K9 unit police officer and my first thought was he is going to be a real mean person. When I got to know he wasn't like the media put K9 units as, he was nice. He showed me his personal camera that he wears to keep him safe from lies. Also from the media is how they leave the facts in the back and bring up race and being brutal to the person. A quote from Alexa Morelli, an…

Use of Force Paper What is use of force in police work; well for one thing it is unescapable and goes hand in hand with doing your job as a police officer. In many situations the lives of ordinary people and officers can be taken if use of force is not used properly or when necessary. There are so many different scenarios that can come into play when an officer decides to use force. Also they have to think about is it justified, have they had the proper training and is the department going…

Introduction This paper will describe three types of police plans which could be used after a natural disaster such as a category 5 hurricane slamming into a town. We will go over how each of the plans would be implemented justify our reasons for doing it that way. In responding to a disaster law enforcement plays a big role in helping the community and its safety. Police Departments know the community the best and know how to interact with them during any crisis. This will help them…

challenges for police to effectively respond to domestic violence. Police do not need to always arrest the batterer. It was found that most battering suspects discontinued their aggressive behavior even if they were not arrested by police (Miller, Hess, Orthmann, 2014, p. 437). This shows mandatory arrest policies for all batterers may be unnecessary and tie up a communities limited resources away from identifying the worst offenders and the victims at the greatest risk. By police simply…

Interrogation can sometimes be the only way the police can solve a crime. Police have to use the tactics at the right time to have the suspect talk. Many times, the police start by getting to know the suspect. The interrogators learn about the suspect’s family, friends, job and hobbies. Anything the police think might be useful to get to the truth, they find out. The differences every person has are important to know. The uniqueness every person has is important to acknowledge. An interrogator…

Thesis Statement: To protect the police and also members of the community, The United States should implement the use of body-worn cameras to each police department to document every encounter between the police and the public. I. Since America was first discovered, law enforcement has played an important role in the development of the American culture. A. Law enforcement is needed to maintain order. 1. Police officers protect and serve the public in many ways. 2. America would be in…

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…

caused a controversial flame, leading to questions being raised about how much citizens should trust law enforcement and whether or not law enforcement should visually document their encounters. Currently, police officers are required…