Police academy

Recently, in Chicago, a worldwide scene has shocked the nation. The question is determined if police brutality was used. Several police officers shot and killed the seventeen year old, Laquan McDonald. One of the police officers, Jason Van Dyke, is accused of shooting the seventeen-year-old about sixteen times to bring the suspect down. Officer Jason Van Dyke was accused and charged with first-degree murder in the month of November no longer than a month after the incident occurred. Jason Van…

“Parenting gone wrong” is a phrase used to describe a child’s bad behaviour when he or she does something unexpected. Many call this phrase harsh because one can never control children. If children behave in a certain way later on in life it can’t be blamed on their upbringing, but does it really have nothing to do with bad parenting when a child feels abandoned and feels that they have been forced to do something they never wanted to? The story “Next term, we’ll mash you”, which is written by…

industry (“Leading By Example”). The Award Academy has also stepped up to solve their own problem. To celebrate more people of color on their board, they have vowed to double the percentage of diversity in their members by 2020. Roughly 683 people, that are deserving, will join the academy board. Of all the invitees, 46% are women and 41% are people of color (Feinberg). Putting more diversity in the Academy does not automatically make it a better Academy but it is progress. It will also set a…

According to a study done by USC, “across 100 top-grossing films of 2012, only 10.8 percent of speaking characters are Black, 4.2 percent are Hispanic, 5 percent are Asian, and 3.6 percent are from other (or mixed race) ethnicities.” Moreover, the remaining 76.3% roles in these films were given to White actors. Whitewashing and misrepresentation needs to stop because, Hollywood and many other forms of media don’t bother with casting POC in movies. Hollywood gets praised for this, and the white…

Have you ever had the passion for creativity? Have you wanted to create movies, videos, or be a famous Youtuber? In an advertisement produced by Samsung titled “The Rest of Us,” Samsung highlights the features of their new phone and products that can be used in film-making and production. In the advertisement, it uses Casey Neistat, a famous YouTuber with over six-million subscribers, to deliver a powerful monologue about creativity. He is known for being a top filmmaker on YouTube, producing…

I graduated from the Weld County Sheriff’s Office Police Academy this year. It was beneficial to understand the viewpoint of an officer who is trying to solve cases daily. Officers face difficult situations every day they are on the streets. I am currently in school to get my Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice…

Ismahan Isse, a Somali-American 29-year-old woman, quit her spot at the Columbus Police Division because of its policy forbidding women to wear a hijab, or headscarf, on the job. She decided to “remain herself,” she told the Dispatch. Even though Isse trained for the position and studied criminal justice, she still decided to quit the academy. Isse did not try this case, instead, she walked away, but should she have? Her rights certainly were violated and something needs to change in the policy…

authoritarian personalities. Building on the efficiency of the police force in their investigative and decision making skills so they are able to deliver justice. These skills can be improved by installing critical thinking in the minds of police officers. Critical thinking will allow the police force to interact in both criminal and civil situations in a diplomatic and objectivity manner so as to increase the confidence of the community. Police and public collaboration will help protect the…

It is very evident or clear that the gender ratio in police stations are uneven. This hasn’t been a problem just recently, no, there has been an obvious unbalancing for decades. Women in large police agencies have been accounted for 14.3% in 1999, 13.0% in 2000, and 12.7% in 2001 (NCWP Publications." National Center For Women and Policing. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2015). What is even more alarming, is the fact that the percentage of women in police agencies is decreasing throughout the years.…

Apex PD Internship Reflection Through my internship with Apex Police I got to experience things I never imagined being allowed to do as an intern. For this very reason I am so glad that I interned with a smaller agency rather than a large one like Raleigh or Durham. All the men in the department treated me very well, but I did experience tension with other females. They organized my internship in a way that I could experience the whole department. They had me go from records, to patrol, to…