The Police

Police Officers and the departments they work have a great influence on society; this holds true for many reasons. Whether you like the police or not, it has been proven that they are an essential part of your community. The police are there to protect and serve those in society. This has held true since 1626, the date in which New York City first founded the New York City Sheriff’s Office. Though the way the police do their job today may not be the same as it was hundreds of years ago, the need…

An audience consisting of police officers, loved ones of police officers, sisters, brothers, uncles, husbands and wives that have ever encountered a police officer, whether on good or bad terms. My idea audience needs to be informed that “winter is coming” and why lines have been drawn and sides have been taken as far as the police and public are concerned. I feel that it’s important for my audience to understand that one day, one of their loved ones whether a police officer or friend, could…

happening at all. Police brutality is the extra use of force that isn 't necessary, in order to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Whether it 's arresting someone for speeding, or theft, there are police men and women who abuse their power and take things to another level. There are many good policemen and women out there, but the corrupt ones are ignored and never really done anything about. My only question is why is it still happening? The scary part is that weapons and the police force are…

to the police force in perspective of their training. We can expect that the training of a police officer involves making sure that the officer is ready to make split second decisions about life or death. An officer usually has very little time to access a situation and chart the best course (Lobobucci, 2014). In such events, it is his training that helps him. So to understand the nature of force, as it applies to the police, we must look at their training. According to the Toronto police, “an…

1. The issue being formulated in this article is that a police officer shot a person to death in the line of duty. Thus, bringing up the concern if police officer shootings should be treated as criminal investigations. 2. The claim that is being made is that police officer shootings should be dealt with independently and treated as criminal investigations. This is because police officer shootings are usual dealt with as part of the investigation that lead to the shooting in the first place.…

believe that police misconduct is outrageous in the United States of America. Even most officers are good and follow proper procedures, we should look at the other side of the problem because sometimes victims are more of perpetrators who share in the blame and the police officer isn’t always in the wrong. Most police officers are good and follow proper procedures. Out of all the police officers in the United States of America there were only 1,100 people killed in 2014 by police…

Leading an Experiment in Police Body Worn Video Cameras Paul Drover and Barak Ariel Roman Mota In the article, Leading an Experiment in Police Body-Worn Video Cameras by Paul Drover and Barak Ariel the authors seek to address the uses and the consequences of police officers wearing Body worn videos (BWV). This experiment took place in Wolverhampton during the time between March and August 2014. This research will be conducted through a Random Controlled Trial, which is where…

Florida. Some local police thought that he was “roughhousing” on the beach and told him to stop. Tremaine asked the officer what he was doing wrong and why he was asking him to stop. According to an article by Huffington Post, the officer simply said, that it was because “he said so.” After Tremaine asked again, the officer told the boy to show them where his mother was and so he proceeded to walk towards where his mother was on the beach. Tremaine’s mother reported that the police jumped off…

danger can isolate the policeman. Authority can cause the citizens that the officer must protect, to see him as an outsider to their community” (Skolnick, 2000). I know that, the Police force are supposed to work together with the community to help get information on crimes committed in the community. However, when the police that patrol that community has committed crimes…

October 2015 Introduction Police violence and shootings are not new topics or just a new emerging trend. The issue has been around for a long time, but it seems that the issue has become a frequent and typical news story. It seems as if Nancy Grace, CNN, Fox, and other major news sources find a new act of police violence to make feature story for their audiences. This is leading to police officers being viewed as “villains” instead of the “good guys”. This police violence epidemic is not…