Category: Police

Racial profiling, as well as the use of deadly force, have really given our nation something to talk about, whether it be a causal political conversation with a neighbor or a worldwide news post with millions of comments about a helpless ethnic individual that was gunned down unnecessarily by a law enforcement officer for simply…

Historical analysis of Policing Reactive (Traditional) Policing – police respond when a call comes in stating that a crime has occurred. Upon arrival the patrol service take a report then pass the investigation over to the detectives branch. At this point, the patrol service officer(s) would return to their patrol vehicle or station, awaiting next…

The police play an important role in the american society. When people think about police, they think about enforcing laws, catching criminals, helping out the public which make them feel safe. However this does not apply just in the united states but worldwide. Some people might know the concepts of the police system in the…

Can the use of excessive force on African Americans by police officers be justified by their motto to protect and to serve ? According to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frank Edwards, Hedwig Lee, and Michael Esposito found that about 1 in 1,000 African American men and boys in America can expect to…

There is a difference in knowing you are black and in understanding what it means to be black in America. Before I was ten I knew what it was to step off the sidewalk to let a white man pass.  Margaret Walker The issue of the abuse of power in high positions is something…

Imagine hearing on the news where someone is being accused for not corruptating during an arrest. In most of these cases it is the polices word against theirs. How does anyone really know the truth? With police wearing body cameras there would be footage of the arrest taking place. Therefore helping to hopefully clear up…

In this essay I will focus on some of the problems with police officers. I will talk about homicide trends, drug overdose trends, and gun control trends. I will talk about my concerns. I will talk about the problem with racism in police departments. I will talk about crime and police conduct, race relations, gun…

On October 2019, an African American was shot at his own apartment by a police officer because she thought that he was an intruder. She was charged with murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. For the past century, there has been a lot of cases in which police officers have acted out…

There has been a lot of news and social media coverage on police brutality and shootings leading to a push for police retraining. The aftermath of events like Ferguson, Missouri, New York, Baltimore, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Has led to the development of many social activist groups such as Black Lives Matter, Cops Watch, and Cop…

The consensus of most people is that people who are facing police brutality are the ones who are committing the crime that deserve the punishment. Where does the law stand with what is police brutality and what is not? How does everyone figure out what punishments deserve this? Well, in America, there are several different…