Since the mid-1950s, suicide rates around the world have risen by 60%. Rates among young people have risen even faster, to the point where they are now the age group at highest risk in 35% of the world’s countries. The specific demographics, however, vary from country to country. China’s pattern, for example, is very different from that of most other countries. China has a suicide mortality rate of 23:100,000, with a total of 287,000 deaths by suicide each year.
I believe the BART police department only required 6 hours of training prior to use of the gun. I feel that law enforcement do as much as they can to make sure that every decision they make in the community is ethically sound. It is just that from time to time, cases like the one that happen on New Year’s Eve, 2009 is a reminder that society is constantly evolving and to be a productive part of the society, law enforcements have to keep one finger on its pulse and adapt accordingly. There could have been more support and better direction at the train station. One officer was quoted as saying,” incident was one of the most frightening he had experienced
Over the past year the rate of robberies has increased by more than 1,000. Philadelphia has a poverty rate of 25% percent, which is currently the highest percentage in the United States. Philadelphia developing] a large population and high poverty rate robbery higher than that of Baltimore. Baltimore having a population of 639,919 is a metropolitan area that is located in the state of Maryland. The city of Baltimore has had 3,336 robberies in 2010 .
Since then, police brutality has increased by nearly 50% in many states and convictions for the cases reported, has remained at the same rate of 18%. Johnson, K. The US Weekly. (December 12, 2007). Retrieved February 26, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-17-copmisconduct_n.htm. The issues behind police brutality can be analyzed in several ways.
Imagine waking up every morning wondering if there’s going to be another day coming, these are the thoughts of policemen and women day in and day out. A police officer doesn’t just have to be physically fit but they also have to be mentally and emotionally stable, they go through things daily that an average person possibly won’t experience in one’s life time. Once an officer gets that call they don’t know what they are getting themselves into they just have this general idea of what they could be potentially facing. Police officers get calls daily dealing with weapons, alcohol, drugs, and even violence, it is very common that an officer can be injured in their line of work. They also have the possible dangers of coming
Sherika Chiles November 18, 2014 Police Administration Officer Hiring Process Back in the early days of policing, basically anyone who would accept the policing job was hired for the position. It is not that way anymore, now one must work hard to become an officer and pass many tests. A police officer does not just simply drop off an application, have an interview with the boss, and secure a job. There are many requirements that must be fulfilled before hand in order for someone to become an police officer in today’s society. The Police departments Administrators work really hard to try and recruit the perfect individuals, finding acceptable recruits is extremely important and not to just the police departments but to us citizens
border of those attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico without authorization from the Federal government of the United States. The number of deaths has steadily increased since the middle 1990s with exposure (including heat stroke, dehydration, and hyperthermia) being the leading cause. According to the United States Border Patrol, 1,954 people died crossing the U.S–Mexico border between the years 1998-2004. In the fiscal year ending September 29, 2004, 460 migrants died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2005, more than 500 died across the entire U.S.-Mexico border.
Dennis Rader and the BTK Killings According to Wikipedia Dennis Rader was born on March 4th, 1954 to Dorothea Mae and William Rader. He was the oldest of four children. In 1971 Dennis married his wife, Paula. Three years into his marriage and one year before his son was born, Dennis Rader committed his first crime, strangling a family of four and taking a radio and watch from the home. A few months later he stabbed and strangled a woman.
The study examined all reported incidents of “targeted violence” since 1900 and found that 60 percent of the 272 cases of college violence have occurred in the last 20 years. About 30 percent of the total number of reported cases occurred between 2000 and 2008, the study said. In the recent years, many high profile shootings such as Columbine High School shooting in 1999, leaving 14 students (including shooters) and one teacher killed and 27 others wounded; 9 shot dead, 15 injured at Birney Elementary School in 2010 and the most infamous Virginia Tech massacre where 32 were killed wounded 25 others in 2007 have made the topic of concealed carrying one of the most talked of topics in America and an important political agenda. Below is a list of some of the high causality shootings in the last
According to the article, Fire Away, in one year, there are 31,224 people die from gun violence, 12,632 people are murdered, 683 children and teens kill themselves and 17,352 people kill themselves (Grunwald 36). Total death about gun violence is 61208 which mean one person dies in every five thousand in the United States. In one day, 8 children and teens die from gun violence, 86 people die from gun violence, and 35 people are murdered (Grunwald 36). In an industry figures shows about gun homicides, there was about six thousand in 1966. Compare twenty-nine years late which was 1995, it was increased to be 15835 gun homicides which is about 86 percent ascent (Jost 1108).