Relationship between Private and Public Police Public police are overwhelmed; they cannot possibly protect everyone, and respond to every call in a timely manner. Private police can fill in the gaps that the public police leave, they can also do things that the public police cannot and they are not bound by the same rules. Can the public and private police have a working relationship? In most cases the relationship between public and private police is strained, to say the least. Three studies have been conducted since 1971 to determine what can be done to fix the relationship between the two (Clifford, 2004).
Police are said to have a “we-they or us-them” worldview. This in-group, we (police) v. they (civilians). Solidarity is associated with the idea of police subculture, but in practice the more general term culture is commonly used to describe everything police share in common. Not many have an accurate understanding of what police officers go through while working in high stress and dangerous environments. Police officers are taken for granted and people rarely think of the personal, mental, and physical sacrifices that police make in order to protect our community.
A critical response is needed in heterogeneous neighborhoods. There are barriers to the community policing, but primarily, as stated, communities differ in their abilities to reach consensus. Somerville thus sums up a paradox of COP—that is, that it works best where least needed (in relatively stable and homogeneous neighborhoods) and worst where most needed (in highly mobile and heterogeneous neighborhoods) [2008, 267]. Additionally, communities may also work against the effective implementation of COP with their continuing demands for a police emphasis on crime fighting (Greene 2000), which draws resources away from crime prevention activities. Finally, Forman (2004) points out that juveniles are often not considered part of the “community” that police work with and that juveniles continue to be the frequent target, especially in high-crime and high-minority neighborhoods, of traditional interventions used by community police officers
Departments began to make improvements to the internal investigations of citizen complaints. The limitations of the civilian review boards is that forming a review board is assumed that it will be more effective and reasonable than investigations internally by the police. However, the inadequate amount of research does not back this assumption. Other limitations of civilian review are that it is too far removed from the day-to-day existence of the line officer to understand and respond to the dynamics of illegal behavior, civilian review can take away opportunities for the immediate supervisor to deal creatively with problems, and civilian review tend to discourage the use of internal socialization processes.
There are also difficulties with witnesses giving evidence. Witnesses are unable to speak freely and are only asked to speak when asked. They are also interrupted which means they cannot finish their story. This is unfair because lawyers can twist words which can have an influence on the jury making not an effective legal system if witnesses are unable to speak
Police Corruption and Misconduct All over the world many police officers abuse the power they are given. In general the job of police is to protect and serve its citizens, to keep them from harm. But instead there are many officers who do the opposite. According to Pollock (2010), “police corruption does not occur just in the United States” (p. 175). In general, the police comes into contact more often with citizens then any other government official.
Ethnicity and the Police By CJA344 The police department is leaving a bad impression in many minority communities, because of the corruption and brutality that comes from the police patrolling the areas. The police should leave a positive impression with the communities that they serve, this way the police will be able to ask the community for help when needed. There are a few people in the community that speak highly of the police because they have good experiences with the police and have positive opinions of the police and are more freely to cooperate with the police department. Lack of community support to the police force can lead to more crimes in the communities, as a result of the community the police can be less likely to work up to their full potential. “When crime rate goes up there is a further dip in the public perception of the police resulting in a greater antagonism towards the police on the part of the public “(1985).
Although police officers are authority figures for which who should be trusted, police officers are not trusted today. There are many police officers who abuse their authority and should be held accountable for their actions. There are many crimes being committed for which excessive force is being used today. The crimes being committed today which may need to use excessive force is need to apprehend criminals who are under the influence of many different drugs such as alcohol, and control dangerous substance. This is place because the tradition of an eye for an eye and tooth for tooth.
This sense of legitimacy is important because in many societies, the topic of prostitution is a highly contentious one and very taboo. Furthermore, sex workers are often stigmatized and marginalized from society and more particularly, the legal system. This stigma and long-standing taboo is often acknowledged as stemming from many societies recognizing it as an amoral and unethical profession. Also, many secular states are against prostitution simply for the reason that prostitution goes against the teachings of particular religions. Additionally, legalizing prostitution would allow for it to be recognized as a profession and allow for sex workers to be recognized as having a legitimate job.
The police are occasionally called upon to force unpopular laws while attempting to foster or maintain public support (Wrobleski & Hess, 2006).” How the police balance these concerns often determines the quality of the relationship that they have with the public. The actions of individual police officers (the use of excessive force), or policies enacted by a department that emphasize the coercive legal authority of the police (zero tolerance policing) may jeopardize public satisfaction. In addition, “the quality of police and community relations often contributes to the ability of the police to accomplish goals of public safety (Wrobleski & Hess, 2006).” When the public is satisfied with and has confidence in the police, they are more likely to contribute information that may assist the police in solving crimes. When community residents trust the police, they are more willing to work collaboratively with the police to make improvements to neighborhoods. Therefore, there are very real and