We know that police officers use excessive force, and they also use their authority to verbally abuse people. So what causes police officers to abuse their authority, and (or) leads to brutality? One of the challenges with this is that not every citizen reports a police brutality, whether they see one happening, heard of one happening from their friends or family or if they themselves were a victim of one. Another challenging issue too is that we know some brutalities are not reported; therefore it makes it harder to measure those versus what is actually reported. Police brutality wouldn’t be an issue if we didn’t have to police our law enforcement officers.
The overall purpose and meaning of this article is to send the message that police officers can play a unique part in disrupting the disorder process. If police officers focus on less serious crime and disorder of a neighborhood then serious crimes like felonies will not be able to surface as much. This is because the community will participate more and become more social, and they will develop their own set of rules. A main section of this article that I want to point out is the idea that foot patrol decreases crime rate. In the article it states that police officers didn’t like the idea of foot patrol too much but because they did it relationships with the community was formed and people were less afraid to go outside.
If someone has been in a lot of trouble with the law, they probably aren’t going to have very many good things to say about police officers. Where as if somebody is related to or close to a police officer, they might have a better perception. Police-community relations are very important for the police and for the community. The community needs to be able to trust the police and vice-versa. If an individual has a bad experience with a cop, they are going to tell everybody they know and therefore those people might form negative perceptions based off of that.
The Ethical Point of View in the Three Strikes Law 3 The Ethical Point of View in the Three Strikes Law Over the years, their has been multiple problems in the justice system with repeated offenders,cost, overcrowded prison, and violent crimes across the nation. Many states have implemented programs as a possible solutions to these problems. In some cases, these programs have proving to be a success. On the other hand, in some of these cases offenders reject the programs and continue their violent behavior. This has caused many states to look at other ways to slow these
The police personality fosters and “us vs. them” mentality that cops are always the good guys and everyone else is a potential bad guy (The Brotherhood). There is a subculture in Police work that in some cases can carry severe penalties towards officer’s if they were to “rat” on another officer. This subculture code of “Don’t give up another cop” has been described as the code of silence, or the blue curtain of secrecy (Pollock 119). In this subculture police officers are often ostracized or deemed unfaithful to the badge if they were to turn on another officer and testify against them during an investigation. Police officers must trust other officers to back them up in a struggle that could potentially be a life or death situation.
Stun gun is not lethal, but cause serious harm to someone with pace maker. Over 7000 law enforcement agencies used CED and OC spray. The death associated with these weapon is result of suffocation of airway,
Secondly, this group shares a common way of life. They share similar dangers, setbacks, and rewards that outsiders rarely see outside of the movies. Thirdly, these dangers foster an "us against them" mentality not just against criminals but politicians, bureaucrats and concerned citizens who are perceived as impediments to enforcing the law. Police administrators and the law specify the broad parameters within which officers operate, but the police subculture tells them how to go about their tasks, how hard to work, what kinds of relationships to have with their fellow officers and other categories of people with whom they interact, and how they should feel about police administrators, judges, laws, and the requirements and restrictions they impose. The effects of formal pressures and the pressures generated by the police subculture often lead police officers to experience a great deal of stress in their occupational, social, and family lives which can result in cynicism, burnout, and retirement, as well as other of physical and emotional ailments (Miller 45).
Many people say gun control is good because there are less gun related crimes an “accidental” gun injury’s/fatalities, that’s half true because, there would be less guns so its an obvious fact that there will be less gun crimes, but that’s because guns would be less accessible, because there would be less guns out there. It’s just like cars the more there are the more accidents there will be, and less there are the less accidents there will be, so does that mean we should outlaw cars? Did you know that “twice as many children are killed playing football in school than are murdered by guns? Despite what media coverage might seem to indicate, there are more deaths related to high school football than guns. In a recent three year period, twice as many football players died from hits to the head, heat stroke, etc.
Police Brutality Role of a Police Officer The role of a police officer is to keep law in human society. They make sure that they keep criminals off the streets and they make sure that the people keep the speed limits everywhere they go. They have the rights to write tickets, citations, and even arrest people that are taking drastic measures. They are to report to calls such as 911 when criminal activity occurs in neighborhoods and other public areas. They have a few more rights than regular citizens, but they also have laws and rights they have to follow, there only job is to enforce laws in a well mannered civil way unless they feel harmed or in danger.
In simple form this means that the crime can be punished at a higher level which I think is terrific. In other states the hate crimes can stand alone with punishment, according to "California Penal Code" which states that any person that is convicted of hates crimes are subject up to one year imprisonment and up to a maximum fine of five thousand dollars. In addition to time in prison and the fine the person is required to serve community hours up to four hundred within a 365 day timeframe. (PENAL CODE SECTION 422.6-422.865). Either way there is definitely punishment for the crimes and is not tolerated by most states.