Advantages Of Militarized Police Force

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America’s Militarized Police Force Protects Nation. A friend once said, “Imagine, imagine a world that is free of violence, war, and drugs”, he also says “that world, that would be a world I could live in”; many people can relate to this because they are tired of all the chaos, and many wish that there could be peace rather war. As a fellow human being, this cannot be truer. America needs to be protected by a better trained police force, maybe a militarized one, who knows, but a militarized police force would be a great step forward. A police force that is trained like a military force could have many advantages, for example help deter the war on drugs since most policemen will have the special training needed to help do that. But even with all the good a militarized police force can do, many people will still disagree with them, saying that they are just ruthless officers out for blood, sadly this is not true, there are rules they have to follow. …show more content…

Mr. Kurt Eichenwald is a journalist that said:
Start with militarization. While this might seem like a “boys with toys” problem—cops playing dress-up as they search for their inner G.I. Joe—it’s really about bad law enforcement tactics. One thing sometimes forgotten is that there are decades of research on policing tactics, and competent officers and their bosses rely on this research to guide them because they are wanting to maintain law and order, instead of just pretending the movie RoboCop was a documentary. Research shows that militarization rarely works, and usually makes things worse. (Eichenwald)
As Mr. Eichenwald said police militarized forces rarely work, but usually makes the situation worse, by angering the group even more, causing riots. Even though this sometimes sounds true, most of the time it is

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