Intimidated By The Police Case Study

Do you feel safe talking to police or intimidated? Many people have a hatred for the police. This is because of the media that only spread the negative news and make all police men look bad. I am not here to state how bad the police are, I want people to know that feeling intimidated by the police is not necessary, just because of bad news. Officer McClannan is a short man, have ‘strong’ brown eyes and a friendly smile. He is a former pastor that worked with the youth group, but soon turned to be an officer and on the side helping troubled youth kids with drug addiction problems to get a second chance in life. We need these police officers who dedicate their lives to the public, but we also need to respect and understand it is their job.

I’m in a small office down the hallway of the Papillion Police Department all scared and nervous. There are papers everywhere, in the corner of the room is supplements, he must be working out before work, in the other corner are rolls of ‘yellow caution’ tape, it is nothing like what I imagined. I am meeting up with Officer McClannan today and to my surprise when he came to greet me he didn’t have his uniform on, instead he was in a Sarpy County golf shirt and some khaki pants. What difference did that make? I somewhat felt more relaxed than I had been 5 minutes ago, picturing a man walking up to me with guns on his hips and badges on his

It kind of stuck with him and he always wanted to be like them. “When I said I want to be one of those characters, I feel like I am, like I am mentoring somebody and helping them harness the power and abilities they have to go out and do something positive and make the world a better place,” McClannan said: “I really enjoy helping people who are on a negative path try to move into a more positive direction. I love doing that on calls. I love doing that in class. I’ve worked with a boy before _and I encounter at least three or more of them every other month- and I was walking in a parking lot, all of a sudden this young man crabs me by my arm and said: “Officer McClannan, guess what I have a job”. For some reason this is always the first thing all of them tells me. It took me a minute to remember his face and then I did and I know that this was a young boy sitting in my class a few years ago for charges on possession of marijuana.” You can see the pride in his eyes. Knowing that he left that mark in someone’s life that they still remember him along the line, and when they see him they don’t hide away but instead greet him with some positive news. “It feels fantastic to know that I can be a ‘hero’ to someone that will always remember me as I helped them to make that