Growing militarization of police, I feel is not a problem (however it may become one). The fact is police are allowed to you a step above, whatever they are going against. SWAT team are used for 80% of the drug busts, but also drug dealers tend to have more weapons or protection which SWAT more adept at handling. My uncle had a run-in with a drug dealer, where he end up being held for a few days. Long story short, he owed money, so he gave over keys to his truck (which must have not been enough) so then he was not allowed to leave.
I see the growing militarization of police is needed sometimes, however like any “power” it can be overly used this was shown in the Cheye Calvo incident. Calvo is a good example to show how wrong this (growing militarization) can go, and how fast it can happen. The police are trained as just that, police so should they have military gear? Well I think it’s a yes and no. Yes they need it, but with training sadly this does not come with the gear (safety leaflets that come with guns don’t do much, like DARE) however you can get training. This is mostly true and a lot of departments do have special trained officers and teams like SWAT, which have the knowledge to use the tools and gear given to them. This goes into the
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Police can you force however, it’s not like they are just going out and holding people up or trying to hurt and kill people for fun. However they will go into a house ready, and that is just the smart way of doing things. My mother works with tuberculosis cancer treatments, so she wears a mask and gets tested for TB. Yet it’s in a tube and never even touches her, this is because the hospital knows how bad that can be. Why is it viewed so negatively, when the police use the same idea? Yes obviously they are not testing for TB, however the same idea applies. This idea is: mitigate anything you can, hope for the best, and be ready for it all to go
In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko views the steady militarization of the police in the U.S. A detailed history of a dangerous trend, Mr. Balko's book tracks police militarization over the past 50 years, a period that not coincidentally corresponds with the rise of SWAT teams but on purpose. Established in the early 1960s and where mostly used in the bigger cities and used against heavily armed and dangerous criminals. Today SWAT teams are almost common in every city in the country. 80% of towns between 25,000 and 50,000 also have their own SWAT teams. Its not li...
What do you think when you see a police car? Do you feel safer knowing there 's a police officer if anything happens or do you get nervous and think you might get pulled over. The majority of people get nervous when they see a police car. With all the cases in which police use excessive force to arrest or kill a suspect people are more worried and the armored vehicles don 't help. The whole world watched in the early days of the Ferguson protests the huge police response. Armored vehicles, gas masks, assault rifles all worn with a military like uniform, this is the police that exists today. Do small police departments like Fergusons really need mine resistant armored vehicles or drones? I don 't think they do and that 's why I think that the
“One of the most durable buttresses of militarism is found in the world of sport” (Martin and Steuter p. 131). Popular culture normalizes militarism in various ways, such as even a normal part of American culture as sports. Sports have done a lot of things for me in my life including changing my perspective of how I look at militarism. The military uses sports to advertise to a large group of people across America that will create a positive feeling towards war. Sports make the war seem normal to Americans when they associate it to militarism because many Americans play sports and can relate, but there are also consequences when normalizing the war. Popular culture normalizes militarism in so many ways, but the one aspect of it that normalizes war would be sports, through advertising and professional athletes, not only in a positive way, but it also recognizes the negative side of war.
would just like to piggyback off what you said by saying that police subculture is a method used to set a standard of behavior that is considered to be appropriate for law enforcement personnel. A strong cultural value among police is considered to be inportant to act tough and demonstrate to fellow officers that they are capable of handling just about anything. Sometimes displays of emotion are not encouraged, because this may demonstrate an image that police officers are weak. Therefore, officers often keep problems to themselves. However, this same culture appreciates dry, sarcastic humor that may seem dark to outsiders, but it allows officers to mentally deal with disturbing situations.
The dangers of police militarization are becoming more prevalent and cases of the use of brutal force by police are becoming more common. When it comes to militarizing the police, there are potential pros but very obvious cons. For starters, a militarized police force may be better equipped for drastic situations that may require special types of weapons or vehicles that are immune to bombs. The problem is that there hasn’t been a situation where these weapons and vehicles were needed. Not only that, but just because a police force has military-grade weapons and equipment, does not mean that they are trained well enough to use them. Another issue with having military-grade weapons and equipment is that, to keep them, the police force has to use the equipment in the field within six months of receiving the
Uses of force issues have always been present within the world of policing. Recently, there has been more light shed on this particular issues. With all the media and social activist groups police have to be more careful of their conduct. Society is quick to jump the gun how officers act in particular situations.
However, after reading the article the author noted that police are mandated to enforce civilian law and order, investigate crimes, and strictly follow legal procedures even when in pursuit of chronic and dangerous criminals (Kagoro, 2014). Ideally, it has been argued, there should be strict dividing lines between the police and the military; the former for domestic purposes with the latter protecting citizens from external threats (Kagoro, 2014). In his article on the anti-militarization of the police in the United States, Kurt Andrew Schlichter aptly put it that the military is designed, organized, and equipped to execute rapid, violent and efficient obliteration of the “enemy”-whoever the enemy may be ( Kagoro, 2014). However, the law enforcement is usually modeled after the military and in fact there a large number of police officers who are former military personnel. This was a new criticism of police that was unfamiliar to me in the study of criminal justice but, I found it to be a valid point. The idea of changing the focus of policing to be less of a battlefield and more of a community may be a compelling approach to make interaction with citizens less
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence,” Robert Peel. The use of force for police officers is something I find to be justified and right, because it can possible help save the officers life and any witnesses lives.
Today police officers are under more scrutiny then ever before. This is due in case to technology and now all there actions are recorded by the people, since everyone has a phone with a camera these days. The biggest problem that’s been talked about is police excessive use of force.
Young people and the police have, for many years, experienced a tense and confrontational relationship (Borgquist & Johnson et al., 1995). This has led to a great wealth of literature based upon the notion of police-youth interaction. Much of this literature has tended to focus upon juvenile criminality and the reasons why young people commit such seemingly high levels of crime. Whilst the relationship between young people and the police force has been widely theorised and explained, there is very little literature on juvenile attiudes towards the police. Research that concerns societies attitudes towards the police force tends to focus upon the views and opinions of adults (Hurst and Frank, 2000). In this first section of my literature review I am going to focus upon work that allows us to gain a deeper understanding of why young people are so important when looking at crime. This section will allow us to comprehend the ways in which, literature suggests, young people view the police. This knowledge will provide a basis for my research in which I look more specifically at youth attitudes towards PCSO’s.
In looking at the Kansas City Patrol Experiment, it appears that adding more police officers has little or no affect on arrests or the crime rate. Please review the study and explain why more police does not mean less crime. Due Date March 11, 2005
I believe the chain of command is important in a police agency for many reasons. It is a roadmap that shows the route within the organization that order would flow coming down through the organization or that requests flow going up the organization, like a two-way street. The chain of command also establishes formal lines of communication within the department for organizational purposes and it must be used by everyone to communicate formally. This will eliminate crucial departmental problems. For example, if the chief administrative level does not follow the chain of command downward and gives an order directly to the patrol officer, this could cause confusion. For example, the supervisory level might feel that it is alright to do the same thing sending information up the chain. The purpose of the chain of command is to show individuals who their bosses are, from the chief
Across America, police have been involved in scandals and drugs. They are abusing the power that they have been given. The communities have begun not to trust the police because of their conduct toward the citizens. People have been beaten and harassed by the guys in blue. People in the communities have seen the police push individuals around and take things from individuals for no reason. People receive the wrong message. The public no longer can see a difference between the police and criminals.
The New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for helping the community to decrease or reduce crime, corruption and improve the responsibility of safety and protection in New Zealand. There is a need to make changes to the police culture in order to improve the performance of their organisation. However there are three fundamental errors that need to be addressed which will be discussed in this essay. Firstly, there is a lack of an established sense of urgency which has the potential to jeopardize the future of the organization. Secondly is, not creating a powerful enough guiding coalition which means there is a lack of communication which resulted in an absence of leadership and teamwork from frontline staff to national headquarters. Finally, an undercommunicating the vision by a factor of ten that organisation leader needs to communicate visions and strategies. These three errors are relevant as they are pivotal in the implementation of a managing change programme. Recommendations are also provided to improve on how the New Zealand Police can be enhanced within a management perspective.
Ever since the beginning of mankind, there have been those who pursue a more felonious lifestyle. Those who seek to obtain something from nothing, not by the sweat of their own brow, but by the labor and hard work of others. People who scheme, lie, cheat, steal, and even kill to take what does not belong to them. If left alone, the actions of these individuals and the results reaped would spread across the world like a deadly cancer with no hope of a cure or relieving treatment. Fortunately, such a force of opposition exists in the world today. The police have and will continue to combat those who intend to unrightfully and criminally take from or hurt others. Police signify safety, peace, and order and without