Police Case Study

Police, in this case in England and Wales, is very important in our everyday life and it is an interest to all the society. Policing is usually seen as a great good due to fighting crime and keep the streets safe. But it can also be seen in a less positive way regarding riots and demonstrations, as well as improper behaviour, for instance violence, fitting up suspects or planting evidence.

Even being an authority, police officers have to act according determined rules and follow certain prototypes when dealing with people. They have to go along with The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) and respect its rules.

PACE aims to reach the right balance between the powers of the police and the rights and freedoms of the public. The PACE

There is a research (Operation Blunt 2) that concluded that there is no statistically meaningful crime-reducing outcome from the large rise in weapon searches.

As well known, some groups of people receive more attention from the police than others. For instance, black people and youngsters are more likely to be 'stopped and searched ' by the police, as well as groups living and visiting areas with more criminal actions.

An ongoing argument carried by the police and the public is related to the carrying of firearms by police officers. The overall response is leaning to NO as the answer. Even keeping them safe and carrying them as protection, most of the times police officers do not have the need to use their firearms. There are two scenarios of society looking at a police officer carrying their firearms: some people would feel safe seeing that the police is protected and would be able to protect any citizen if need; some other people would feel afraid, wondering if everything was normal and questioning the need of police officers carrying guns with them. An considered alternative is the use of teasers because they are not that showy and the shock doses can be moderated in a way that would not kill a