CRJ230 Week 1 Assignment

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Apr 3, 2024

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1) The first method I have is Action Item 1.3.1 and I will be comparing and contrasting it with Recommendation 5.2. The first goes over updating the department's website information about law enforcement data to further educate the public on demographic statistics. The second talks about joining together with civilians in training programs.I believe that one cannot work without the other. If civilians aren’t aware of training opportunities, they cannot partake in them. Trust in transparency on an agency's website will lead civilians to keep track of the website and also be able to use it for research on what’s going on within their jurisdiction. The website can also engage with the public on events and training, where they can bring their issues to light and further have trust in law enforcement when they see how they’re being trained. However, there are still cons to both. With Action Item 1.3.1, most people don’t know that it is accessible and get frustrated when they try to call agency phone lines and can’t easily get the answer they want, and some might not even have internet access. With Recommendation 5.2, some may become upset that certain issues aren’t being handled the way they think it should be handled. 2) Police legitimacy is when the civilians within their agency have trust and confidence in them due to respectful treatment, lawful mannerisms, and their ability to control crime and disorder. Under the President’s Task Force, they believe that law enforcement should embrace a guardian mindset for their people to trust them. One practice under Action Item 1.5.1 involves the community understanding agencies SOP’s when it comes to them making civilian contact. Recommendation 2.8 has another practice stating that law enforcement should refrain from using quota’s to generate revenue. 3) As a dispatcher, I see the first hand effects of the myth of police as only crime fighters. Too many times have I gotten a reckless driver call with the caller yelling at me over the phone because police are not right there to stop the situation immediately. Sometimes they even become irate because an officer is out on another call when something (most of the time less severe) is happening to them. Most of the time, we have patrols in areas with a high crime rate, specifically BOV’s or thefts, but if an accident happens on the interstate, it usually takes at least three minutes to get a deputy or officer to that location. It builds up an expectation for law enforcement from the people that is honestly unrealistic with the population of agencies hired on law enforcement ratio. 4) I first want to talk about the effect and aftermath of World War II and how it affected America and American law enforcement in general. In that we see an increase in racial discrimination and a decrease in trust in law enforcement with the increase of fear of authority. I look specifically at the Zoot Suit Riot. I know a lot of Jewish men and women fled Poland and Nazi Germany to one of the first countries to take them; Germany. Once tensions lessened, more immigrants moved up into Texas and created a lot of tensions with the south. These tensions helped increase community relationships between law enforcement and their civilians. Our textbook mentions there’s a lack of care for the relations in the African American community, and I think that lack also helped for the next change in the 50’s-90’s, specifically with Chief William Parker’s legacy. He pushed for
professionalism in Law Enforcement and helped create the basis for the SOP’s we have today. He created strict control to prevent corruption within personnel but also pushed for more aggressive crime-stopping practices. Parker didn’t take any criticism well and further ignored the tension with the African American community, not listening to the complaints of excessive force until it was too late and the Rodney King riots were taking charge full force. 5) One of the new strategies that defines 21st Century Policing is COMPSTAT, a strategic control system that helps define hot spots and confines data to show patterns in crime and organize the information for command staff. This system was integrated into most organized data compilation and CAD systems we see today, and helps stress the importance of patterns and history. The second strategy is the CIT or crisis intervention team, which is also constantly used today. Most agencies have their own mental health units, but there are still times when Law Enforcement have to handle situations with mentally ill civilians. This specialized training is helping law enforcement learn how to deal with those high stress situations where people may be suicidal. It’s a lot different dealing with somebody who’s given up rather than an actor in a hostage situation who has something they want. Having a background and training in mental health issues helps keep civilians safe as well as law enforcement officers safe.
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