A New York Police Department

There is no question that police brutality, when it occurs, is one of the most egregious violations of public trust that a public servant can commit. Police officers, those individuals taxed with protecting the public from danger, should never be in a situation where they pose a threat to the public. Furthermore, there is no question that police brutality occurs. Moreover, generally when there are allegations of police brutality, there has been some type of underlying violent incident. In addition, while issues of brutality may seem clear-cut to a disinterested observer, it is critical to keep in mind that law enforcement officers are not presented with textbook examples of the appropriate or inappropriate use of force, but real-life scenarios involving quick decisions. There are many arrest and non-arrest scenarios where officers need to use force to protect self or others; and the degree of force required may be greater than what a disinterested observer would assume. Another recurrent issue in debates about police brutality is that racial bias appears to be a motive behind police brutality. When one considers that minorities are disproportionately likely to be arrested and convicted of crimes, one would expect to find a disproportionate number of minorities among those alleging police brutality. Therefore, while acknowledging that police brutality, when it occurs, is a serious problem, the reality is that most

If you grew up in an average middle-class town in the United States you were probably raised on the premise that the police were there to protect and fight crime, however, in many of today’s urban centers throughout the country, the tension between the police and the citizens has a very different relationship. The term ‘police’ brings many images to mind, while the objective of the police is to prevent and detect crime, this is far from the way so many Americans feel. Far from the original purpose of the police, the use of brutal and sometimes lethal force has evoked questions regarding the skewed system and the relationship between both in the communities. Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the issue in the article, The Paranoid Style of American Policing, often bringing up complex issues, and effectively brings the issues to life through anecdotes. Coates presents a logical, thought out and well-executed argument surrounding the cracked police system in America. Due to the well-supported thesis, the structure of the argument, and lack of fallacies, Coates position is adequately supported through the use

The New Jersey State Police does not experience much turnover. However, within a twenty-five year career, a trooper’s attitude, and how that attitude relates to job satisfaction and output can be measured. While a trooper with 10-15 years experience may be distrustful of command staff, junior troopers (those with 1-5 years) are viewed as zealots. Junior troopers are productive and engaged in their field. A trooper’s job satisfaction can be measured by his/her’s perceived organizational support. Job satisfaction has a direct correlation to employee engagement and perceived organizational support.

Police officers are individuals who enforce the law upon their community to ensure that their citizens remain safe. In the past couple of years, officers of the law have been involved in acts of brutality that seem to go beyond the proper measurements of protection for their citizens. Policemen are supposed to protect their citizens from danger and from harm, not impose a threat on them. The fact that officers have a history of abusing their power indicates that their trust amongst the community has been corrupted. Those who have been affected of police brutality feel as though they have been deceived. They no longer feel that police officers will protect them, but rather abuse them, and that is a problem. We have began to live in a community in which an individual feels frightened when seeing a cop, rather than feeling protected. Some individuals may argue that police brutality is not a problem due to the fact that it is not consistent enough to catch the attention of needing a solution. However, that idea means little when the level of brutality has led to the death of several innocent victims in some cases. We must not wait for there to be a pattern of death at the hands of police officials to consider this a problem. One death indicates that preventive measures must be taken to ensure that these officers are no longer put in the position to abuse their power to begin with.

In her case study, Varley focuses on institutional factors that shifted the paradigm for New York City policy since the 1990s and that may have also led to the death of Eric Garner. This paper seeks to expand upon Varley’s case study by furthering the debate on those institutional factors that led to the death of Eric Garner, identifying effective crime prevention strategies aimed at preventing similar tragedies in the future, and discussing ways to monitor progress to ensure that communities remain safe without violating the rights of their

Some horrific cases have happened throughout the years. Brining these cases to the public’s attention will help show how much of a problem police brutality really is. Police brutality is the use of force that is exceeding the necessary amount of force (“Police Brutality,” n.d.). In 2011, a 37 year old mentally ill homeless man was laying on the ground when police were kicking and punching him eventually leading to his death (Akkoc, 2018). In 2014, Eric Garner an African American male was being arrested for selling loose cigarettes when he was wrestled to the ground by a New York police officer who had him in a banned chokehold technique (Akkoc, 2018). Eric Garner told him, “I can’t breathe (Akkoc, 2018, Sec. 5)” multiple times, but the officer

Abusing power is becoming a hot topic for NYPD nowadays. There has been a lot of talk over police misusing their authority over the people and minorities. There has been many incidents that take place where cops use excessive force in situations where it is not needed. It is hard to prove a lot of times where cops go overboard because of lack of witnesses but sometimes it is caught on camera. Social media has brought attention to the public and making police brutality aware for everyone to realize. It is becoming a bigger problem and people already think the government is to controlling and unfair. Now the police force is becoming an enemy and many fear them because they want to feel safe and protected by them but certain scenarios bring out the worst in some police officers. Recently a rookie police officer in the NYPD was just indicted for shooting an unarmed

Cases involving police brutality among African Americans in communities throughout New York has caused citizens to mistrust the police officials of the NYPD (Barstow). When this happens, conflict between the police and the community increase and causes lack of support from both the police and community. In Figure 4, the New York Daily News took a survey of 500 people, ranging from ages 18 to 25, in five high-crime communities in New York, including: South Bronx, East Harlem, Jamaica, Bedford Stuyvesant, and East New York (Durkin). 88% said residents in their neighborhood did not trust the police (Durkin). Of the 500 people, 59% said that they would not go to a police officer even if they were the victim of a violent crime (Durkin). Ultimately, this can lead to an increase in crime rate and police brutality. Excessive amounts of police brutality can also give a bad reputation to the police department. In the American system, taxpayers are punished by having to pay for settlements caused by police brutality which can inevitably lead to mistrust between the community and the police department. Overall, the actions of police brutality can have a negative effect on a community and cause a lack of trust within

In recent years police actions, especially police abuse remains one of the most serious and estranged human rights violation in the United States. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been shown that they must also keep an eye on those who are supposed to protect us. Thousands of individuals that complained about police abuse are reported each year and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after all the lawsuits. Police have beaten, shot at unresisting suspects; they have misused their batons, and also their electroshock weapons. Over the past decade, police officers have acted out in ways that make people wonder, are these officers of the law really doing their job? Severe beatings, unjustified shootings, and rough treatment have all contributed to the problem of police brutality in America. Police officers continue to abuse their given authority by acting in a brutal manner in order to control a detained suspect. The job of a police officer is to maintain public order, prevent, and detect crime. They are engaged in a dangerous and stressful occupation that can absolutely involve violent situations that must be controlled. In many of these confrontations with the public, it may become necessary for the police to administer force to take control of the situation. Sometimes excessive force takes the form of hand-to-hand combat with a suspect who is resisting arrest. At least once every month or two the news

To illustrate this, “[t]he National Center for Women and Policing (NCWP) discovered that Los Angeles paid out $63.5 million between 1990 and 1999 for judgments or settlements in civil liability lawsuits involving excessive force by a male officer. Only $2.8 million was paid out for cases involving female LAPD officers”(Introduction to Police Brutality, 2018). In nine years, the citizens of Los Angeles paid a total of $66.3 million towards cases of police officers not doing their job correctly. Police brutality not only takes a toll on the community emotionally and mentally, but also financially. In fact, “[e]ven for those viewed as unjustified, few police officers are ever held accountable. Since 2005, just 85 officers have been charged with a crime. Less than 40% have been convicted, some on lesser charges”(, Police shootings aren’t just a ‘local matter’, 2018). The people of Los Angeles alone are spending money on cases that aren’t always effective. Police officers using excessive force when necessary is causing more problems than anyone is aware of, money is just one of them. A change is going to be made due to the new generation coming of age shortly, but the change requires civilians and officers to put the work

Turns out, a number of black New York Police Department officers say that while off duty they have experienced the same pernicious racial profiling that cost unarmed 43 year old Eric Garner his life (NewsOne Staff, 2015) White Police officers profiling blacks as well as fellow officers while off duty.The conformity in the police department intends that you,the police officer, have to agree with all of our decisions, even if you disagree with it.For example, a retired police officer named Desmond Blaize told reuters that he once got stopped while taking a jog through Brooklyn’s upmarket Prospect Park. He said, “ I had my ID on me so it didn’t escalate.” White police officers have intentions of who to blame for the crime even if they didn’t have nothing to do with it. Police officers prejudge blacks as the ones who do the most wrong in the society.The more police officers felt socially isolated from the community they served, the more they withdrew and the more negative they felt towards its citizens

In looking for answers as to why police brutality is such a big issue today, we see that the problem lies in past actions that were not dealt properly. First, Prohibition reduced respect for authority and law enforcement, as the police committed various unconstitutional acts. Next, the War on Drugs and the War on Terror changed the image of law enforcement from that of a peacekeeper to that of a domestic soldier. As a result of this inaction, American society finds itself in a crisis situation, where people cannot trust the police and where police are struggling to regain credibility with the American population.

In August 2013, Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled that the stop-and-frisk techniques utilized by the New York Police Department (NYPD) violated the constitutional rights of minorities (Stanley). In her ruling, Judge Scheindlin admonished members of the NYPD for stopping people without any articulable reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Judge Scheindlin further opined that the majority of those stopped were males and from a minority population. In her 195-page ruling, Judge Scheindlin ordered the NYPD to begin testing body-worn camera systems for possible implementation. Fast forward one year to August 9th, 2014, when Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Daren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department. This incident shocked the conscious of the American public and forced the conversation of body-worn cameras into the spotlight of American law enforcement tactics and practices. This conversation has centered on whether or not all law enforcement agencies should mandate the purchase and wearing of body-worn cameras for all officers. Are body-worn cameras a good idea or will this help to create an Orwellian environment (Eason)? Research shows that through the proper implementation of body-worn camera systems law enforcement encounters can become more professional while lowering the amount of force used.

The issue of police brutality in America has produced a series of moments where the individual motives and individual protests take a front seat in our conscious, but there is a lack of awareness of this crippling embodiment of fear among people all over the nation. We can no longer afford to buy into the misconception that these instances of civil disorder and un-readiness are about discrete cases. Nor is it merely about their detailed nature as prescribed by the law. The system of justice, in and of itself, is under intense examination. The ethnic devices are produced speak to the fact that our nation’s current system is currently under questioning. America as a whole is under an intense phase of cross-examination. We are in a new period

The Philadelphia Municipal Court has something very important in common with law enforcement. Just as law enforcement serves as the initial interaction that people have with the criminal justice system, the municipal court serves the initial interaction that people have with the criminal court process. The municipal court is the beginning stage of the criminal court process and they are tasked with hearing every criminal matter that takes place in the city of Philadelphia. Since the court plays such an integral part in the community and is in constant contact with members of the community, they are committed to providing excellent service for all by means of working with the public, bar, criminal justice agencies and the judiciary. Along with providing excellent service, they are charged with upholding The Constitution as well as assuring that justice is the center of all of its proceedings. Moreover, the Philadelphia Municipal Court outlines five standards to achieve these goals: access to justice; expedition and timelines; equality, fairness, and integrity; independence and accountability; and public trust and confidence.