`` Anything Can Happen With Police Around ``

Yes, this indeed was a legal stop. This was a legal stop because under the stop and frisk exception police can stop a person on the streets and pat them down for illegal objects, so long as they have suspicion. And, during my midnight shift patrol I found it to be suspicious that these two men were behind a closed business. A business in which has been burglarized in the past. I do believe that stop and pat down was justified. I believe the stop was justified because the suspect did not appear to fit the time or place, as it was midnight and the business was closed. A pat down is to stop any further danger towards an officer and other people. A pat down should only be used to detect concealed weapons or contraband. So, I believe

An ongoing question in today's society is,“How can the relationship of the police and communities

Law enforcement is commonly the first contact young victims and victimizers have with the juvenile justice system, serving as the gatekeeper to the rest of the system. The police main objective is to protect youths, both victims and offenders, and dealing fairly with them. Every law enforcement officer, no matter at what level, has an opportunity to be a positive influence on youths. The objective for the youth’s perception about the law and law enforcement will be based on one-on-one interactions with law enforcement officers. (Hess, 2013)

For decades our country has witnessed many cases of police brutality, which has become a controversial topic among communities and in the media. Police Officers are faced with threatening situations daily that could cost them their life, forcing them to make quick decisions, expecting the worst and hoping for the best. It is evident that there is a tremendous amount of expectations placed on our police enforcement. Although conducted almost 20 years ago, the New-York based survey, “Young Adults and Public Spaces,” is still very relevant in today’s society. The study was used to record the experiences of New York youths with adult surveillance in their community. The majority of the sample was African American or Latino, and female (Fine, Michelle, et al.).

Laws, policing, communities, and relationships, are constantly shifting. In this course, Police and Diversity 202, with professor Vincent Del Castillo, we’ve explored the pervasive influences and shifts of interactions between law enforcement and diverse groups. In the 21st century factors such as culture, race, ethnicity, stereotypes, and technology, have become so complex in how it affects the relationship between police officers and the community.

Cooperation from members of the public is important in order for police officers to effectively fight crime within the community. In order to obtain cooperation from members of the public, police officers must gain their trust and confidence. It has been known that African Americans and Hispanics have lower levels of trust and confidence in police because of racial disparities and racial profiling. This paper will discuss the public opinion of police by different ethnic groups and how racial minorities hold lower levels of trust and confidence in police.

This article talks about race, gender and urban policing. The authors argue that important insights about police misconduct with the minority group members can be gained by doing in-depth interviews of African American youths in St. Louis, Missouri. The sample participants in the study consist of 75 American American youths where 35 of them were young women and 40 of them were young men. The findings state that from the sample, 33 men experienced police harassment when compared to women where only 16 of them experienced harassment. The men especially said that they faced severe harassment even

Police brutality has always been a controversial issue in America. Fortunately, the issue is being brought to light and there have been many protests and speeches done to address the awful acts committed by select police officers in this country. It is enlightening how most of our society is trying to change what is happening and bettering this country and bringing back what America is truly about, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all individuals. In the article, “Anything Can Happen With the Police Around”, Michelle Fine and other authors, discuss the perspective of the urban youth and how they feel towards law enforcement. The authors also touch base on the perspective of females and their encounters with the police. Although the article includes some information on women and sexual harassment committed by police officers, most of the surveys and data collected in this research project were collected from males and their views on police brutality. The broad topic of police brutality needs to be broken down into pieces, a huge piece being the concept of intersectionality. Intersectionality is the interconnected nature social categorizations that include race, class, and gender as they refer to a given individual or group and creates an overlapping system of discrimination and creates disadvantages. In this particular scenario, women being the victims of police brutality is being

Police shootings of young Black males that ultimately result in their death have become an all-too-common occurrence in this country. The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner have highlighted police relations with this population. Before viable solutions can be established, a number of areas need to be addressed that relate to the historical context in which police relations with this group exist that impact current relations between the police and young Black males, why their lives are seemingly given less value by society than those of their White counterparts, the role that spirituality and religiosity play that may help to make connections between them and the police, and the benefit of the Black church in fostering amicable police relations with young Black males.

Studies show that one key affect on a youth’s attitude toward police is the youth’s own past interactions with police officers (Bradford, Jackson, & Stanko, 2009). Negative past interactions with police lead to negative attitudes toward police (Hurst,

The dictionary definition of the police is “the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc,” (Collins English Dictionary, 2002). This definition states the minimum of what the police actually do. Providing support for families, protecting society from criminals and responding to calls 24 hours a day 7 days a week are just some of the other roles that police have to deal with. In this essay the evolution of the police will be discussed as well as how the police are facing challenges.

Every day, law enforcement interferes with the lives of people in crime-stricken areas. Their overwhelming activity causes the residents of 6th street to react differently with one another, factoring in the police in every time. Especially, when it comes to couple’s relationships. Sometimes, the residents use the police in ways that they’re unintended such as to control one’s partner. In other cases, they use the police to protect one’s significant other, but only when necessary.

It is easy to say that one of the most common complaints civilians have about police officers is that their communication problems. When officers embrace such an attitude, they run the risk of sending a message that was not meant to be in a bad way. Police officers with communication problems will cause the public to lack trust in the police officers. The profession that we are in, we rely on the public for information to help the police in fight crimes. In today’s society, police departments have to deal with socio-demographic issues. Some of the issues such as race, sex and age had a major effect on the attitudes toward police officers. Police officers with no communication problems will cause the public to trust them and make our job easy.

The three factors in the article that reflected the officer’s call for custody are disrespect toward officers, curfew/ runaway and suspicious actions. All of these factors play a major role in the reflection of juvenile’s taken into custody. The heaviest factor is the lack of respect towards law enforcement officer. These factors often lead officers to interpret juvenile behavior as criminal. Juveniles dress attire, hair and gender bias create a negative perception. The study addressed adolescent males encountering police while on the street in the commission of a crime.

As police officers they are given the opportunities to engage in sexual deviance and crimes against citizens that they encounter. As a part of their daily job duties that are regularly alone without the direct supervision from overseers. “Police commonly encounter citizens who are vulnerable, usually because they are victims, criminal suspects, or perceived as “suspicious” and subject to the power and coercive authority granted to police” (Stinson et al,2014). Police are able to take advantage of citizens that they encounter because they know that they have power over them. In many instance these cases may go unreported because victims may fear that the police may retaliate against them. Also because they may think that they case may not be