Baltimore Police Department

So, what is their side to the story? Contrary to what some officers may say, many other officers admit that they use racial profiling and they have several justifications for it. Sgt. Mike Lewis of the Maryland State Police Department (one of the many departments that has been accused of racial profiling), reasons that racial profiling can help with the issue of drug trafficking, in which he says that, “…it is most likely a minority group that’s involved with that.” He comes to this conclusion as a result of statistical data, not racism. Lewis then goes on to talk about how the scrutiny from the public faced by police makes it hard to carry out their job, knowing that if the person they pull over happens to be black, it is automatically a case of racial profiling and the officer enforcing the law is a racist. Not only does Sgt. Lewis justify his actions, but officers nationwide justify racial profiling as effective strategy in law enforcement, as well. As long as race is not the only factor in building a criminal suspect profile, they argue, police have every right to use it. Rather than looking at racial profiling as the problem facing African Americans today, black officers argue that they themselves are to blame. Reuben Greenberg, who is the police chief of Charleston (South Carolina), believes that rather the ‘black-on-black’ crime is to blame: “... the greatest problem in the black community is the tolerance for the high levels of criminality…Fifty percent of homicide victims are African Americans. I asked what this meant about the value of life in this

With blacks being stopped more than half of the time, and Latinos being stopped around 30 percent, its clear why these groups along with other minority groups feel they are being singled out and picked on; in fact, Mayor Bill de Blasio even made a public apology for the policy’s negative impact after the New York Times (2014) claimed that Judge Shira A. Scheindlin described it as “a policy of indirect racial profiling.” It’s reasons like these that encourage people to believe this tactic is inherently corrupt. If police officers are not using clear logic and reasonable suspicion when stopping individuals, it can create a major separation between our law enforcement agents and society and allow for noble cause corruption. While this policy has the ability to create major distrust and dislike for the cops, however, it can also have a very positive impact as well. For example, if officers continue to improve the accuracy of their stops and become more successful in taking weapons off the streets and deterring crime, their communities should begin to back them and also this

The system of racial profiling is corrupt and is corrupting police departments around the nation. The Justice Department conducted an investigation in the Ferguson Police department after the shooting of Michael Brown. They found “direct evidence of racial bias” and “intentional discrimination” (“Black Lives Matter”). The Justice Department stated that “police practices are shaped by the City’s focus on revenue rather than by public safety needs.” Another report in 2016 on the Baltimore Police

An analysis by the NYCLU shows that innocent New Yorkers have been subjected to police stops and and street interrogations more than 4 million times since 2002, and the Black and Latino communities are the target of these approaches. Even though the New York Police Department are cutting the crime activities by 29%, other large cities are getting better results without using the stop and frisk policy. Martial Arts Instructor, Tauren Murphy believes that the NYPD uses stop and frisk to cover it’s real intent. Murphy states “The vast majority of the time, it’s a way to harass young men of color. The shootings are unfortunate, but there should be more police in the community, working with the community and not just showing when there is trouble.” Residents of Bronx believe that if there are just more police around in general then the numbers of shooting will go down because no one is going to risk getting caught when there are so many officers around. Many people have said that they would not even go to the police for help because they distrust them that much, this “proactive policing” that is going on is just driving a deeper wedge between the police and the community. Ray Kelly, police commissioner says that “about 70 percent to 75 percent of the people described as committing violent crimes-- assault,

Police enforcement targeting minorities based on the color of their skin and not by evidence of unlawful doing is racial profiling. Today, racial profiling among law enforcement has become a controversial topic throughout the nation. A recent event in Ferguson, Missouri, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, was shot and killed by a white police officer. The shooting caused major racial tension among the black community and mistrust in police. Michael’s death has lead to weeks of protest in which the officers responded with tear gas and rubber bullets and curfews for citizens. It’s wrong to target an individual due to the color of their skin, however, racial profiling is a procedure used by law enforcement regularly. This study focuses on racial profiling, how race and ethnicity play a major role in police stops and how it’s caused a major distrust in police. The studies expose racial profiling being used on racial minority groups in traffic stops, tasers use, based on assumptions that may be false.

A police officer is a law enforcement official whose job is to protect and serve the people, not to abuse their power. Due to the fact that the U.S is consisted of many different races and ethnic groups, the ongoing conflict between police officers and citizens of color is at a constant rise. Although policies today no longer directly target those of colors, the policies applied by law enforcements in African-Americans communities are discriminating. Officers sometimes abuse the policies resulting in citizens viewing it as discrimination. By changing the way laws and regulations that unfairly impact Black and Brown communities can improve the justice system (Policy 5).Racial impact has changed the view of the government resulting in more inclusion of people of color in the system. Policies that are not racially excluding anyone of color should be used within police departments to evaluate the impact of different policing.

Many researchers have conducted numerous studies analyzing the police interactions and arrest records of African Americans to see if there is a discernible disparity between the number of African Americans and Caucasians arrested. Studies conducted by researchers has led to the disclosure of many out of important stats including on which states that African Americans believe police do a poor job of handling their fellow officers accountable for misconduct and treatment of racial and ethnic groups equally (CQ Researcher,373). Addition research has shown that 57 percent of African Americans believe police use excessive force when detaining suspects while only 25 percent of white

Racial profiling is a very important issue that individuals in society face every day. This problem occurs in low income or poverty-stricken areas throughout cities and communities across the nation. Hundreds of anecdotal testimonials allege that law enforcement officials at all levels of government are infringing upon the constitutional rights and civil liberties of racial and ethnic minorities through a practice called “racial profiling (Ward, 2002). So what is racial profiling? According to the National Institute of Justice, racial profiling by law enforcement is commonly defined as a practice that targets people for suspicion of crime based on their race, ethnicity, religion or national origin (National Institute of Justice, 2013). The

A major issue that has been at the forefront of the topic of race in America is racial profiling. This practice of targeting individuals based on the individual’s race is not new and has been in use for many many years. However it has recently come to national attention with the killing of unarmed black teenagers by police officers. The issue of racial profiling not only highlights the lack of equality in America but the issue of policemen using excessive force when dealing with criminal activity.

“One. The police stop blacks and Latinos at rates that are much higher than whites. In New York City, where people of color make up about half of the population, 80% of the NYPD stops were of blacks and Latinos. When whites were stopped, only 8% were frisked (Quigley, 2010).” Police stops are a very common effect on society. It isn’t fair that police don’t hold everyone accountable the same way. Not every cop is that way but there are that selected few who still have that racist mindset and hold it against innocent people. It’s no secret that in New York especially, there is a lot of crime and gang activity produced by different minority groups in the city. However, The facts does not provide a good reason that in routine stops are people of color targeted and frisked down compared to

Police Department in Baltimore has been highly publicized death of African American while in the police custody. There are approximately of 40% in African American and the police department contain up to 85% of white. Due to high protests and massive media attention leading violence and destructive of property on the street, loss of business investment, and bad publicity of the city, the human resource department needs to reconstruct the entire police department to corresponding to the Affirmation Action (AA) code of conducts in the city of the Baltimore (Assignment#1, Scenario).

The Baltimore police force is provided with more resources than a small town police force. The Wire showed how good the resources were at the Baltimore police station. The movie showed how the media turned the murder case into a drug case. When the media got involved the police chief made a new drug task force to fix the problem. This drug task force was made of people in different departments of the Baltimore police. It shows how the Baltimore police force can spare people for a new program. When this drug force started to get information about the suspect the head chief funded the program. With the funds, the drug force got more cars, vans, and listening devices to help them get the suspects faster. When the drug force got enough information for a bust, the police force spared manpower and vehicles so they can get the suspect.

They have asked the community what they think about the way they have changed things, and some had no idea anything was different. The very first step in effective community policing is getting to know the people living in the neighborhoods that they patrol. Some said they never see police outside their patrol vehicles, and some said that they rarely see the police at all, unless there’s an event. We talked about in class how police want to stay in their vehicle and don’t get out unless they have to. It will be tough to meet the public when they are locked in their car with the windows rolled up, as opposed to walking around on the streets where all the civilians are. Another flaw in the system was the police force is predominantly white. The founder of the Rockaway Youth Task Force argued that “they seem very uncomfortable with everyday folks.” (1) This will create even a larger gap between the police and the community. We talked in class how most police departments are mainly white males. If there was more diversity, they may be able to reach the communities easier. Not only bringing more diversity to their units, they need to hire police that are comfortable with all races. A police officer should not be timid to go up to a group of black, or Mexican, individuals, especially when focusing on creating better relationships with the community. The article also mentioned that the reason the police are doing this is because they sense a growing gap in between the police and the civilians. The community is losing trust in police officers due to the recent police shooting of mainly black men. We also mentioned this in class going in to detail about the blue curtain. The policy is new and they are still making improvements wherever they can. It is a push in the right direction and if they can implement it to its full

Ross Gay states his personal story about being pulled over by the police for his tail lights being out and how they then took the time to ask him unrelated question regarding drugs and alcohol possession. Many African Americans share similar stories to his about the police racially profiling them because of their skin color. It is disappointing to see how some people are still discriminated and treated unfairly due to their race. However, by no means do I think the majority of cops are racist. I have never been discriminated by a law enforcement officer in my entire life despite having brown skin. I grew up in a predominately white community, but I was never treated any different because of it.

The president’s task force on twenty first century policing first pillar is to build trust and legitimacy. If the GPD is as this report is claiming are committing acts of racial profiling then they are not going to build trust and legitimacy in their community. If there is low trust and legitimacy within the community then they are not an accountable organization. Law enforcement are unable to build trust if force is used to control the community. Racial profiling is a controlling the minority community through the disproportionate amount of blacks are getting pulled over and getting tickets or other legal troubles. The Greensboro Police department needs to try and build trust and legitimacy within the black community. These recommendations