Effects Of Stress On Law Enforcement

Have you ever wondered what’s it 's like to be a cop? Or what cop’s families go through on a day to day basis? This book Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement written by Kevin M. Gilmartin, Ph.D. gives us an outline on the difficulty and stress that law enforcement officer and their families face on daily basis. Dr. Gilmartin discusses the stages of hypervigilance. And the long-term effects of hypervigilance and the toll it takes on the officer and his or her family.

Everyday crimes are committed. Some of these offenses committed by perpetrators are more severe than others, and cause the individuals who carry out the crimes to be sentenced to time in the county or prison facilities. At the forefront of protecting these criminals from committing more crimes and jeopardizing the public’s safety are correctional officers. The main goal of corrections work is the safe and secure management and rehabilitation of justice-involved individuals, whether in locked facilities or within community supervision programs (Denhof, 1). Although, correctional officer’s sole job is to provide care, custody, and control for perpetrators, correctional officers have another job. That task is not to become subdued by the stress

The officer was called to assist the woman’s son but instead he was murdered. Police officers use their weapons under any circumstances. Officers need to be trained to deal with any situation, even an emergency of a mentally ill person without having to go as far as shooting someone all because he felt threatened. There needs to be new training exercise provided for the police departments to help reduce the murders and harassment against minorities based on the inability to handle someone.

Police departments undergo an immense amount of scrutiny. Many members of society question their motives, if they are performing their jobs adequately, and if they are using police discretion appropriately. Over the years there have been many cases that have involved members of law enforcement or the entire police department, that have placed law enforcement in a negative light. This negative light is attention that neither society nor the police departments will benefit from. One major case that has been in the media is the case of Kelly Thomas. Kelly Thomas was beaten and eventually died from injuries he had sustained from local law enforcement. This case is a major case because it brings awareness to society about police overstepping their boundaries, the lack of training police officers receive with dealing with the mentally ill, and how the mentally ill are treated in the criminal justice system.

         This case was one of the few that ended in a positive conviction of the officer.  In many cases, it ends after the first trial and the officer gets off with out even going to jail.  This police officer committed a terrible crime and his job was to protect the public, not kill them.  It's impossible for us to

The New York City Police Department was established in 1845 with the primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation. The NYPD are responsible for five boroughs of New York City. New York City is comprised of 5 counties that are referred to as boroughs, the NYPD is operationally divided into 8 patrol boroughs. The Patrol Boroughs are Manhattan South, Manhattan North, Bronx, Brooklyn South, Brooklyn North, Queens South, Queens North, and Staten Island.

Gilmartin begins by describing the typical rookie officer. Most are energetic, idealistic, enthusiastic and very driven. Quickly this enthusiasm can change from one of positivity to one that is very cynical and emotionally charged. These behaviors and thoughts over time if not corrected become exacerbated leading to noticeable mental and physical changes. The author, Gilmartin, uses personal experiences and other real life stories effectively so that many officers can relate and identify with the topic of the book.

This issue needs to be attended to now because this problem is growing across the U.S. and no justice is being served for most excessive force cases due to the lack of evidence and the rights that police officers have. This issue needs to be addressed because it is starting to cause problems within the communities and for the police. Officers gets bashed on due to the view everybody have on them, and this is affecting the fair officers as well. They don’t get looked upon as friendly anymore, but enemies which causes citizens to retaliate. The communities are not at rest with police officers and riots have broken out due to unsolved excessive force cases and there are a large amount of people protesting for justice to be served.

1.) Memphis police have arrested a man with a long criminal history in the shooting death of an officer Sunday afternoon, but had not yet charged him with murder. Lorenzo Clark, 36, has been charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun in connection with the shooting death of Officer Terence Olridge just before 1 p.m. Sunday in the Cordova area. This is relatable for us currently because we have been talking about police deaths throughout the chapter. On a side note the arresting officer here showed a great deal of restraint when arresting this man as we talked about on Monday how police work is more of a brotherhood than a normal job to just be able to arrest a felon who had just killed another officer and being able to

In policing, officers are given the role to serve and protect citizens, and carry out justice. In addition, are expected by society to protect lives and property. When a police officer fails to comply with these general principles, he or she is considered deviant. Corruption and misconduct have been present in society since the beginning of policing. An infamous case in American policing history is the Michael Dowd case, where a former NYPD officer was convicted for engaging in numerous criminal activities. When analyzing the film The Seven Five, several aspects in the case can be applied to concepts found in the Introduction to Policing book, including, police culture, personality, minorities in policing, ethics, and patrol operations.

Police officers are not viewed with enough respect in the American society. Instead of being honored and constantly thanked for their sacrifices, they are constantly blamed for the wrongful shooting of "innocent, young, black males". Citizens taunt them at protests and constantly victimize the police every day because their role models, such as former President Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, and Whoopi Goldberg have made them believe that the police are not their friends.

1. Using the material from Chapter 6 of the textbook (Police Culture, Personality, and Stress), explain how the police subculture, police personality, and the blue wall of silence contributed to the corruption portrayed in the video. Give an example.

All of these victims were of color, and all were unarmed. There have been lots of suggestions for officers needing more training the U.s Department of justice said: "We know how to solve this epidemic; we just need to find the political will to do it." (Corde, LaDoris Hazzard). The obvious question is why has it not been solved yet. Some think that the retraining of officers is not going to help change anything because of the way people think the “officer's view people of color as ‘Fucking Animals” (Corde, LaDoris Hazzard). There is no way that retraining offices to follow the correct procedures, as they were all taught in training, the first time, is going to help resolve this issue.

Many factors can contribute to this problem the police force is having with police officers abuse of power, one of them being the psychological health of police officers where they aren’t fit to serve and protect the people they sworn to protect. After the shooting of an unarmed woman at Capitol Hill, The National Allegiance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) started what is to be the most Comprehensive Police Officer mental health program in the country, this 40 hours crisis intervention program is available in 45 states as well as the district of Columbia, excluded are the state of Delaware, West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas and Rhode Island. Needless to say a few departments are working hard to improve the quality and integrity of their officers to eliminate the raising percentage of officers committing abuse to those who they sworn to protect.

The television shows that depict law enforcement give the citizens both positive and negative views on police agencies. Some of the positive effects would be trusting in law enforcement, believing in the court system, and the overall goodness of the men and women who serve and protect our nation domestically. Some of the negative effects would be that the shows portray cops in an immoral way, wrongly portraying the various specialties of law enforcement, and that all criminals are convicted by a jury.