Gates Vs Cambridge Police Case Study

One night in April 1998, two New Jersey state troopers pulled over a van containing three black men and one Hispanic man, all in their early twenties and all unarmed. During the stop, the van began to roll backwards. Although the van's driver would later claim that he put the vehicle into reverse by accident, the troopers believed he was attempting to intentionally back over one of them. In response, the troopers—both white males—fired 11 shots at the van, hitting three of the men inside, one of whom was severely wounded. Many African Americans and Latino face racist police officers. Not much they can do about it either besides sit there and take it. The topic of racism in police officers has deep history to consider, and there will always be both supporters and critics who continue to debate this topic.

With this new evidence, millions of white people now have a substantial insight into the nightmarish reality that black people have to live day after day. In state legislative hearings carried out by the Black and Latino Caucus of New Jersey, the interviews of former state troopers revealed that barracks bulletin boards were once covered with racial epithets and that troopers would use racist banter over the radio, describing cars with black drivers as “buckets of coal.” This testimony, along with other first- hand accounts given at this conference provides proof that when entering encounters with African- Americans, police often have a pessimistic view instead of an objective one.

The United States Police model traces back to the British Model of Policing. Originating in the 1200s, British law enforcement started as organized posses. At the time if a man heard a victim cry out he joined the posse and helped track the criminal. Typically, leaders called shire reeve (county leaders) or comes stabuli (mounted officers) led the efforts. The world sheriff traces back to shire reeve and constable back to comes stabuli. Small numbers of mounted officers were employed which meant that there were not numerous enough to handle everything handled by today’s law enforcement. This system created many feuds among competing posses. Public executions, often including torture, were common, but trials were rare.

A study conducted by The Police Foundation surveyed 80 police officers regarding their power of authority. The survey revealed that the majority of police officers disapprove the use of excessive force. However, when situations escalate to a certain point that requires excessive force, police were asked a series of questions. They were asked questions about their attitudes regarding excessive force and their perceptions of behavior with their fellow officers. The results showed that, “Almost 25 percent felt that it is sometimes acceptable to use more force than legally allowable to control a person who physically assaults an officer (Weisburd, 24).” The survey asked police officers a question that dealt with The Code of Silence, when a police officer sees misconduct from another officer and does not report it. The response of the survery revealed that “80 percent of American police do not accept that the code of silence is an essential part of the mutual trust necessary to achieve good policing (Weisburd, 26).” When asked about the attidues of civilians of a different race, the survey results came back as, “Almost 2 in 10 police officers in the U.S. believe that whites are treated better than African Americans and other minorities (Weisburd, 30).” Is there an issue of racism or targeting certain races when it comes to police and their authortity?

The way police manage critical incidents is of upmost importance. An incident that is manged well, will raise public confidence in the police, however if the incident is managed poorly it can have devastating effects on the victim and the general public will subsequently lose confidence in the police. ACPO’s definition of a critical incident is as follows “Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family and/or the community” (Constabulary, December 2007) Any police officer can notify an incident as possibly critical, therefore, police officers must always be aware of the potential for any incident to escalate and become critical. A critical incident can include; Suspicious, unexplained deaths, Homicides, Incidents requiring a police firearms response, Vulnerable persons missing from home, Domestic Violence, Crimes involving particularly vulnerable or young victims and hate crimes, which will be our focus. For our essay, we will be critically analysing Leicestershire’s police force’s ‘critical incident’ management of the case of Fiona Pilkington which is a case of anti-social behaviour that deeply affected public confidence. Whenever a critical incident is identified, it must be addressed sharp and efficiently. Reassuring, rebuilding and maintaining the confidence of the victim, their family and community should be fundamental to critical incident management (Thames Valley Police,

On August 9, 2014 Officer Darren Wilson with the Ferguson Missouri Police Department was on his way to a reported strong-arm robbery at a local convenience store in the city. While on his way, he observed two African-American males walking in the middle of the roadway (#1). Officer Wilson realized the pair matched the description given of the suspects from the robbery call in which he had been dispatched. While still in his patrol vehicle, Officer Wilson drove up to the males, and began speaking with Michael Brown. Officer Wilson told Brown to not walk in the lanes of traffic (#1).

Harris states that the rate that law enforcement officers find contraband for blacks is not higher for the hit rate for white people. Law officials rarely find contraband and seldom find a plethora of contraband. The media never show or tell about the times that law officials do not find any contraband of any sort. This type of racial profiling holds true in the case of Sergeant First Class Rossano Gerald who is a black man in the United States Army. Sergeant Rossano was on his way to a family reunion with his twelve year old son named Gregory. Almost as soon as they crossed the borders into Oklahoma from Arkansas, an Oklahoma Highway patrol officer pulled them over. Even though Sergeant Gerald made sure he was extra on the road was told not to follow too closely to the other vehicles. Not even a half an hour further in to the state Sergeant Gerald was pulled over again. This accusing him of switching lanes illegally the sergeant denies this allegation and told the officer about the previous stop. Even though Sergeant Gerald had all of his information the trooper signaled for more squad cars. The troopers ask Sergeant Gerald to get out of his car the sergeant politely refused, then asked the officers to call his officer in charge the officer refused. Then the officer put Sergeant Gerald and Gregory into a patrol car and turned off the air conditioning and turned on the car fan that blew out hot air. Then the officer began to search

I was not only given the opportunity to become an intern for the NAACP but I was also given the chance to help bridge the gaps between the inner city community and the local police department. The goal was to institute trust between the community and the police in order to have better policing in communities of color . One of my duties was to tag along with Rev .Rice at meetings, after I had scheduled them. The focus of the meeting was getting both sides to understanding each other, and to come up with clear plans implement better policing. I had no idea what to expect, as I and Rev Rice meet with the Chief of Police in South Orange NJ. Many different ideas passed through my mind, would the chief dismiss us before even sitting down, would he dismiss our plans and lastly would he attach all the negative stereotypes associated with men of color. My conscience was quickly put at easy because upon our arrival to the meeting, the Chief of Police welcome us and had refreshments for us. We were ushered to one side of a table, and the chief on the other. We swung right into it, as the Rev stated that better training alone will probably not reduce police brutality, but if officers took some classes on racial sensitivity along with limiting the use of force would be the first steps in the right direction. I also shared a few things

This case is about property lease which took place between two parties named Jacek Gnych, Anor (Appellants) and The Polish Club Limited (Respondent).The Respondent holds a club liquor licence under the Liquor Act 2007 (NSW). However,In 2012, the respondent leased part of its licensed premises to the appellants for the running of a restaurant which breached Section 92(1) (d) of the Liquor Act. The appellants started their business on March 2012 after renovating the existing facilities. Later on respondent negotiated with the Appellants about proposed lease and licence but documents that had been drafted were never finalised and signed. As the relationship between parties deteriorated

At 5am Officer Singh called SA Lyn Brumaire who was on duty at Coral Tower because Jordan Horvat was worried a resident of 902, Stephanie Lee, was missing. Upon keying into the room with PSO Tabiri, the resident in questions, Stephanie Lee was found to be missing from her apt. Officer Tabiri then decided to take a statement from SA and resident Macayla Caso. Ms. Horvat was also not present in the room. Ms. Caso was under the assumption that Ms. Horvat had gone home since she was packing earlier in the day and the sheets were stripped off her bed.

Officer Jimenez asked Rosas the details of the incident. Rosas told Officer Jimenez that he left his house at approximately 1600 hrs. Rosas stated that he returned to his residence at approximately 2300 hrs. Rosas advised Officer Jimenez that he then noticed a CPU on the couch in the hallway of his residence. Rosas thought it was odd but he thought it could it have been his son’s CPU. Rosas told Officer Jimenez that he then noticed that some drawers in his living room were moved and his living room also appeared to be ransacked. Rosas advised

It was not fair of the Chief to release Dildine from duty with a lack of sufficient legal proof of his intent on being racist. In the book it says that there must be proper burden of proof and intent shown of unlawful discrimination. (Human Resource pg. 76) In this case the Police Chief said he released Dildine from his position because “any arrest could be challenged as racially motivated.” The head of the station had valid reasons for releasing him; however, Dildine did not do anything illegal. Under the EEOC, there is a strict nonretaliatory practice of employers punishing employees who exercise their legal rights (e.g. beliefs, freedom of speech). (Human Resource 76-77) Dildine’s actions were unethical and it definitely offended many people, but he did not cause harm to any of the protected groups. Therefore, without the proof of intent to be racist he has not displayed the illegal act of disparate

In response, the store’s owner, Alex Saleh, installed the store’s security cameras to protect his employees and customers from police harassment. Those cameras were a last ditch effort as he had notified police on multiple occasions that Sampson was his employee and was not trespassing. As a result, Saleh regretted his past participation in a “zero tolerance” program in which a sign was

I also wrote my discussion on the Garcia vs Hartford Police Department. I think the majority of folks would agree with the punishment Sergeant Garcia received. In fact, I would not be surprised that some would feel like he was fortunate not to have faced criminal charges. I believe it’s possible Garcia became so frustrated with how the chain of command was proceeding that he let his emotions get the better of himself and broke the code of conduct. One thing I’ve learned from the military is that team players excel while those who resist the higher-ups are often doomed to fail. Being part of a police department is very similar and it only requires one individual not onboard with the team to cause moral issues. When moral breaks down and

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.