Is The United States The Worlds Police Force?

When problems arise people step up and take responsibility. Like in the quote from Elie Wiesel, human suffering really is everyone’s problem. In war and times of conflict, America has intervened because they believe that it is their problem to try and solve. This is evident through speeches in World War I, propaganda in World War II, letters during Vietnam, biographies concerning the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and speeches from the War on Terror.

allies national security has been put at risk. We are now put into a position in deciding how to react and move forward with these development while at the same time mitigating and preventing potential destruction and casualties.

The social issue that is most important to fix is separating the police from militarization in the U.S. Before the ‘‘War on Drugs’’ police are meant to keep citizen safe, detect and prevent crime and bring public order. Now after the ‘‘War on Drugs’’ was announced, President Ronald Reagan passed the federal law that police cooperate with military and use military equipment as justification on the war on drugs. As time pass in modern times we still see police using military equipment and vehicles around the street. This became an issue to many people, as police carry military possession in their hands. These are my reason why police and military should be separated. My first reason is that police are meant for civil order and keeping the peace.

Among our travels to a variety of different facility 's in the united states and in England there are vast differences and some similarities within each of our systems. When it comes to police, prisons, and other facility 's there are vast amounts of things that are done in each system that we can learn form each other and things that should be taken away.

I chose to do this second paper on the militarization of American police departments. This will lend to the thesis Greg and I intend to submit for our final presentation – so we are beginning our research now. As discussed in class, the militarization of police departments is leading American police departments – city or small towns – to act like occupational forces. This is due to several different factors ranging from the availability of weaponry and tanks, to the training of the police departments, to the accessibility of locating crime by advanced surveillance and tracking systems. To further our exploration, Greg and I chose two episodes of the HBO show Vice to watch and elaborate on. For our final presentation we will incorporate these as well as a book Greg has read and some interesting research we will find online. Not only is the militarization of police departments a controversial subject, the consequences of such a transition of our police is detrimental to many. The episode of Vice, and something we are all aware of and have discussed extensively in our courses, reference that the consequences are felt far more severely on the African American population and in low income areas. The two episodes of vice interview several different people about the effects this has on them individually and their communities. These effects, in turn, lead to lack of faith in law enforcement.

The United States police force has become increasingly militarized over the last fifty years due to a reliance on the military for political and economic strength and in response to the introduction of serious domestic threats, such as drug and terrorism (Brown 658-659). This militarization has become a serious issue with many Americans over the last decade because of the injuries and deaths of citizens due to the use of excessive force and misconduct by police officers that have access to military equipment. One group, comprised primarily of conservatives, believes that the United States has a duty to provide the local police force with this equipment so that they can effectively apprehend criminals and protect themselves from harm while defending the nation from domestic threats (Taub). This belief stems from the militarization advocates valuation of their protection from criminal drug activity and terroristic attacks over the loss of some civil liberties. The opposing party consists primarily of liberals and social advocacy groups, but is beginning to include some Republicans, such as Senator Paul Rand. This group believes that, due to a lack of basic training (Ritchie), current protocols are not only dangerous, but ineffective, and that they stray from the fundamental duties of domestic law enforcement. These reformists value their civil liberties and protection from police brutality over their safety related to internal threats. These two factions conflicting

Should the United States enter into military intervention in foreign countries for humanitarian reason? Why? Why not? Under what conditions should the U.S. intervene if at all?

The militarization of America and the transformation into police state does indeed deserve to be recognized and addressed. The United States of America is indeed militarized, and this should not be tolerated because it is unfair to the innocent people that live here. Recently, at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on September 9, lawmakers grilled Administration officials about the provision of military-grade equipment to State and local police departments by the Federal Government (“Police Use of Military Equipment” 1). Basically, this concept explains how higher level security within the United States is beginning to become more and more popular as time goes on. Cities with bad reputations are

American Exceptionalism has lead the country to believe that it is a victim and a constant target as it subsists in a believed to be a hostile environment. Therefore, America must protect itself and other lands from this presumed hostility. Its duty is to liberate other societies has been realized in many ways. They include foreign aid, diplomacy, economic and political pressure. It even functions as far as including strategies like embargoes. However, if it does not work, there still remains military intervention. For instance, the military operations that the United States has taken in the Arab world. This is considered to be the duty of liberating societies. On the other hand, some would see this as a move by America to make other

Interference of another country is almost never acceptable except in a time when self-defense is being threatened. The term “put yourself in another person’s shoes” is a term that satisfies this concept. A country, although doing an action considered justifiable at

Police officers have been the center of attention for many years now. They appear in the news, on television, you name it. Living in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) area, I can proudly say the police force have a great impact on this society. However, whether that impact is villainous or heroic, there is no way to be completely sure. Just like the President of the United States, the police take an oath that goes like this: “On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always uphold the Constitution, the community, and the agency I serve, so help me God.” (IACP). With this oath, rest assured that the police’s intentions are not atrocious. Police officers are not superheroes – which would be nice – and they are certainly not perfect. Under that badge and uniform is a human made with flesh and blood just like yourself; and a human who makes lots of mistakes as well. While recognizing that some police abuse their power and recognizing the negative aspects of police force, the bigger picture shows that police officers do more good than harm.

It is always a scary prospect of someone or a group using something like a weapon of mass destruction on our home soil. It should be a high priority to be prepared in case of the unimaginable and our country needs to face the reality of our modern times with those who are out there that want to cause us harm and take proper steps to prevent or stop this. Some of these ways are creating government acts in order to help different agencies allocate resources or stockpile in case of emergencies or educating agencies on the realization of the possibility of an attack and help with training their employees.

I think it would depend upon the situation and who it affects. If it affect the United States allies then they should intervene. But if it is something that another country can figure out and doesn’t affect US, then there should be no intervention. It should more than likely be in the best interest for the US. In many cases in which the US interfered with foreign affair often lead to Wars. By making a deal with Spain, they took Philippine’s and interfered with their national affairs which lead to the American-Filipino war. Another example would be the intervention with Cuban affairs. This country wanted to create an independent constitution and the Platt Amendment was created and allowed the US to take over naval bases for their benefit and

After the Civil War and by the mid-20th century, the United States had become the governing force in international relations. Some have argues that the United States’ military functions as the world’s “police.” This essay covers international events from the past five years that can be tracked back to a foreign policy created after the Civil War and the manner in which this shift occurred and the consequences the United States faces as a result of its status as policemen of the world. Also, the action against Korea, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the attempt to stop Expansion of Soviet Expansion during the Cold War are all discussed in this essay.

This behavior offers the question, if America should use its power or if the U.S. should better behave like other nations with a certain distance towards other countries’ problems.