Law Enforcement Today 's Society

Policing and the way they operate are truly similar as if they are hand in hand with one another. In order for operations to run smoothly and the department to be functioning as one there has to be proper training and care from the supervisors, administrators and from everyone who works together to understand that they’re a team. Everyone in the police department has to work together instead of against one another just to make sure everyone is doing their jobs by the books with no room for errors.

Tensions between police and communities of color have been happening since 1704 in South Carolina. Racial profiling is unconstitutional and harmful to human beings and today's society people can approve that racial profiling persists. Racial profiling is often encouraged to police officers when they either find a street-level crime, counterterrorism or even immigration law. Police cultures inculcate a sense of rights to authority over the rest of society. Due to their culture, certain officers are the ones that can set an image to the society so that people can follow them and understand they are doing the right thing, but it is a disturbing matter knowing that police officers does racial profiling.

According to the 11 Facts about Racial Discrimination, “The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics concluded that an African American male born in 2001 has a 32% chance of going to jail in his lifetime, while a Latino male has a 17% chance, and a white male only has a 6% chance” (11 Facts about Racial Discrimination 1). Racial profiling, or discriminating against a whole group of people based on their race, is an unjust act and a big problem in our society today. Arresting people because of how they look like, or what they believe in is absurd. According to ACLU, “Racial Profiling refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual 's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin” (ACLU 1). Although law enforcement assumes they are doing their job, they need to remain objective and fair in all situations, because they are violating rights, lacking protection and risking lives.

Racial profiling has become one of the most problematic practices in police departments. According to Bier, there are more than 900,000 officers in the U.S. In this country alone, there have been numerous incidents where people have been arrested and detained because of their ethnicity. A satisfactory example is an incident that happened right after

Racial profiling is still an ongoing issue that occurs and such an issue has led to many problems for the minority groups of this country. Whether it be African Americans, Indians, Asians, Mexicans, or Muslims, all have faced profiling at some point in time. The problems caused by this controversial subject include the impending distrust between black communities and law enforcement, unfair treatment towards all minorities by law enforcement, verbal and physical abuse of minorities by police officers which can sometimes lead to death, emotional unstableness of the victims whom have faced such a terrible judgement, and the negative impact it has on children of the minority groups.

The two primary goals and objectives of policing are maintaining order and protecting life and property. Society emphasizes the police role as being crime fighters and public servants. With crime fighter’s role, criminals are the enemy and police are the “army” that are in “war” with the enemy. Police as a public servant perception is explained as the police having limited ability to affect crime rates and the police serve all the people including criminals. The police use of force should also be restricted with the public servant view. In reality, a police officer’s role is to do all of the above: protect and serve, monitor criminal activity, respond to emergency calls, issue tickets, make arrests, help citizens, listen, de-escalate situations, and so on.

In Satzewich and Shaffir’s article, they set in motion that there is evidence from people with minority backgrounds stating that officers are engaging in racial and/or religious profiling. They argue that racial profiling is a method used regularly in their line of work. Because people of minority communities believe that racial profiling exists, it gives the police a

Police have many roles to take on an everyday basis. The main goal for an officer is to keep criminals off the streets and to try and maintain a safe environment for people to live. Many people disagree with some of the decisions officers make to enforce these rules and causes a lot of controversy. Today many people don't respect our police officers because of actions made by others. A major issue today is police use of force, stop and frisk.

Police officers have played a major role in society by protecting us from crime. Their responsibilities include not only preserving the peace, preventing criminal acts, enforcing the law, investigating crimes, and arresting those who violate the law but also directing traffic, community relations work, and controlling crowds at public events.

An accurate definition of racial profiling must include discriminatory omissions on the part of the law enforcement as well as racially discriminatory acts. The failure of the enforcement to act on the behalf of a minority is unconstitutional but has been happening even farther back than the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.The lynchings of African Americans that occurred during this time are a horrific example.Many “southern sheriffs sat idly by while racist organization, such as the Ku Klux Klan, terrorized African Americans. At times, the sheriffs would even release black suspects to the lynch mobs.” 1 A more recent example of this discriminatory omissions is seen with an African American man in Maryland. This man moved into a predominantly white community and faced harassment and property damage. The local police failed to respond to his complaints and eventually arrested him for shooting a gun into the air. His reason for

Today’s law enforcement officers are faced with difficult challenging issues. Being trained efficiently is most important so they know how to respond to the many different issues. According to Schmalleger (2011), corruption, on duty dangers, deadly force, and racial profiling are just some issues today’s law enforcement has to deal with. Multicultural society is one of the main challenges that police officers face on a day to day bases.

The role of police officers is very significant to American history. Police work toward protecting citizens’ rights and helping America become the land of the free. The United States of America is built from the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights and police play a major role in making sure American rights are met. Evolution has changed many of American history for the better; policing is part of those changes. As new issues in society arise, police must change and adapt to protect and serve the public.

Acceding to Washington Post-Racial profiling has destroyed public trust in police. Cops are exploiting our weak laws against it (Horwitz,S. 2014). The advantage of racial profiling within the law enforcement is being free from being treated diffidently because of your race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion. Good racial profiling within the law enforcement can sometimes stop a terrorist organization. Racial profiling is a big problem in the United States America. This is something that happens every day in every state and every city. When the law enforcement goes after people because of the outer layers of ounces skin or after people who chose to prayer a different why from them. The United States is supported to be the land of the free but are we free? John 13:34 (The New King James Version)”A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another....

Benjamin Todd Jealous once said, “Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve.”(Jealous, 2015). I couldn’t agree more with him. In today’s society more and more Black men and women suffer from police bias. Police is a powerful organization that was meant to serve and protect. Enforce laws and keeping communities safe. The problem is we fail to acknowledge that police are humans with real life bias. The problem with police is how much racial profiling is going up,

In order to counteract the events that followed as the influx of immigrants from Cuba law enforcement must be able to think quickly. Law enforcement is expected to make the right decision within a matter of seconds when it comes to a life or death situation and implementing changes in the department are no different. It is a difficult task to be able to adapt to the ever-changing environment that they are required to serve and protect. It is important that there be a strategic plan in place and easily understood missions of the department. In amidst of the chaos that is going on in the department ranging from helping in community events to solving murder crimes the department must always have a clear objective. The need for law enforcement