My First Ride At Night

L. (2014). Shift work and police officers. Master's Capstone Theses, Paper 18. Retrieved January 2017

Curious, I looked up at the building and suddenly my heart stopped. My muscles contracted and my nerves sent a violent quake through my body. I didn’t notice the dropped cigarette that was burning a hole in my pants. Finally, the pain bit me. I grabbed the cigarette, throwing it out the window while almost swerving off the road. After regaining control, I closed my eyes and reopened them to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating; I wasn‘t. Ten police cars sat in front of the school, all in a perfect line with their drivers standing close-by. I contemplated driving off but it was too late. We had already been spotted.

Skolnick begins by concentrating and analyzing certain elements pertaining to the law enforcement profession. The elements Skolnick identifies are danger, authority, and efficiency in the eyes of the public, which all produces unique cognitive and behavioral responses as officers. To Skolnick this is the working personality aforementioned. Understanding this, Skolnick begins the discussion of how police culture plays into a policeman’s working personality. First it is important to realize that police officers are required to respond to assaults against citizens of the community, as well as the properties and possessions of those people. This has several implications. First, “The policeman, because his work requires him to be occupied continually with potential violence, developed perpetual shorthand’s identify certain kinds of people and symbolic assailants, that is, as persons who use gesture, language, and attire that the policeman has come to recognize as a prelude to violence,” (Skolnick, 143). This concept can be trouble to some, as it seems to have a discriminatory feeling

Police work can be dangerous because with any situation they face, there can be a possibility that it results in personal injury or death to the officer. Throughout their line of worker, there are many variables that create constant dangers for police officers. They are responsible for ensuring everyone’s safety, which means if an incident occurs they must correct the problem. Any of their every day duties can lead to an accident as a result of the offender’s, victim’s, or officer’s actions. Dangerous incidents can take place during their police duty can happen while: responding to a code 3, responding to traffic violation, involved in pursuits, or making an arrest (Brucia). These incidents

I was riding my bike at dinnertime, heading east down this street, with the sun setting behind me. I heard a loud roar like an animal’s snarling….. The roar of an engine revved up to full throttle… I saw a man hanging out of the passenger window. He had something pulled over his face, some kind of ski mask, and he was holding a long metal baseball hat, like a murder weapon….

This program has brought a lot of controversy over the years, complaints coming from both the public as well as human rights organisations. On one side, people argues that this program helps reduce crime and decreases the sale of drugs and guns in New York, on the other side, people believe that it targets certain groups unproportionally and leads to the criminalization of black and hispanic youths by the police force. Not only do they believe that this program criminalizes and terrorises these individuals but they also believe that it creates hostility between the police force and the communities it is policing. Research that has reviewed data concerning the Stop-and-Frisk program from 2003-2010 seems to confirm this bias in targeting black and hispanic youths (Brown, 2013). This program is an example of what many believe is the present and ongoing discrimination of minority groups by US law

Imagine that you’ve recently moved into a new town due to accepting a promotion for a new job. You’re excited for the next step in your career and the opportunities it will bring for you and your family. You’ve left home early to arrive to work on time when suddenly a cop pulls behind you, siren blaring and its florescent red and blue lights flashing. You slowly pull to the side after quickly checking your speedometer wondering what you could have done wrong. After turning off the car you pull out your license and registration and roll down your window as the officer approaches your driver’s side door. The officer directs his attention from the inspecting the outside of the car to you and asks if you’re new in town. After your response of yes

When Papa says this things been a long time coming, T.J. just triggered it, I think it mean that the night men were going to come but T.J. made them come even earlier than expected. I think this because people haven't accepted that everyone is equal and segregation isn’t right. T.J. was not the only one who killed the man and stole things, R.W. and Melvin did to, but they wore stockings over their face to look black. Even if R.W. and Melvin weren't wearing the stockings they wouldn't have gotten as much trouble as T.J. because they are white. No one could kill or sentence them to a chain gang back then because if you did their racist  father would call the Night Riders or kill you. I know that the Night Riders also known as the KKK did horrible things to people, T.J. was no exception. R.W. and Melvin father was one of the ones hurting T.J. and his family, so clearly they were also teaching their children to do the same. Hanging out with these kids, T.J. had it coming getting in trouble because his so called friends were racist and just using T.J., just like their father. He should have realized that, but he didn't, and things didn't end up going well for T.J.

Tonight I rode with Officer Gausachs again. We were mainly patrolling around College Ave and Cook Douglass. We began by pulling over cars one of which got a ticket for having an expired registration. After that for some reason not entirely sure why but, we just kept seeing cars without their headlights on we pulled over every single one. One of which was a minivan with 8 occupants. When Officer Gausachs approached the car he noticed the smell of pot in the car. When he returned to the vehicle he let dispatch know and the Delta unit came to back him up. After they arrived and obtaining everyone’s ID from in the car Officer Gausaches had every occupant one by one exit the car and he told them the reason for the stop and then explained that he

After the interaction between the rookie deputy and the night shift sergeant, a case was discussed in which I got to observe the two rookie deputies reaction that highlighted a topic in our class readings known as “reality shock,” or basically when a rookie officer experiences the unpleasant aspects of dealing with the public, the department in which he works, and in this

On March 3rd 1991, Los Angeles Police chase a vehicle that was driving erratically. When the vehicle came to a stop after reaching speeds of nearly 120 mph, a total of four cruisers arrived to the scene, including six patrol officers and a sergeant. Of those officers were Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno, Rolando Solano, Tim and Melanie Singer, and Sergeant Stacey Koon. (Linder 2001)

Although he holds the title of being a police deputy chief, he does not view himself as more superior than others. In fact, he is just an ordinary human being helping his fellow residents cope with challenging times. As a resident of Canada, living in Ontario, he feels a sense of belonging in this egalitarianism community, where residents are deemed of equal status, despite their vast differences in race, gender, values or age. Thus, he is interconnected with diverse cultures, languages, food, and arts surrounding him. Specifically, in this profession, he understands the culture of keeping peoples personal privacy is important in order to maintain the rule of law and respect others. This concept introduces contributing to the betterment of society by donating, volunteering and sustaining the pride each community holds in

In a moment of overwhelming sadness and confusion, Christopher kneels and hugs the dog close to his body, wondering who would commit such a heinous crime. His thoughts are interrupted, however, by the presence of a policeman who makes an unwelcomed intrusion in Christopher’s valuable personal space. In his mindset of isolation and unsociability, the policeman coming and disrupting that valued space sends Christopher’s brain off into a panicky, explosive wave of terror. As the policeman yells and demands answers as to why this fifteen year old boy is cradling the corpse of a dead animal, Christopher can only “put [his] hands over [his] ears and close [his] eyes, rolled forward till [he] was hunched up with [his] forehead pressed onto the grass” (HADDON, 4.) Everyday confrontation and conversation causes Christopher to cringe with an indescribable anguish, to which he has no other response then to block out the world around him, creating a safe, protected shelter from all that cannot be

Finally, finally, the sirens stop. It’s so sudden, flooding the air with a moment of silence. My ears start to pick up the city noise again, faint and comforting in its normality. I hear footsteps behind my, and I turn to meet them. Two police officers are approaching me carefully, their guns drawn. What’s happening? Why do they look like they’re coming for me? I didn’t do anything. Questions flicker through my mind, none of them staying long enough for me to answer them.

As the light turned green, I sat for a moment, not moving, and asked myself what I was going to do. Then I accelerated slowly, waiting for the car on my left to pass as I changed over to the left lane. I made four left turns at four consecutive stoplights until I approached the library again. Pulling into the library's parking lot, I turned off my lights, radio, and heat. As I opened the car door, the cold air stung me like a quick slap to my face. Slowly and uncertainly, I walked toward Mike.