Police Fairness Research Paper

Lack of training and policing standards are closely linked to the myriad problems bedeviling police work, especially in small departments (Brodeur, 2010). All over the country, police departments report cases of officers being caught in uncompromising and unprofessional situations, resulting in disciplinary actions such as redeployment, suspension or sacking. These cases of unprofessionalism have led to questions being asked about policing, occasioned by recurring series of questionable and controversial encounters with police officers (Brodeur, 2010). The consequence of such encounters is increasing public distrust in law enforcement agencies.

Source One is an interview that I conducted with Elko Police Department Chief Ben Reed on 3/17/2016. "Chief Ben Reed has over 35 years’ experience working in all facets of municipal law enforcement, including Administration, Field Operations, and Detectives" (elkocity.com). This source is reliable because it is a direct interview conducted by myself of Chief Ben Reed himself. Source Two is an essay in the police chief magazine by Peter Horne who has a PhD and is a professor at Mercer County Community College. Source Two updated September 2006 but still holds true today. I believe that source Two is reliable as it has 29 cited credible sources like the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice. Source Three is an essay by Curtis Crooke who is a special contributor at the (COPS) community oriented policing Services on the Department of Justice website. The COPS office or "the office of community oriented policing Services is a component of the US Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation 's state, local, Territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and Grant resources" (cops.usdoj.gov). Source Three was e-newsletter of the COPS office that was posted on July 2013. Source Three is reliable because it is a .gov website meaning it has restricted use by government entities in the US. Source Four is an essay and statistics sheet by Lynn Langton who is statistician at the Bureau

What is racism? Racism is defined as discrimination toward someone’s race or religion etc. As we know today, this is a big issue, especially in United State. This is important to me because it does not matter what skin color you have or what religion you believe in. All that matters are that a person follows the law. Police officers, for example, they are supposed to use the power that they have for the bad people, people that do crimes and our threat to our society. Using violence against people that haven't done any threat to our society is wrong. In Sweden there is some racism, but not to the extent that black people will get harassed because of their skin color. In Sweden, the law is for everyone and whoever breaks the law will get the punishment they deserve. We all know that it is always two side of a story for example what happened to Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. Michael Brown was robbing a grocery store. The police officer stated that “He shot Brown after the teen attacked him”, While brown’s family said, “Brown was surrendering when he was shot dead.” You are always going to hear two different sides but the justice will find out who is the guilty one and who is the victim.

It’s crucial that police officers gather all the facts before making any rash decisions. Whether it’s a routine traffic stop or a full blow investigation the facts is what should determine the decision an officer makes. Often times implicit biases or stereotypes influence judgments through processes of misattribution and disambiguation. This can cause their decisions to lean more toward believing one side over another.

“Racially Biased Policing: Determinants of Citizen Perception” is a research study done by Ronald Weitzer and Steven Tuch. The goal of this study is to know the views of the citizen towards police bias towards race. This makes it the dependent variable. They focused more on comparing the Blacks, Hispanics, and White Americans. And the factors that affect these views are race, personal experience with discrimination, and media exposure. These are the independent variables. Additionally, they considered some control variables such as age, gender, place of residence, education, and household income. Weitzer and Tuch set up four models to evaluate test their hypothesis. There are three hypotheses and each have secondary ones.

Social psychologists have studied the cause and effect of biases, specifically by white police officers towards minorities. Implicit bias, specifically racial bias, describes a psychological process in which a person’s unconscious racial belief (stereotypes) and attitudes (prejudices) affect his or her behaviors, perceptions, and judgments in ways that they are largely unaware of and typically, unable to control (Graham).

Law enforcement (police) subcultures have specific set of moral values and a certain mentality exhibited by those in law enforcement. It’s always the public against the police so they form an alliance for supportive reasons. However, people may believe police subculture is breaking down. Police subculture is breaking down because it is inconsistent with the formal morals and values related to the culture and that police are not the same as each other in their qualities and attributes. Examining ethics and its relation to the police subculture is important to help delineate not only the grey area of ethics but also the grey area within which the police operate (McCartney and Parent, 2015). For example, police officers are known to defend their own whether its something right or wrong. However, if another officer feels that the situation interferes with their morals, then it becomes inconsistent with the other officer’s

In the article by Jim Leitzel, he discusses the policing that has been done. In the beginning, he praises the police system for keeping crime rates low in the United States, but that praise is ultimately tarnished from their role of race. He gives examples of certain situations that have happened to put his point across; one example is in 1997, when the police tortured a Haitian immigrant for no specific reason. He also brings up the question if disparities exist and if it is implemented in policing today. There are disparities in policing since it does indicate criminal profiling (Leitzel). Leitzel questions the police, if they are private citizens of their country shouldn’t they act as a good citizen? Sadly, they do not, most cops judge

There are many instances where minorities are not given the chance to prosper in American society. The same system that promises all men equal opportunity has turned its back in the face of minorities. We plan to examine some segments of this system, namely the media and the criminal justice system, exposing injustices burdening minorities in America.

There are still various issues relating to gender, race, and class that exists in our Police departments. Many times, there have been a lot of campaigns in the country whose aim is to reduce discrimination in workplaces in the matter of race, class and gender. In the recent times, there have been debates on whether these campaigns matter or whether they will have an impact on the police department because of the issues that involve gender, race, and class. These issues have been experienced for a long time now and it is becoming a standard. Therefore, this essay will evaluate on practices that relate to race, class, and gender in the police department. The paper will also analyze how these issues will affect me while I work as

Police Agencies in modern society are a part of the American fabric to serve and protect the American public. The United States currently have more than 15,000 police agencies, (Walker & Katz, 2011). Police Departments across the United States face similar critical issues policing. All police officers face dangers in the job of policing the dangers can emanate from internal and external origins. Police officers have continued to evolve to serve communities by finding better less than lethal alternatives to weapons used. In addition, police departments have continued to keep up with

Police executives have always had different issues within the police department. Most police executives try to find a quick fix in order to solve the issue of police misconduct. Police misconduct is defined as inappropriate action taken by police officers in relation with their official duties (Police Misconduct Law & Legal Definition, n.d.). In order to solve this issue, one must acknowledge their different challenges, overcome the “code of silence”, and find out the role of organizational culture.

We often hear many stories about police brutality and the injustice acts that police men comment. Mainly focused on the lives of black men. There’s no problem with there being a lot of focus on the injustice crimes and police brutality that happens to black men, I love to see that people care. But, the problem that comes into place is when the black community and society tries to make it seem like it’s only a problem that black men go through. There are so many black women who go through the same problem, but don’t get the type of protests, support and media attention that a lot of these black men who lost their lives to police injustice did.

The uniform worn by a police officer often psychologically embodies each individual’s stereotype about the officer’s authority, status, and motivations. In this formal paper, will explore the cause of the negative perceptions that Canadian minorities have on police uniforms.

In respect to the article and the referencing of the NYPD I feel that these practices are fair and serve purpose in the 21st century of police. Though I do feel, as the article said about the broken glass metaphor, if there is something broken and is left that way the way the object/scenario is represented may lure criminal deviance. Deviance is defined as a behavior that is considered to against the norms established by society. Opposed to a nicer neighborhood which is patrolled frequent. If the city has a negative connotation to like a "south side" busts would be on a larger scale. I feel like the city should put the "glass together" and fix the city to the best of its ability, so growth can be a cornerstone for community revival.