Police Observation

A group of disgruntled Americans have created a nonviolent organization called Cop Watchers in order to document and monitor police activity in certain communities. These people are very concerned with the way the American police system is being run and they say that they want to make a change. They believe that the system isn’t working they way it should and that recent acts of police brutality are perfect examples of this problem. Their goal is to record instances such as Freddie Gray and Mike Brown’s deaths in hope that it will bring justice to people and families affected by controversial police actions.

Literature Review: Police Isolation Danielle Hoover CRIMJ465 November 14, 2015 Abstract Police Isolation is when a police officer becomes secluded from society and family based off his or her career as an officer. It appears police isolation begins early in one’s career. It is connected mainly to all the interconnections of being an officer.

I spent my third and fourth session of my practicum with Constable Dwayne Harrison and Constable Paul Davis. Both members of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service (LRPS) are in the patrol unit; responding to calls and investigating. Patrol work is broad, responding to calls that mostly consist of theft, mischief, and domestic. It defines the police as a public service and making the public happy to have someone to solve their problems.

Today, law enforcement agencies, or more specifically police officers, are under constant scrutiny from their peers as well as outside sources. Many of these problems arise from how the police treat and deal with these citizens. There is however a solution to these problems, which can not only improve officer safety, but can also protect anyone else that the officer encounters. The solution to this problem is officer mounted camera systems, or better known as body cameras. These body cameras capture almost everything an officer see’s as well as hears. This allows for protection against a police officer as well as protection for a citizen who was scrutinized for something he or she might have done or not. Body cameras are ever increasing in policing and have many benefit’s as well as draw backs.

Imagine if every police officer in the United States had to be required to wear body cameras. The questioning between officer Darren Wilson and Mike Brown could have been solved if a body camera could have captured the incident. This can increase the better outcomes of police officers and their job. People will be able to see everything that happens through the camera 's lens. How do you feel about body cameras being worn? Even though some people believe police officers should not have to wear body cameras, I believe that police officers should be required to wear body cams at all times on duty because it creates more evidence in cases, enforces officers to abide by the laws,and builds trust with the community.

Officer MOZDY of the Shenandoah Police Department was dispatched to Main and Lloyd Streets for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. The vehicle was described as a silver Dodge Neon with a broken front widow with tape on it and beared a Virgina registration. The vehicle was reported to have left the scene travelling towards Ringtown.

Policing in America underwent a major paradigm shift in the way that law enforcement was carried out – this shift was known as a shift from the Political Era to the Professional (Reform) Era (Roberg, Novak, Cordner, & Smith, 2015). This switch in eras happened in the United States during a period branded as the Progressive Era, when many “types of problems … began to be addressed not only in the public sector but also in private enterprise” (Roberg et al., 2015, p. 41). This movement affected the United States and the American life since it functioned on the ideas that there should be “(1) honest and efficiency in government, (2) more authority for public officials (and less for politicians), and (3) the use of experts to respond to specific

In another situation, a 13-year-old son and his father, Paul Shuey, were the victims of a violent home invasion and requested help from the Canby Police department to assist them. Shuey explains that the invasion involved his ex-wife, who broke into his house in an attempt to beat him in front of his son. When Shuey and his son ran outside to escape, immediately calling 911 to avoid further conflict, his ex-wife got into her car and tried to hit him twice with her car, which was recorded on the 911 call, and witnessed by Shuey’s son. Tony Fetters, the officer in charge of overseeing the incident, has mishandled it by not following proper procedures, falsifying police reports, and omitting evidence about the home invasion. However, Police Chief Smith is only making matters worse for Shuey because he is not keeping him informed about his problems either. Shuey states that information has been blocked to him about this situation between October of 2013 and January of 2014. He suspects that it has been due to the police department’s hope that he will give up to receive fair treatment and forget the mishandling of the incident. Interestingly, Shuey does not feel that this is a personal attack against him because he has witnessed Officer Fetters act harshly to others, with his assistants present. Nevertheless, Shuey states that he would like a Supervisor present anytime Officer Fetters interviews him in the future, even

Many people believe that having standard issue police body cameras will be helpful and effective for law enforcement agencies. There are many cases in the past few years that were considered controversial where body cameras could have helped solved the controversy. There are only a few setbacks to standard issue body cameras: price and privacy issues. Body cameras can help the police force, help control civil disobedience, and help prevent police brutality.

Some Police Officers have done more than just help or save people. Many studies have shown that some cops are more likely to hurt someone then protect them. A University of Cambridge study showed that if police officers wear body cameras, the respondent and the officer are more likely not to use violence. The study indicated that more than 50 percent of violence decreased once they wore cameras. Police Officers would be held countable for their inappropriate and appropriate contact, and the Local Governments would not need evidence to find out if the Police Officer did right or wrong. Body cameras would make the streets safer, as well as the officers and the public.

In an attempt to de-escalate the situation, I escorted Heredia to my police vehicle. While walking to the police vehicle, Heredia had trouble walking and lost his balance causing him to fall to the ground in the sitting position. I assisted Heredia to his feet and walked him to the police vehicle, and sat him in the rear seat.

To deter § 1983 claims against the police, widely used police tactics needs to be reformed specifically police pursuits. As the chief of police in my jurisdiction , I will be introducing new policies and procedure that officers will abide by when decided whether or not the should pursue a fleeing suspect. The initial purpose of police pursuits is to capture and apprehend a fleeing suspect or criminal fleeing in on a transportation device most commonly an automobile. Unfortunately their has been several occurrence where police pursuits end badly, such as the death of an innocent bystander or damages to personal or public property. The policy I suggest incorporate officers patrolling routes which would used to create road traps which will prevent

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New York Police Department was accelerating its efforts to outfit nearly every patrol officer on the force with body cameras” (Santora and Stewart). While crime has always been a problem for a major metropolitan center like New York City, it is rare to see that the new measures in crime prevention involve protecting civilians from the very people hired to guard their safety. This new measure in crime fighting technology, which require each police officer to wear a body camera to record their interactions with civilians, has gained much weight in the recent news due the headline making events such as the riots in Ferguson, Missouri. To combat the growing public’s growing distrust of the law enforcement authorities, “Mr. de Blasio said the cameras would provide a sense of accountability and transparency” (Santora and Stewart).

The psychologist serves a great purpose in the law enforcement as well. The police psychologists provide services that are used to counter police use of excessive force. The psychologists are there to characterize the types of officers who are known to abuse force and to recommend psychology-based intervention that could help police managers reduce cases of excessive force. Some think that the police departments should rely mostly on pre employment screening to identify violence-prone candidates.