Policing Practices and Operations

Each year law enforcement officers throughout the county are involved in shootings, some of them fatal. Frequently the shootings are reported by the media, which exploits the feelings of the victim while ignoring the effect of the shooting on the police officer. It is “estimated that approximately 87 percent of all emergency service personnel will experience a critical incident at least once in their career, which include officer-involved shootings” (Kureczka, 2002, p. 18). Officer-involved shootings have a profound effect on not only the officer involved but also their spouses, families, and the departments they serve. Law enforcement officers that are involved in officer-involved shootings need support and assistance such as critical incident stress debriefing and sometimes long-term trauma recover therapy in order to cope and live successful lives beyond the critical incident of the shooting.

In the United States, there are city, county, state, and national police forces. They have very difficult and dangerous responsibilities. These public servants are required to perform many different jobs. They enforce laws and maintain order. They teach people how to help prevent crime and to protect themselves ( Mittleman, 2000). They offer assistance and take charge of many different situations such as car accidents, flooding, and hurricanes. Police

Although police officers take an oath to protect and serve citizens in our society. we have some officers that our corrupt and willing do anything just to protect themselves from being exposed from their unethical behavior. In 1994 three officers from New Orleans police department committed an unspeakable crime murder for hire and a violent drug gang. The killing of Kim grove was thirty-two years old and was gunned down by police officer that were there to protect her instead they killed her.

Law enforcement officers are a part of our communities to protect and serve us from danger and to apprehend criminals that disobey the law. It is their job to apprehend criminals and respond to calls from the people. Most enforcement officers have to stay in their designated areas, or jurisdiction, and respond to any calls or monitor the area. They are there to catch any

In 1972 the FBI was annually producing two reports which were then eventually combined in 1982 which ultimately created LEOKA (FBI, 2011). Since then, it has been used effectively each year to report the law enforcement officers. The information is broken down by state and region and it maps out which regions have more of a problem with law enforcement officers either feloniously or accidently killed and also non-fatal assaults. There are many reasons as to why LEOKA is something that should be studied. Through this information you are able to come up with explanations as to why the statistics are the way they are and can even come up with ways to prevent officers being killed or assaulted in the line of duty. I am going to discuss the different ways law enforcement officers are killed on duty and how prevalent it is and use statistics and articles to justify my

This is not the first officer killed in the United States but this is the 20th police officer killed this year and it is a disturbing thing to have our law enforcers

With at least 13 ambush shooting of law enforcement during the last few weeks, Minneapolis police are making changes to how they handle 911 calls. Ambush shootings of officers nationwide were up 50% in 2014 and today's numbers stand at a 70% increase over 2015! Washington-based National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says ambush-style attacks are the leading method in the surging numbers of shooting deaths of law enforcement officers.

The San Antonio Police Department has been around since the early 1700’s, since then there have been fifty-four San Antonio police officers that have been killed in the line of duty. According to the Fallen Officers in San Antonio, “the first officer that is acknowledged as the first San Antonio police officer to die in the line of duty was Frederick Fieldstrup” (Fallen). Fieldstrup died in the line of duty on May 29, 1857, he was shot and killed on the corner of Market Street and Alamo Street in a shot out with a gambler. William Lacey, was shot and killed in the line of duty on November 29, 1900. Lacey was shot and killed accidentally by the person that he was assigned to protect during a labor dispute. Joseph Pedraza, was shot and killed

2014 statistics released by the FBI show the law enforcement officers killed while in the line of duty to be 51. This is an increase from 2013 by almost 89

Even across the nation if a police officer dies the other men and women are left to continue on and can only look back to mourn their loss for a short time. According to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey from the article "How police deaths affect us all,” “Anytime you lose someone you know it’s going to take an emotional toll. We’ve had a lot of police officers that have died tragically... But we’re not able to shut our doors of mourning. We all have to keep pushing forward,” I find this to be truly heartbreaking. For me to grow up in a small netted community my parents have always taught me to respect my elders, volunteer with community service and pursue my dreams. I now feel like I’ve been living in a giant bubble. Finding out that across the nation, there police officer to go out of their way and protect the people in their area only to never be able to go back to their family and knowing that there are children out there missing a parent because of an action someone took to protect themselves when they're the ones who put themselves into that situation is eye opening. For Commissioner Ramsey this is all too well known as he states, “I’ve been here a little more than four and a half years, and I’ve had seven officers so far killed in the line of duty. That’s an awful lot in a short period of time” from the article "How police deaths affect". For the other officers left there feeling the loss they often try to hide their feelings and remain passive. This takes a huge toll on these officers as they bottle up their feeling while building stress and growing deeper in depression. Whether or not the officer knew the officer who died, they grow a connection with them in the fact they share the same occupation and might have lived the same life, a life with a family and friends. The

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics there are approximately 765,000 full time local and state law enforcement officers employed in the United States (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2011). These officers respond to various calls during a tour of duty. According to the National Incident Based Reporting System, (NIBRS), that records 71 separate crimes that officers respond to, officers reported 4,759,438 incidents in 2014. This number was a result of only 35.2% of all agencies reporting (FBI, 2014). These officers that responded to calls for service ran the risk of being assaulted during the course of their response. According to the FBI report on Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted in 2014 there were 48,315 officers assaulted during the reporting year. Of that number 28.3% of the officers were injured (FBI, Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted 2014). These injuries not only take a toll on the officer in the form of physical injury and economic cost to the officer, but there is a psychological cost as well. A number of Criminal Justice Personnel not included in that number is Correctional Personnel. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 427,790 persons employed in State correctional or local confinement facilities. Of this number 23,271 employees suffered from a work related illness or injury (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015). Many of these officers will

Law enforcement officers have encountered some very deadly days. The life of a law enforcement officer is one of constantly being aware of your surroundings, dealing with the uncertainty of not knowing the individuals you have to approach, and being able to cope with the visual images seen after vicious crimes. The life of a law enforcement officer, who protects and serves, is both challenging and rewarding. The first law enforcement system was established in Boston, Massachusetts over 350 years ago. During this time in the Colonies that were not heavily populated, the sheriff served as the main law enforcement officer. During the 1800’s, 24-hour law enforcement service and systems similar to what is used today began to emerge (NLEMI). Law enforcement officers face incredible dangers. With over 900,000 law enforcement officers nationwide the Federal Bureau of Investigations reported approximately 1,165,383 violent crimes in 2014. Approximately one law enforcement officer dies every 61 hours (NLEMI).The law enforcement profession is the most challenging and dangerous career, because officers must be aware of every law and action they take at all times, manage constant training and stress, and protecting others as well as themselves in the line of duty.

Various research shows that the suicide rate of law enforcement officers is increasing at a high rate, and that officers are more likely to commit suicide than members of the general public. Researchers have examined possible causes and risk factors that lead to this discrepancy. Although mental health resources are available, many officers choose not to utilize them and take their own lives.

Last year, 100 law-enforcement officers were killed. On average, over the past decade, there have been 58,261 assaults against law enforcement each year, resulting in 15,658 injuries (Maklin). That is insane because this officers don’t make much money, they do it to protect and serve the people but the thing is “the people” are the ones that kill the officers.

From there I did an online search using the google search engine. I entered the following questions in the search engine; how do I become a police officer? What do police officers do? What kind of schooling do I need? How many police officers were killed in 2013 and 2014? Of the many sites available I chose a few that I felt came from reliable sources and had current information like the one from the one Los Angeles Police Department, government websites and also https://www.odmp.org/search/year webpage that was dedicated to officers that had died while on the job. There they had statistics of the number of officers that died in the United States each year and how they died. I didn’t know so many