The Pros And Cons Of Police Officers

Having had the opportunity to see both sides of the argument play out in the City of Memphis and as a member of the Memphis Police Department. I have become an advocate for requiring entry-level police officers to have at the very minimum an associate degree or the equivalent college credits. The college requirement can only be avoided with military experience. However, my position is not that more education makes you a better police officer or less education makes you a lousy officer. I believe that there should be a “happy medium” when it comes to police work. A good officer will be empathic, fair and in tune with the needs of the community and its members. Requiring a level of education for your entry-level officers speaks volumes about your agency and their dedication to professionalism. The benefits of having a college educated officer have shown to make a difference in the way they do their jobs. An educated police officer is less likely to utilize force when interacting with his co-workers or civilians. A department with educated officers also has shown to see a reduction in misconduct and disciplinary issues(Gómez-Mejía et al., 2016). Some years back the Memphis Police Department had relaxed their

It is widely known that police officers are given a substantial amount of latitude concerning vehicular searches while on patrol. Many officers make it a habit to ask citizens they pull over if it 's okay to search their cars, while others will only ask if they have reason to believe that a suspect is hiding something. Either way, what should you do if the police search your car without your permission, and without first obtaining a search warrant? Most people know that police officers need one of three things to search your car: permission, probable cause or a warrant. Unfortunately, an officer will obtain one of those three things if he is determined to execute a search, even if there is a possibility that it will later be thrown out in court. If permission is denied and they don 't have sufficient evidence for a warrant, just about anything can be used for probable cause. For example, let 's say that you 're pulled over for speeding, and when the police officer takes your license and registration, he notices that your eyes are red. This is a common side effect of marijuana use (and about a thousand other things), but he might decide that he wants to search your car, so he asks permission. If you don 't give it, but there is a large jacket tossed over the passenger seat of the car, he can use that jacket and your red eyes to generate probable cause. After all, you might be concealing an ounce of marijuana underneath the jacket, and he would have to search your car if he

The most important thing that a law enforcement officer can do is the right thing. We as officers of the law are suppose to be role models. I have been in law enforcement of almost two years and I have never accepted free stuff from any restaurant or local business. I my self-have always taken my top shirt of or just changed my clothes completely. I do not think that I should get any special treatment from anyone just because I am an officer and what I was sworn to do. So I would like to talk about the pros and cons of officers accepting free meals and coffee, not accepting free meals, higher standards, officers getting sued or the department getting sued, and civil liability.

Upon reviewing the required case study, the facts and concerns of the study are easily recognizable. The first fact is that Chief Walton Eager experience before becoming chief was in the department he currently runs (Cordner, 2016). Also, according to the reading he also apparently possesses some people skills. Next, since receiving the appointment, he posts new policy and procedure on a bulletin board to let his department know about desired guidelines. Additionally, the majority of the officers at the Rixton Police Department use service style policing, and perform ethically and professionally. However, there is a small number of officers that believe in aggressive law enforcement rather than serving the public. Consequently, these set of facts listed in the case study present an enormous amount of problems for the Rixton community.

The recent wave of terrorist attacks around the UK and the rest of Europe has caused an uproar of people who believe the British police service should be armed, expecting an attack 24/7, but this isn 't the first time the UK has experienced significant sustained terrorist attacks. Back then the attacks were being carried out by an organised guerrilla army, the PIRA, who were well known to the UK government and military. Nowadays attacks are being carried out by individuals trying to push their own political views in unconnected, isolated incidents. But is it really any safer to arm our police service?

When someone breaks into one's home, or hurts their friends or family, the first thing you think to do is call the police. Police are always there for everyone when they are in danger or when someone breaks the law, however many people today mistreat police officers and law enforcement workers. Over the years tensions have been growing between law enforcement officers and citizens. Some feel that officers don’t care about the people and use too much force, however this is usually a misconception or misunderstanding. Police officers are the most mistreated group of people in America. Police officers are mistreated in media, there is a lack of respect for police officers, and they deal with resistance from criminals.

A beginning problem is gratuities. What exactly is a gratuity? A gratuity is when police get free meals or discounts on their meals. Some police departments prohibit this, others do not. Business’ can use this as a motive to get more business. Businesses would get more business from other police officers and citizens. Who wouldn’t want to eat somewhere that is protected by police? Walker states that in some cases it’s a “thank you” for the job that the police officer is doing, its reflecting self interest, they may do it to scare off criminals, or expectations of more police officers coming to that business (2002).There are plenty of reasons why gratuities are bad. It opens the door for more serious forms of corruption: “encourages officers to believe that they are entitled to special privileges and may lead to officers demanding them” (Walker 2002). There are many ways to solve this

Law enforcement has got to be one of the most adaptable careers out there. With our society it is constantly changing and evolving. Law enforcement must adapt quickly. Over the past couple years our society has seen dramatic changes between the public’s relationship and law enforcement. With such diversity among the United States our law enforcement has to be capable of adapting with these people or else there will be more serious issues later on down the road. There is no constant, our society continues to grow in every which way, but at the same time all these people need the proper protection and policing. There are many challenges law enforcement will endure in the next decade, but with the proper training many lives can be saved.

As with all professions that have employees there must be at some point within the criminal justice organization a determining hierarchy that not only deals with the more mundane tasks such as payroll, and sick leave, but must administer and at times enforce rules and policies. This is even more scrutinized by the public with regards of rules and their enforcement particularly in light of events of the past few years with allegations of the police use of excessive force to the question of privacy violation concerns by the federal intelligence community. To this end the examination of not only police/ law enforcement structures are brought into question but the very behaviors that are the central part of whether or not some type of oversight

The department took the survey’s recommendations and changed all officers to an eight-hour shift. This was very unpopular with the officers and the chief took an enormous hit on this, but he knew he was doing the best thing for the department. I think we all knew that the ten-hour shifts were not necessarily the most productive shift for the department and it was really only being allowed to keep morale up. After working with the legislature, the department was able to change the state’s labor law allowing the work week to be considered over two weeks. By doing this, the officers could work more than 40 hours one week and less than 40 hours the next as

From a Pittsburgh Police officer I asked to come in and watch what happens here.

You said: “The narrative they are presenting is a false one. Cops are not indiscriminately killing blacks.”

So the fact of most police call for service stems from low-income and majority minorities neighborhood it impacts society’s perspective of police violence by instilling fear that police lives are mostly endangered when answering calls in those particular neighborhoods. Additionally, it is a well known that the residents of low-income majority minority neighborhoods believe that police respond faster to calls in affluent areas than respond to their service calls, because of fear and unwillingness to be proactive in reducing the violence. When it comes to the quote “If it bleeds, it leads” it shows that the news medium use sensationalism in order to keep a stable influx of viewership and the violence portrayed in media influences society’s expectations on how police officers should handle their jobs. This in turn can lead down a slippery slope of increasing police violence.

Therefore, because of prioritized staffing, I will reduce the other departments carefully considering the work done by each department. The focus for layoff would be in certain job positions like secretary or assistant. Laying off individual police Captain 's secretaries might not be a popular decision and could cause more work for some of the departmental leaders, but that would be the first resource to lose. That means if there are five secretaries or assistants, I will lay off four of them and leave only one. Making that position for the entire department and not just one indivdual. I would eliminate the position of office messenger because most of the communications happen online and most departments have Wi-Fi. Another thought is to offer and early retirement option. Early retirement could hopefully generate some stimulus, and it may be able to get at least three to four officers to retire early. Offering early retirement can identify persons willing to take retirement and give them a retirement package with full benefits (George, 2003). Thereby ensuring federal laws of age discrimination are not a factor.

Police officers are legally allowed to partially use force. The police superior and the public at large expect this due to the nature of the police duties that require them to do so when appropriate. In order to deal with the disorderly elements of the society. People who work in law enforcement agencies may gradually develop the attitude or the sense of commanding authority over the society, this can lead to excessive force. Police need to build a better relationship with the community and there are alternate methods to force.