Law Enforcement Agencies: A Case Study
In the aftermath of the San Bernardino massacre, I disagree with President Obama's decision previously to restrict tank-like armored vehicles that move on tracks, certain types of camouflage uniforms, bayonets, firearms, ammunition of .50 caliber or higher, grenade launchers, and weaponized aircraft to local police departments because law enforcement is societies first call for protection. Additionally, like the The Executive Order 13688 stated, “ The purpose of providing this equipment to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs') via Federal programs is to enhance and improve the LEAs’ mission to protect and serve their communities (Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, 2015). However, with that being said, as the stakeholders mentioned in the Executive Order 13688, policies
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should be developed to guarantee that LEA's are obligated to participate in Federal controlled equipment programs to ensure that all agencies are trained properly for the use of any controlled equipment. Law enforcement agencies must be equipped and up to date to the fullest extent (Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, 2015). Especially, if they want to be able to protect themselves while they are trying to protect society as a whole. Also, it is important for LEA's to protect our society, but more importantly we must ensure that they are trained to protect themselves and use equipment correctly because we don't need our societies protection out smarted I guess you could say, if they are not up to date on all training and protocols.
Secondly, law enforcement benefited greatly by having the opportunity to use a military style armored vehicle like the Bearcat Medevac Unit during the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
Law enforcement were able to surround the suspects vehicle without having to be concerned about tragic consequences. In addition, it is crucial for law enforcement to have access to this type of machinery when sudden crisis's like this one arises. America's law enforcement agencies need to be equipped and ready to act at all times, not react and hope they get to the location in time to prevent a mass shooting or attack in general. With that being said, it is unfortunate, but attacks such as the San Bernardino one are happening too frequently and we must rely on our law enforcement agencies to be well prepared and equipped to handle every situation accordingly. However, like I mentioned above, it is crucial that our law enforcement agencies stay trained and up to date on all equipment and how to use it properly following protocols. Lastly, America has become victim time and again to incidents such as the San Bernardino attack and if these attacks would stop our LEA's would not need military style
equipment.
In conclusion, I disagree with President Obama's decision previously to restrict tank-like armored vehicles that move on tracks, certain types of camouflage uniforms, bayonets, firearms, ammunition of .50 caliber or higher, grenade launchers, and weaponized aircraft to local police departments because law enforcement is societies first call for protection. Our local law enforcement agencies are our first call for protection and personally if my town fell/falls under attack I would want us to be protected to the fullest extent. However, in order to do so I believe LEA's should be obligated to participate in Federal controlled equipment programs to ensure that all agencies are trained properly for the use of any controlled equipment. Additionally, law enforcement agencies must be equipped and up to date to the fullest extent to guarantee the minimum or no casualties is such situations. Law enforcement can benefit greatly by having the opportunity to use military style armored vehicle like the Bearcat Medevac Unit, which was used during the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Although, there were lives lost, law enforcement was able to keep the number as low as possible by using such equipment to detain the situation as quickly as possible with the bare minimum of tragic consequences.
should be developed to guarantee that LEA's are obligated to participate in Federal controlled equipment programs to ensure that all agencies are trained properly for the use of any controlled equipment. Law enforcement agencies must be equipped and up to date to the fullest extent (Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, 2015). Especially, if they want to be able to protect themselves while they are trying to protect society as a whole. Also, it is important for LEA's to protect our society, but more importantly we must ensure that they are trained to protect themselves and use equipment correctly because we don't need our societies protection out smarted I guess you could say, if they are not up to date on all training and protocols.
Secondly, law enforcement benefited greatly by having the opportunity to use a military style armored vehicle like the Bearcat Medevac Unit during the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
Law enforcement were able to surround the suspects vehicle without having to be concerned about tragic consequences. In addition, it is crucial for law enforcement to have access to this type of machinery when sudden crisis's like this one arises. America's law enforcement agencies need to be equipped and ready to act at all times, not react and hope they get to the location in time to prevent a mass shooting or attack in general. With that being said, it is unfortunate, but attacks such as the San Bernardino one are happening too frequently and we must rely on our law enforcement agencies to be well prepared and equipped to handle every situation accordingly. However, like I mentioned above, it is crucial that our law enforcement agencies stay trained and up to date on all equipment and how to use it properly following protocols. Lastly, America has become victim time and again to incidents such as the San Bernardino attack and if these attacks would stop our LEA's would not need military style
equipment.
In conclusion, I disagree with President Obama's decision previously to restrict tank-like armored vehicles that move on tracks, certain types of camouflage uniforms, bayonets, firearms, ammunition of .50 caliber or higher, grenade launchers, and weaponized aircraft to local police departments because law enforcement is societies first call for protection. Our local law enforcement agencies are our first call for protection and personally if my town fell/falls under attack I would want us to be protected to the fullest extent. However, in order to do so I believe LEA's should be obligated to participate in Federal controlled equipment programs to ensure that all agencies are trained properly for the use of any controlled equipment. Additionally, law enforcement agencies must be equipped and up to date to the fullest extent to guarantee the minimum or no casualties is such situations. Law enforcement can benefit greatly by having the opportunity to use military style armored vehicle like the Bearcat Medevac Unit, which was used during the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Although, there were lives lost, law enforcement was able to keep the number as low as possible by using such equipment to detain the situation as quickly as possible with the bare minimum of tragic consequences.