examine rap lyrics from prominent Los Angeles Hip-Hop acts in order to investigate the deteriorating rapport between the city’s oft-biased police department and the city’s increasingly restless black urban youth‚ from the perspective of the latter group. These lyrics will be juxtaposed with statements various accounts of events involving racially motivated police actions‚ in order to assess their validity. In doing so‚ it is shown that hip-hop reveals the problematic culture of aggression that led
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“If the sounds of gunshots were generated into song sales‚ Baltimore would’ve gone triple platinum by now. Murder has been opening its mouth like a hungry lion‚ eating away more than 220 lives in 2017‚ and its only August.” (Kondwani Fidel). Blood was shed in Baltimore at a groundbreaking pace in 2015‚ mostly young‚ black men being shot to death being the daily headline. By April of 2015‚ killings topped 30 to 40 per month. More than 90 percent of the homicide victims were boys or men‚ more than
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Class Project on San Diego Police Department Police Departments of different cities are undergoing a transition. Police department and their operations‚ hierarchy design‚ and strategies are becoming increasingly similar to that of other commercial organizations. Police Departments today operate with a sense of direction‚ a mission that is broken down into objectives and achievable goals that must be met in order to rank the mission of the department as a success. Therefore‚ it will not be incorrect
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The Scottsdale Police Department Leadership Training Manual is designed to help the police force working in the City of Scottsdale to enhance the knowledge and skills in handling crime within the city. This training manual is a tool that will be used as a beneficial guide and training workshop to enhance the leaders and police services for the Scottsdale Police Department. There are seven training elements: Element 1-Organizational structure and the impact for leadership‚ Element 2- The most effective
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On October 15th 2016‚ my family and I decided to visit the Baltimore Art Museum (BMA) which is located in the heart of Baltimore. I was fascinated with the diversity and beauty of the arts in this gallery. According to the Baltimore Art Museum website‚ ” Today the Museum boasts a collection of 95‚000 works of art that range broadly in terms of geography‚ culture‚ chronology‚ and medium”(Baltimore Art Museum). The museum is housed in a massive building which consists of three floors. Each floor contains
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Technology has helped police officers and police departments transmit information more easily and efficiently. In the United States a majority of police departments now rely on computer access to submit and receive information. It wasn’t till recently that the departments realized it created less of a workload for their officers. When police departments streamline their officers’ jobs by incorporating technology it helps officers respond instantly‚ keeps the public safer‚ and makes their jobs easier
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It was another day in the city I love. Baltimore. Like any other resplendent city in all of the states. Baltimore has been my only home for years. However‚ today in Baltimore something felt different. “Ahhh…‚” I yawned and moaned as I tried to free myself from my bed sheets. I opened the shutters of the windows to look outside the early sunlight began to creep out as all livelihood of the distant inner city began to awake. “Will‚ it is time to wake up‚” shouted Will’s mother above the staircases
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POLICE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION Angaleana Williams‚ Aleta Jester‚ Jerrica Denslow‚ Madison Brechlin‚ Melissa Barnes CJA/214 March 30‚2015 Jeremy Leach INTRODUCTION Major organizational theories associated with policing Describe the organization of police agencies at the local‚ state‚ and federal level. The civil service system and how it affects police organization MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL THEORIES ASSOCIATED WITH POLICING Organizational Theory There are 3 theories that fall in this
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Administration Virtual Police Department Case Study Due 8 March 2015 University of Maryland University College Introduction This paper will consist of an overview of the Virtual Police Department‚ the history of that department and where it is today. I will analyse the different issues within the department and set a constructive path for the department so that it may benefit fully from all the resources that it has available. The Virtual Police Department is a medium sized department with 155 sworn
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Interactions between a police department and the community in the jurisdiction that it patrols is very crucial. It is detrimental for the police officers to have a relationship with the people under their watch because the citizens in that area can either help or hurt them with cases that they are trying to deal with. According to Walker‚ Spohn‚ and DeLone (2018)‚ how the police officer interacts with the people shapes their attitudes towards the entire police department. Sir Robert Peel’s seventh
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