THE MILITARIZATION OF LOCAL POLICE Derrick A. Harris Abstract SWAT teams are increasingly being deployed across the country -- and it ’s happening with almost no supervision. For nearly half a century‚ America’s police forces have undergone a process of “militarization.” They’ve upped their cache of assault weapons and military defense gear‚ increasingly deployed SWAT teams to conduct ops-style missions on civilians‚ and inculcated a warrior attitude within their rank. While major metropolitan areas
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Throughout the history of the United States‚ there has been racism‚ concerns over immigration policies‚ and corruption that led to people fearing the police‚ and ultimately led to a negative connotation toward the police. However‚ like all stereotypes‚ there is a smidge of truth. Over the years‚ a small percentage of the police have abused their power‚ leading people to believe that all police are tainted. It is through sources such as media‚ to cause naïve people to believe that the police are “out to
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History of Police Bike Patrol: Over one hundred years ago‚ police departments routinely patrolled cities and towns by bicycle. The bike was tremendously popular only until the advent of the automobile. The bicycle then disappeared from policing. It wasn’t until the late 1980’s that the bicycle made a comeback. In 1988‚ Sergeant Paul Grady of the Seattle Police Department convinced his superiors that mountain bikes could be a viable patrol vehicle in the congested downtown area‚ waterfront parks
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Police Brutality in America The Police Department was established to control order and promote good conduct for the civilians in their community. Since the beginning‚ the police department has been scrutinizing for taking the law into their own hand to restore order. In most cases the individuals affected by brutality is the minorities. Even though the people are happy with the police present in their community‚ one incident can change the way the community feels towards the Police. Consequently
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The term corruption simply refers to the use of authority by a police officer to fulfill personal needs or wants. There are three simple criteria for a “corrupt act” which must all happen simultaneously: (1) misuse of authority‚ (2) misuse of official capacity‚ and (3) misuse of personal attainment. (Dantzker‚ 1995). Police corruption falls into two major categories-- external corruption‚ which concerns police interaction with the public‚ and internal corruption‚ which involves the relationships
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the United States are the police. The citizens hold the police on a higher scale than regular civilians hold each other to. This takes places because civilians view the police in the United States on a pedestal because; they are the enforcers
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Police Militarization: Domestic Terrorism While police militarization of law enforcement is deemed as necessary because of the fear and threat of terrorism‚ however a closer look should be taken to examine how police militarization has effected United States citizens often times harming‚ and sometimes killing innocent people. Modern American policing has become unnecessarily and dangerously militarized‚ in large part through federal programs that have armed state and local law enforcement agencies
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officers are the agents of enforcing the law‚ and the police play a very significant role in promoting peace. There are policies that guide how the police maintain law and order and which describe the growing series of actions that an officer can take when resolving a situation. These policies recognize the rights of the people‚ and that the police have the instruction to respect them even when enforcing law and order. Despite that the police have authority over the common person‚ they do not have
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Ethnicity and the Police Newspaper Article Assignment Part II: Final Ora Howe CJA/344 September 20‚ 2013 Diana Mitchell Ethnicity and the Police Newspaper Article Assignment Part II: Final This newspaper article will begin from week two individual public opinion of police by different ethnic groups outline. Public opinion of police by different ethnic groups there are different types of ethnic groups African American‚ Hispanic’s and Latino’s American. Ranging from the White House to all
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public or a private company. Each side has very similar and different responsibilities that play a big part in law enforcement. Each area has their advantages and disadvantages as well. The first private police organization was started by Allen Pinkerton in 1855 known as Northwest Police Organization. Private security is basically run as contract services. Organizations and people contract private security for protection of personnel and property. Guard services‚ private investigators‚ body
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