The purpose of this position paper on community policing is to weigh the pros and cons. In order to write an effective position paper‚ the idea of know what the predecessors stand on this subject would not be a benefit because it is not his problem anymore. If I where to be the new Chief of Police‚ I would want my opinion to be of value and not regurgitated information from the prior Police Chief. This would be my opinion and if it is not what the City Mayor wants to hear then at least I still
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violence is more prevalent than it actually is.1 Many schools have adopted "zero tolerance" policies which require mandatory consequences‚ often suspensions and expulsions for certain infractions despite the actual severity or threat to safety of the behaviors.2 The implementation of such policies suggested that schools would become safer and the needs of all students would be better served. The proliferation of zero tolerance and related policies that resulted in what is sometimes referred to as "school
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Zero Tolerance Being able to provide a safe environment for students has been a priority since school zones have become a war zone. It only took one gun shot fired at a school to cause mayhem across the country. Since this occurrence school safety has been a concern the entire educational community share. Zero tolerance is as much as an issue with people outside of school as well as the people inside. Opinions vary whether one is against this policy or not‚ especially psychologists and regular people
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doubt a need for discipline in schools every where. However‚ zero-tolerance policies are not the answer to school discipline unless they can be reformed to have fewer gray areas and kept from being too strict‚ be less disruptive to the education process and allow teachers to keep their voices‚ and figure out how to correct claims of racial discrimination‚ regardless of claims that they are effective. I believe that the zero tolerance policy is very unfair because it punishes everyone for the problems
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1990’s students have been protected under the Zero Tolerance Policy that every school has adopted. In Henry Giroux’s book Education and the Crisis of Public Values‚ he discusses the disadvantages of this policy. According to Girox “”Zero Tolerance” does little more than legitimate the mindless punishment of poor whites and students of color by criminalizing behavior as trivial as violating a dress code” (Girox‚ 2015). The initial reason zero tolerance was brought up was to stop school shootings from
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The zero tolerance policy strives to reduce violence in schools and make schools a safer place for students. Anne Atkinson‚ a member of the Virginia Board of Education defines zero tolerance as a “policy that mandates predetermined consequences or punishments for specified offenses.” The policy first became effective in 1989‚ but grew most rapidly in 1994 when the Gun- Free Schools Act was passed (1). There are many controversies about the zero tolerance policy including whether or not the policy
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The Zero Tolerance Policy ensures the safety of children‚ teachers and administration by creating punishments like detention or suspension for students that may have a weapon‚ such as a gun or knife‚ on school grounds; using drugs or alcohol on school grounds; as well as threatening other students or school staff with physical violence. The zero tolerance policy is now a policy most schools strictly follow. The zero tolerance policy is harsh on children. Administrations
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my second article online through “Educational Leadership” online titled Safety Without Suspensions. Skiba‚ R.‚ & Sprague‚ J. (n.d.). Safety without Suspensions. Educational Leadership‚ 38-43. doi:September 2008 2. The researchers highlight the zero tolerance policies that were laid out in the 1990s to create a safer school environment. These policies then led to an increased amount of suspensions and expulsions in school which were often racially lopsided. 3. The purpose of this study was to show
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where the SWAT teams serve‚ the military‚ the government‚ the ACLU‚ and the groups who are rioting or otherwise being controlled by a SWAT team. I think important ethical considerations would include profit‚ motivation‚ and fairly weighing the pros and cons of having a militarized police force. There were a couple of ethical considerations for the stakeholders
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with community policing. In some ways it turned out good but in some ways it turned out bad. It seems as if most of these have failed. Community policing programs are being embraced by many different police departments all over the world. The police officers that are assigned to community policing are asked to engages in problem solving. In a recent survey of the heads of law enforcement agencies across the country‚ a full 46% reported that they had implemented a community policing program (Wycoff
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