Category: Police

  • Policing From Above: Drone Use by the Police

    Abstract The dependence and utilization of drones are continuously increasing in several domains, besides the law enforcement departments. The basis for this is the drones capability to provide live-stream, real-time, and image capture; of course, drones can fly and carry goods from one place to another. Such drones ability to patrol and do surveillance gives…

  • The Impact of Technology on the Police Patrol

    Table of Contents Introduction Technologies Conclusion References Introduction A well-chosen tactic of action is a crucial factor in the success of police officers in preventing or eliminating crimes. Every year, police officers worldwide develop more and more thoughtful courses of action to preserve the safety of citizens and society in general. Naturally, they could not…

  • Police Brutality Toward African-American Males

    Police Brutality toward African-American Males as the Contemporary Issue Violence among law reinforcement officers remains a topical issue nowadays; The African-American community is affected especially strongly; In 2015, 500 people were killed as a result of police brutality (Krieger, Chen, Waterman, Kiang, & Feldman, 2015); Therefore, immediate actions must be taken to address the lack…

  • Police Brutality Toward Black Community

    The black community needs help since they suffer due to police brutality, receive various kinds of injuries, and experience traumas. Pillay, A. L. (2020). Basic rights are caught in the web of racism, classism and police brutality. South African Journal of Psychology, 50(3), 316-319. This source provides a historical background related to the problem of…

  • Sexual Assault Female Victims Avoid Reporting to Police

    Among the most under-reported crimes in the United States, one of the leading positions is occupied by sexual assault. The statistic shows that about 65 percent of sexual assault female victims prefer to avoid reporting to police, while many of them keep it secret from everyone (Mills, 2018). One of the reasons is a humiliating…

  • Police Brutality: The Rodney King Case

    Table of Contents Rodney King Case Explanation of the Case Every Way the System Failed the Public Public Reaction to the Trials and the Verdicts References Rodney King Case The case of Rodney King is one of many demonstrations of police brutality in the United States. The incident initiated the movement against the injustice concerning…

  • Police Injustice Towards African-Americans

    Table of Contents The History of Violence Fighting for Civil Rights African-American Leadership and Activism Prejudice Background Police Attitude towards African-Americans References The History of Violence The book White Violence and Black Response: From Reconstruction to Montgomery by Herbert Shapiro is a great example of a century-long perspective on the issue of violence towards African-Americans…

  • Police Brutality: The Killing of Daunte Wright

    Police brutality is defined as the use of unjustified or excessive force by the police, usually against citizens. It refers to the violation of human rights by the police (Ellawala, 2016). Forms of police brutality include racial abuse and beatings, unreasonable search, false arrest, and the misuse of agents of riot control such as tear…

  • American Society Police Brutality Causes and Effects

    Introduction With the recent death of George Floyd, police misconduct is especially topical in the United States. The statistics are given by the Police Violence Report (2017) states that while the police killed 1,147 civilians, only thirteen officers were legally persecuted. Thus, the lack of control over the rapid coercion and violence of law enforcement…

  • The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged To Fix the Police: A Story of Alex Kueng

    Article by Kim Baker, The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police, tells the story of Alex Kueng. He was one of two black people along with the victim in case of the death of George Floyd. Though he aspired to work in the police force precisely because he wanted…