Policing Practices and Operations

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In the United States, there are city, county, state, and national police forces. They have very difficult and dangerous responsibilities. These public servants are required to perform many different jobs. They enforce laws and maintain order. They teach people how to help prevent crime and to protect themselves ( Mittleman, 2000). They offer assistance and take charge of many different situations such as car accidents, flooding, and hurricanes. Police

With at least 13 ambush shooting of law enforcement during the last few weeks, Minneapolis police are making changes to how they handle 911 calls. Ambush shootings of officers nationwide were up 50% in 2014 and today's numbers stand at a 70% increase over 2015! Washington-based National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says ambush-style attacks are the leading method in the surging numbers of shooting deaths of law enforcement officers.

In 1972 the FBI was annually producing two reports which were then eventually combined in 1982 which ultimately created LEOKA (FBI, 2011). Since then, it has been used effectively each year to report the law enforcement officers. The information is broken down by state and region and it maps out which regions have more of a problem with law enforcement officers either feloniously or accidently killed and also non-fatal assaults. There are many reasons as to why LEOKA is something that should be studied. Through this information you are able to come up with explanations as to why the statistics are the way they are and can even come up with ways to prevent officers being killed or assaulted in the line of duty. I am going to discuss the different ways law enforcement officers are killed on duty and how prevalent it is and use statistics and articles to justify my

The San Antonio Police Department has been around since the early 1700’s, since then there have been fifty-four San Antonio police officers that have been killed in the line of duty. According to the Fallen Officers in San Antonio, “the first officer that is acknowledged as the first San Antonio police officer to die in the line of duty was Frederick Fieldstrup” (Fallen). Fieldstrup died in the line of duty on May 29, 1857, he was shot and killed on the corner of Market Street and Alamo Street in a shot out with a gambler. William Lacey, was shot and killed in the line of duty on November 29, 1900. Lacey was shot and killed accidentally by the person that he was assigned to protect during a labor dispute. Joseph Pedraza, was shot and killed

This is not the first officer killed in the United States but this is the 20th police officer killed this year and it is a disturbing thing to have our law enforcers

2014 statistics released by the FBI show the law enforcement officers killed while in the line of duty to be 51. This is an increase from 2013 by almost 89

Even across the nation if a police officer dies the other men and women are left to continue on and can only look back to mourn their loss for a short time. According to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey from the article "How police deaths affect us all,” “Anytime you lose someone you know it’s going to take an emotional toll. We’ve had a lot of police officers that have died tragically... But we’re not able to shut our doors of mourning. We all have to keep pushing forward,” I find this to be truly heartbreaking. For me to grow up in a small netted community my parents have always taught me to respect my elders, volunteer with community service and pursue my dreams. I now feel like I’ve been living in a giant bubble. Finding out that across the nation, there police officer to go out of their way and protect the people in their area only to never be able to go back to their family and knowing that there are children out there missing a parent because of an action someone took to protect themselves when they're the ones who put themselves into that situation is eye opening. For Commissioner Ramsey this is all too well known as he states, “I’ve been here a little more than four and a half years, and I’ve had seven officers so far killed in the line of duty. That’s an awful lot in a short period of time” from the article "How police deaths affect". For the other officers left there feeling the loss they often try to hide their feelings and remain passive. This takes a huge toll on these officers as they bottle up their feeling while building stress and growing deeper in depression. Whether or not the officer knew the officer who died, they grow a connection with them in the fact they share the same occupation and might have lived the same life, a life with a family and friends. The

One hundred and seventeen police officers died in 2014, and one was a police officer from Placer County Sheriff. His name was Mike Davis and gunned down on October 24th, 2014 with another officer from Sacramento County. Since 1791, 20538 police officers have died in the line of duty. Also, videos have ruined their reputation, like a San Francisco homeless man who resisted arrest, but the bystanders did not see him kick the officer. Finally, the reason why there is police is to stop people from killing other people.. To conclude, police officers deserve credit and honor than they have been receiving right now because they risk their lives to make our world safer.

Each year law enforcement officers throughout the county are involved in shootings, some of them fatal. Frequently the shootings are reported by the media, which exploits the feelings of the victim while ignoring the effect of the shooting on the police officer. It is “estimated that approximately 87 percent of all emergency service personnel will experience a critical incident at least once in their career, which include officer-involved shootings” (Kureczka, 2002, p. 18). Officer-involved shootings have a profound effect on not only the officer involved but also their spouses, families, and the departments they serve. Law enforcement officers that are involved in officer-involved shootings need support and assistance such as critical incident stress debriefing and sometimes long-term trauma recover therapy in order to cope and live successful lives beyond the critical incident of the shooting.

The two primary goals and objectives of policing are maintaining order and protecting life and property. Society emphasizes the police role as being crime fighters and public servants. With crime fighter’s role, criminals are the enemy and police are the “army” that are in “war” with the enemy. Police as a public servant perception is explained as the police having limited ability to affect crime rates and the police serve all the people including criminals. The police use of force should also be restricted with the public servant view. In reality, a police officer’s role is to do all of the above: protect and serve, monitor criminal activity, respond to emergency calls, issue tickets, make arrests, help citizens, listen, de-escalate situations, and so on.

Law enforcement officers are a part of our communities to protect and serve us from danger and to apprehend criminals that disobey the law. It is their job to apprehend criminals and respond to calls from the people. Most enforcement officers have to stay in their designated areas, or jurisdiction, and respond to any calls or monitor the area. They are there to catch any

Law enforcement officers have encountered some very deadly days. The life of a law enforcement officer is one of constantly being aware of your surroundings, dealing with the uncertainty of not knowing the individuals you have to approach, and being able to cope with the visual images seen after vicious crimes. The life of a law enforcement officer, who protects and serves, is both challenging and rewarding. The first law enforcement system was established in Boston, Massachusetts over 350 years ago. During this time in the Colonies that were not heavily populated, the sheriff served as the main law enforcement officer. During the 1800’s, 24-hour law enforcement service and systems similar to what is used today began to emerge (NLEMI). Law enforcement officers face incredible dangers. With over 900,000 law enforcement officers nationwide the Federal Bureau of Investigations reported approximately 1,165,383 violent crimes in 2014. Approximately one law enforcement officer dies every 61 hours (NLEMI).The law enforcement profession is the most challenging and dangerous career, because officers must be aware of every law and action they take at all times, manage constant training and stress, and protecting others as well as themselves in the line of duty.

Although police officers take an oath to protect and serve citizens in our society. we have some officers that our corrupt and willing do anything just to protect themselves from being exposed from their unethical behavior. In 1994 three officers from New Orleans police department committed an unspeakable crime murder for hire and a violent drug gang. The killing of Kim grove was thirty-two years old and was gunned down by police officer that were there to protect her instead they killed her.

Last year, 100 law-enforcement officers were killed. On average, over the past decade, there have been 58,261 assaults against law enforcement each year, resulting in 15,658 injuries (Maklin). That is insane because this officers don’t make much money, they do it to protect and serve the people but the thing is “the people” are the ones that kill the officers.