Law Enforcement Benefits

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Law enforcement should be allowed to defend themselves without being afraid of the consequences. Society and the media dictate what should be done more than anything, the legality and punishment often ruin lives more than they save them. If this continues to happen nobody will want to become a law enforcement officer anymore and without the law enforcement officer the world would fall into chaos. I predict in the future there will be no Law enforcement to help people that actually need the help. Without law enforcement, the world would be full of criminals out to do no good people would be causing havoc around the clock.
Being a law enforcement officer is a difficult job everyone hates them as soon as they put their uniform on and some people …show more content…

“on the one hand, many of our values that we act upon in our day-to-day lives emerge from received opinions we have not thought much about.” (Bloom 341) People that break the law often feel like they did nothing wrong or did not deserve to be caught. Where if a law enforcement officer does one thing wrong they can lose a case that put some criminal behind bars. The people with more money are more likely to get away with stuff just because they have money. This should not matter, but it does multiple dangerous criminals have walked free because they have had the money to fight and find one minor thing wrong this is frustrating to a law enforcement. “It is assumed that an officer will use force, particularly unnecessary force when a suspect challenges the authority of the officer. Fleeing from an officer is interpreted as a challenge to the officer’s authority to stop the suspect. When the suspect is caught by the officer it is likely that the suspect will receive a slap or beating.” (Phillips 201) If not changed more law enforcement officers will grow tired and either lose interest or become more …show more content…

The use of law enforcement officers over the last decade has reduced every crime static recorded. From the beginning of time with the first crime Cain and Abel, history has shown what can happen. Like it or not the US is one of the safest countries to live in. Imagine living in a society where only the strong or powerful are the rule of law. Like Mexico, Central America or any other third world country. I believe that human beings as a race might survive, but I don't believe that civilization and civilized society would survive. There are too many people in the world who are predatory. Even if they aren't the majority, without police, they would take advantage of the kinder people in society right away. If they do it a lot now with police, I shudder to think of what it would be like without

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