Shamburaj Sunil.
“In July 2014, the Department of Justice released a report that showed that the Newark Police Department had engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional conduct. According to the report, seventy-five per cent of documented pedestrian stops by the police were not justified. Yet during the three years that the Department of Justice investigated the department, its internal-affairs office dismissed ninety-nine per cent of complaints lodged against officers.” Jelani Cobb a New Yorker writer and PBS’ Frontline crew filmed a documentary called “Policing the Police”, concerning the Newark Police Dept. He needed to see what difference in police culture could happen in a financially emphasized city which endured more than 100 murders
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Many of these stops were reported by the officers’ choices. Ricardo Reillo and Wilberto Ruiz, two officers who, Cobb was with for one investigation night, told him that they use special skills that they’ve developed on their training. These includes reading people, looking for suspicious body language, or seeing people run on their vehicle pull up. He knew from the higher officers that the special team are supposed to have reasonable suspicion, not just a guess on the suspect. He observed several stops that didn’t satisfy what was stated above. If you take look over the documentary from 28.30mi. I personally felt like that’s kind of clear stereotyping. It kind of got like a black man if dressed shady of something and walk he becomes a suspect most of the time. Like to me there was nothing to suspicious about that person who was aggressively approached by the officers. He wasn’t even offending or trying to defense. With the meeting the that cobb had with his old friend and an attorney, ryan and his community friends, he got to know that there is a hint of racial profiling as …show more content…
When the Cobb requested for the public records, all he received was some arrests reports, but there was no documentation about the stops and frisks which he observed by himself., and also there were no documentations about the event where the man who was being thrown to the ground by the officers. Upon Cobb’s further request, first they said the reports are missing. Then said they couldn’t give those to him because of the privacy concerns and advanced
The documentary “Policing the Police,” by PBS, assists in providing insight into problems facing the city of Newark, New Jersey, and its police department. The documentary displays the opinions of both the police officers and the people of the communities on the most pressing crime related issues in the city and the solutions to them. The variety of perspectives that documentary provides is very informative and forces the viewer to look at the problems of police brutality in a more complex manner rather than black and white. Ultimately, the documentary exposes the failure of the Newark Police Department to work effectively and the solutions new leaders are beginning to implement.
Cop in the Hood by Peter Moskos is a book concerning a sociologist named Peter Moskos wanting to know more about the ways of American cops. A Harvard student going to work in Baltimore in the eastern district for one year, writes about his learnings and findings from firsthand experience. Some people say cops are not prepared when they leave police academy. From the book it says police officers learn more in the first two years than they will learn at the police academy. Becoming one of the deadliest profession cop’s duties are eye opening and even jaw dropping. Cops are known either has “gatekeepers” or even “pigs” in slang term. What if there were no cops in America? What would happen if they all just vanished and there was no one to protect
During the seventies in New Jersey created a program that could change life in society. This program occurred only in twenty-eight cities. Government and public officials were excited about this concept. Police officials were not so much. Foot patrol made officers walk in sleet and snow. Assigned foot patrol was a way of punishment for officers. State funding of foot patrol shut the mouths of some people. Silence stopped after the “Police Foundation”(Kelling) put foot patrol to the actual test. To contrary belief this rattled some arguments in the community an...
In looking at the Kansas City Patrol Experiment, it appears that adding more police officers has little or no affect on arrests or the crime rate. Please review the study and explain why more police does not mean less crime. Due Date March 11, 2005
The author focuses on the U.S. Task Force on 21st Century Policing and Police Data Initiative or PDI to determine if it helps to restore trust and the broken relationship between and communities and police officers. The Task Force made by Barack Obama recommended the analysis of department policies, incidents of misconduct, recent stops and arrests, and demographics of the officers. The PDI has tasked 21 cities to comprehend the police behavior and find out what to do to change it. Also PDI was said to have data and information on vehicle stops and shootings by police officers. The use of statistics has a purpose to help rebuild trust and the relationship between and communities and police officers.
There many levels of intrusion when it comes to stop and frisk. The first level of intrusion is a method to request evidence, allowable only when there is an objective believable reason for an intervention. Police do not necessarily need to suspect criminal activity. The second level of intrusion is known as the common-law right to inquire and is permissible only when the officer has a founded suspicion that criminal activity is afoot. This is a larger intrusion since the officer can interfere with a citizen in an effort to gain explanatory information. However, at this level the intrusion must fall short of a forcible search. The third level of intrusion is sanctioned when an officer has a reasonable suspicion that a particular person has committed, or is about to commit an offense or misdemeanor. At this level, an officer is also authorized to make a forcible stop and detain the citizen for questioning. Furthermore, an ...
Walker, S., & Katz, C. (2012). Police in America: An Introduction (8th Edition ed.). New York:
This documentary takes place in Newark, New Jersey. One of the most crime filled cities in the United States. Murder, drugs, and gangs fill this city. Many police officers work hard to keep their city safe and others for other intentions. This documentary shows how the police work, their tactics, and the reality of how police officers are working with the community.
public drinking, fights, urinating in public and other deeds which are deemed as minor wrongdoings, with replies ranging from caution and referral to apprehension and summons. In most cases the police have observed the crime at hand and are acting on credible cause, the lawful grounds for arrest and summon which is a far superior level of police intervention. The theory is not based on reasonable notion that crime has taken place, is taking place or is about to take place as compared to the distinct police tactic of stopping, questioning and frisking. Majority of residents from Ney York support this theory in maintaining order. In the year 2014 when Eric Garner died, a Quinnipiac University Poll was conducted assessing the views of New Yorkers
The stop-and-frisk program, devised on the basis of the broken windows theory, seems to be a great solution to preventing and addressing crime in New York City. The broken windows theory is based on the concept that if one can detect and monitor smaller crimes, then larger, more serious crimes will be prevented (Hopkin). So why has this program with a goal of preventing larger scale crimes and promoting proactive policing caused so many controversial issues leading to lawsuits? By law and protected under the Fourth Amendment, in order to stop and search someone, the officer is required to have “reasonable suspicion that the person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime” (Rosenthal). However, many searches have begun with no reasonable suspicion and have ended with the officers coming up with a reason at a later time (Rosenthal). The main issue here, though, is not in the fact that they are searching people without reasonable suspicion as much as it is the type of person, specifically, that is being searched. After watching the documentary, The Scars of Stop-and-Frisk, which follows the story of an 18-year-old boy named Tyquan Brehon, I realized a major fault in this program. Many officers are structuring the basis of their search more on the color of one’s skin than having actual reasonable suspicion. Through examining racial profiling and the reasoning behind determining the perfect suspect, I will argue whether the stop-and-frisk program is creating its desired effects.
The New York Police Department has a mission to "preserve peace, reduce fear, maintain order," and protect its civilians in their communities (NYPD, 2016). On the contrary, civilians do not see the police officers as individuals who are there to protect them because they do not trust the police officers or the justice system. In the past few decades, police officers have not been held accountable for their actions in a few incidents where a few unarmed young black males were killed by the police. Communities responded to this issue with the Black Lives Matter movement with protests nationwide to show support for the unarmed young black men who were killed by police. In response to the aggressive policing, methods of using body cameras and detailed incident reporting ...
The United States District Court held that the NYPD procedures to stop and frisk were unconstitutional. They held that there were unconstitutional because the stop and frisk procedure was performed predominantly more on Black and Hispanics and was considered racial profiling. The use of racial profiling is unconstitutional and a violation of one’s fourth and fourteenth amendment rights. The fourth amendment of the constitution protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures, while the fourteenth amendment grants individuals equal protection outlined in “equal protection clause.” Officials must have probable cause or reasonable suspicion to issue the search or seizure of any individual. In the case of stop and frisk in New York City individuals' rights were being violated because officers were conducting searches on the basis of race, without any probable cause or suspicion. It is illegal to racial profile individual and because these searches were being conducted under the basis of race officer was also in violation of the equal protection clause which doesn't allow individuals to be discriminated on based on their race in which officer were doing. Stop and Frisk became very unconstitutional in the eyes of the law and many New
In traditional policing, most of what the police do is incident-driven form of early policing. They respond to incident after incident, by dealing with each one and then responding to the next call. Through the traditional policing strategy, police gained pride in their profession. Additionally, the law enforcement focused on traditional crime fighting and capturing criminals and cracking down on organized crime. Traditional policing model is also considered as the “reform era”, which began around 1930s and lasted until 1970s. The police’s role and responsibility under the traditional policing model represents more of a government agency and the top priority is focusing on solving crimes. Additionally, the essential nature of police accountability
The criminal justice system was created to protect an individual’s rights and protect the society from people that are dangerous. In the last decade alone, the federal, state and local governments in the United States spent close to $200 billion to create a safe and strong Justice System.(AmericanCJSystem) The money was distributed to the parts that make up the Justice System: the police, the courts and the corrections. These components were to work together and address situations fairly. However, we hear more on the news about police officers abusing their power and making decisions that end up putting them in jail. How are we suppose to feel safe if the people supposedly “protecting us” are behind bars for committing crimes themselves? A
Fair and impartial policing is a way of policing that focuses to rid decision-making based on bias. There are two types of bias that are encountered in policing implicit and explicit. Explicit bias is the easier of the two to spot. If an officer sees a group of young African American men gathering in a group and decided to engaged them based on their skin color, this in explicit bias. The officer knows that no crime has occurred and knowingly interacts with them because he believes people of their skin color are criminals. An implicit bias is one that and officer may not be aware they are exercising. In a call about a person wielding a gun, the officer might scan a crowd focusing on the males to look for the gun. The officer has an unconscious