Racial Inequality In Police Officers

Inequality within the police force is not only race, but gender, sexual preference and also social standing. The institute like many is still quite a caucasian, masochistic created environment and continues to be run this way with not many complaints due to either fear or embarrassment.

I will be discussing the origin and aspects of police culture, the different types of inequalities within the police, supporting my statements with examples of cases which represent inequality within the police institution and towards civilians. While focusing on the United Kingdom I will look at other countries such as the United States, as they seem to be facing a lot of issues with racial inequality within their criminal justice system. There will be different

The Police, are meant to maintain order, to regulate and control the community but also to protect as well. To maintain order and control, one must have a set of universal rules that are followed by everyone, however this is where the issue of consistency stems from. The ‘blue code of silence’, is the unspoken notion which occurs among many police officers, not to report or disclose another officers wrongdoing or error. If they are challenged about it, they act naive and oblivious to the situation. Within their society, officers must trust each other to give support and back-up in their attempt to maintain control. Hence the development of strong bonds and loyalty that ensure they will always be there for each other. As police, although they are part of the community; society holds them in high regard which can have a negative result as they may not be able to deal with the pressure which then leads to corruption and misconduct, but they are not called out on it because of the ‘blue code of silence’. This means a lot of police officers are abusing their power but nothing is being done about it as they are all uniting in silence with each other. Because of instances like this, it could show an increase of police becoming more corrupt and unequal as they are getting away with a lot of crimes and

The Commissioner at the time, Sir Edward Henry made them patrol the streets, with the intention of rescuing prostitutes. They were never known as being a part of the official Metropolitan Police Force, as they were a separate police service volunteering alongside the Met. It could be because of this that they are still not viewed as equal to do the job men can do. The way in which most men look at women is quite fragile and more like victims so for them to do a man’s job isn’t plausible in their mindset, this is why there is a lot of criticism when it comes to the job they do, men are usually looking for an opportunity to prove themselves right. Women were not formally allowed to carry handcuffs unless told by a superior, they also could not make arrests until 1923 but even when they were allowed to make arrests they were still very limited in doing so. In March 2013, there were 35,471 female officers out of a total of 129,956 officers in the 43 forces of England and Wales, only representing 27.3% of the total, however compared with 26.8% in March 2012 this is an increase, not a large one but still