Question

You are completing an internship with a local police agency. The officers you ride with are great and let you come along on everything they do. One day, the officer you are riding with takes you along on a drug raid. You are invited to come in when the house is secure, and you observe six young men sitting on two sofas in the living room. The officers are ransacking the house and asking the young men where they have hidden the drugs. Four of the youths are black and two are white. One of the officers walks behind the sofa where the black youths are sitting and slaps each one hard on the side of the head as he walks past. He ignores the two white youths sitting on the other sofa. You are shocked by his actions, but you know that if you say anything, your chance of being hired by this agency will be very small. You desperately want a good recommendation from the officers you ride with. What would you do?

• Police ethics are closely tied to police mission and purpose. Explain how the two different missions of law enforcement might impact your decision.

• Discuss how a police subculture may impact your decision, including research that indicates police subcultures may be changing. Consider and integrate course materials in your response.

Answer 1

It was a real cultural shock for me to see the behaviour of police man to the black community person and white community person in a different manner. i remained silent at the instnce of the attack i belive it is dangerous to speak during thsi sort of a tough cituvatiion. after the instance i slowly raise some questions to the officeer at regular intervels that are powerful to raise his consience. the moment he respond to it i will raise more question to gain a better insight for him. often times i try to pick up consverstaions to understand the real oplight of communities which suffer the challanges of discrimiantion. i also try to explain about the impact and challange the same will be giving to the police force. So infact i will pick up conversation with the officers in a tactic manner to have change in their behaviour which can ensure a job for me and also assure change in their bahaviuor.