Essay On Police Brutality

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In this week’s module one content. I learned that there should always be police integrity and community trust. “With police and community trust, there is an honored relationship between citizens and a government agency.” (Community Trust and Police Integrity, p.7-16) Secondly, police officers must be trusted to behave in an ethical way on their own. “When a terrible crime has occurred, the public may demand that the police solve it ‘no matter what they have to do,’ and so there is pressure to use unnecessary force” (Wilson, Police Ethics). Finally, police officers should always have a positive response to a negative incident. “They can learn from incidents of police misconduct and take steps to correct the policies and practices that allow misconduct to occur.” (Walker, Policing the Police). …show more content…

In present day, there are many cases were people are victims of police brutality. That is because many police officers, not all, take advantage of the power that has been given to them. If all the police brutality continues to happen, how could us, the citizens, trust our officers? “Every member of a police department must understand that he or she represents the entire agency, that personal conduct is his or her own responsibility, and that he or she will be held accountable for all conduct, whether positive or negative” (Community Trust and Police Integrity,

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