1.) Are police reports written by female officers more accurate than those written by male officers? Females may write more accurate reports because women pay more attention to detail than men.
2.) Do female officers make more arrests on domestic violence calls than male officers? Since women are more likely to have been victims of domestic violence themselves, they may empathize with the victim more than a man would.
3.) If a pursuit on foot is necessary, are male officers more successful in apprehending the suspect? Since males are physically faster and stronger, they may be more able to outrun or overpower the suspect.
4.) Do male officers work a greater amount of or longer shifts than female officers? Male officers may be less likely to take time off to attend to children at home.
5.) Are male officers more likely to engage in racial profiling? Women tend to pay a great deal of attention to social issues and may be more likely to be sympathetic to minorities
These are all questions we need to consider when evaluating the dichotomy of gender.
Police Women of Broward County
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The Law Enforcer: According to this view, duty is clearly set out in law, and law enforcers’ stress playing it “by the book.” Because the police are specifically charged with apprehending all types of lawbreakers, they see themselves as generalized law enforcement agents. Although law enforcers may prefer working on serious crimes - which are more intriguing and rewarding in terms of achievement, prestige, and status - they see the police role as one of enforcing all statutes and ordinances. They perceive themselves as neither community social workers nor vengeance-seeking vigilantes. Simply put, they are professional law enforcement officers who perform the functions of detecting violations, identifying culprits, and taking the lawbreakers before a court. Law enforcers are devoted to the profession of police work and are the officers most likely to aspire to command rank.
The police in this particular TV show fit the description of “The Law Enforcer” because they do things “by the book” and proceed to carry out the law without hesitation or discrimination. They know what they have to do when they arrest someone and they do it properly. While they sometimes may display behavior more closely associated to “The Social Agent”, they are still for the most part, “The Law Enforcer” types when everything is put into perspective.
An example of police brutality:
Police officers accused of police brutality used excessive force, made threats and tortured a man in Campbell County, Tennessee. The police showed up at the house of Lester Siler and suspected him of drug use. They asked for his wife and son to leave the home. After Siler declined to sign consent for the officers to search his house, the officers tortured him for two hours. The police began to use excessive force by beating Siler with their bare hands and bats, made threats by holding loaded guns to his head, threatening to shoot him, burned him with lighters and other forms of torture. The police officers involved were unaware that Siler’s wife turned on a tape recorder before leaving the house with her son. The acts of torture were caught on tape. (Largen 2005)
The police should have not tortured Lester Siler. In our Constitution it clearly states that cruel and unusual punishment will not be used. Torture is a form of cruel and unusual punishment. The police should have left after Siler declined to sign the consent form and should have requested for a court order and warrant to search his house.
Largen, C. (2005). American Cops Taped Torturing Drug Suspect. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from radio.indymedia.org website: http://radio.indymedia.org/en/node/9797
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