Ethnicity and the Police Part I Outline

Ethnicity and the Police Part 1: Outline

Lisa Copeland

CJA 344

March 18, 2013

Stephen Humphries

Ethnicity and the Police Part 1: Outline

(1) Introduction

(A) Corruption within the law enforcement/police agencies

(B) Complaints from citizens regarding ethnicity

(2) Body

(A) Law enforcement/police corruption

(B) Frequency of corruption within the police and law enforcement

(C) High levels of police corruption

(D) Cases involving police misconduct

(3) Misapplication of power

(A) Complaints against the police from the citizens

(4) Civil Rights groups for African American

(A) Monitoring police behavior in the field

(5) Exercising our knowledge to control police

(6) Initiated stops and prevent racially biased policing

(7) Police corruption and citizen complaints relative to ethnicity

(8) Conclusion

Throughout the years, law enforcement officers have been in unethical events and the issues made the citizens of the community feeling they could no longer trust the officer. Because the past harbored the unethical matters, the images will forever be seen through the eyes of the citizens.

The issues of the past along with the racial issues, misuse of power and countless violations of individual’s civil rights are constant. Because of the unethical matters, law enforcement agencies are implanting a lasting impact within numerous minority communities. Mainly this is a result of the unethical decisions or actions along with the brutality that has been observed regarding the officers who patrol the communities. The officers...