The black inside the blue : black law enforcement officers' perceptions of racial profiling in Missouri

Occupational Socialization ◽

Community Members ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Disproportionate Number

Nationally, law enforcement agencies are under tremendous scrutiny in reference to racial profiling. A gap exists in knowledge of Black law enforcement officers? in Missouri perceptions of racial profiling. Missouri has experienced a disproportionate number of traffic stops of Black motorists for the last 11 years. A review of the literature revealed that police officers have an identity formed through practices of the organization. This notion was further explained by examining social-identity theory and the key concepts of Black law enforcement officers, racial profiling, and occupational socialization. This qualitative bounded case study used semistructured interviews with rural Black law enforcement officers from three counties in Missouri, conducted three focus groups with community members, and performed an artifact review of law enforcement agencies? policies. The following themes emerged: racial profiling is not tolerated, law enforcement officers are held accountable for their behavior, Black law enforcement officers joined agencies because they wanted the ability to help others, Blacks are racially profiled more than others, racial profiling had been experienced, confidence existed in law enforcement agencies to not racially profile, and Blacks were perceived as bad people. These results allow law enforcement agencies and law enforcement training academies to address selection and training needs of officers. The results also aid policymakers to expand the collection of data around profiling as well as aid community leaders in understanding the dynamics of racial profiling.

‘There’s Gonna Be Bad Apples’: Police–Community Relations through the Lens of Media Exposure Among University Students

International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy ◽

10.5204/ijcjsd.v8i2.1039 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 83-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kristine Levan ◽

Kelsey Stevenson

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Television News ◽

Community Relations ◽

Community Members ◽

Future Studies ◽

Television Shows ◽

Police Community Relations

Recently, increased media attention has been given to tensions between law enforcement officers and the communities they police. An individuals’ opinions of law enforcement agencies may be formed from various areas, including their exposure to various forms of media. Here, we are interested in the types of media students are exposed to (particularly social media, television news, crime-related television shows). Through interviews with undergraduate students, we seek to understand how both an individual’s demographic characteristics and their media consumption contribute to how perceptions are formed on issues related to violence perpetrated by law enforcement, as well as against law enforcement. Future studies can build on the initial findings and be conducted on a broader range of community members.

Law Enforcement Officers’ Reaction on Traditional Crimes to Fight Cybercrime Locally

ABC Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.18034/abcjar.v10i2.601 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 159-174

Author(s):

Coleman McKoy

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Qualitative Case Study ◽

Local Level ◽

Federal State ◽

Local Law Enforcement ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Local Law

Cybercrime has become one of the fastest-growing concerns for law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and municipal levels. This qualitative case study examined the perceptions of nine law enforcement officers from Texas regarding combating cybercrime at the local level. The study focuses on how do law enforcement officers who respond to traditional crimes describe law enforcement agencies’ preparedness to fight cybercrime locally. Data collection consisted of semistructured interviews, where member-checking helped to enhance trustworthiness. The results from this study helped fill the gap in the literature regarding the unknown perceptions of law enforcement officers responding to cybercrimes at the local level. This study also focused on the behaviors of the participants regarding responding to cybercrimes. Participants indicated that law enforcement agencies take cybercrime seriously; however, cybercrimes are not a high priority for law enforcement at the local level. Participants also provided challenges that local law enforcement agencies face in cybercrime investigations locally.

Deviant behavior of employees of internal affairs bodies: experience of dialectical assessment

Russian Journal of Deviant Behavior ◽

10.35750/2713-0622-2021-1-151-163 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (1) ◽

pp. 151-163

Author(s):

Sergey Milyukov ◽

Andrey Nikulenko

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Police Officers ◽

Deviant Behavior ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Criminal Code ◽

Point Of View ◽

Practical Implementation ◽

The Right

In modern Russia, the problem of countering socially dangerous manifestations acts as a national project that proclaims the right of citizens to safe living conditions. Much attention is paid to the ability of law enforcement officers to resist criminal expansion legally, to be able to protect themselves and others by means of legal use of force against persons who commit socially dangerous encroachments. Guided by the concept of deviance, the authors made an attempt to analyze the problem of lawful behavior by law enforcement officers, primarily police officers. The researchers came to a reasonable conclusion about the need to adjust the current state of affairs. The legislation and the practice of its application cannot satisfy the interests of representatives of law enforcement agencies engaged in official activities for the protection of public order and ensuring of public safety. Imperfect legislation is the main reason of deviant behavior of police officers who are in permanent stress situations. Their abundance also provokes deviant behavior of police officers, which sometimes manifests itself in extreme brutality towards lawbreakers. From our point of view, the current norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, primarily the norms of Chapter 8, are not clear enough. Moreover, their legislative wording is far from being perfect and gives the opportunity to shift the blame for causing harm to persons who do it in circumstances that exclude the criminality of the act. The proposed careful adjustment of the norms of criminal legislation will significantly increase the effectiveness of their practical implementation, instill confidence in the consciousness of police officers about the importance and possibility of offensive legitimate steps to influence crime, as well as to increase their legal protection.

MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRAINING AND ADVANCED TRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS

Ukrainian polyceistics: theory, legislation, practice ◽

10.32366/2709-9261-2021-1-1-182-188 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 182-188

Author(s):

Iryna Lopatynska ◽

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Police Officers ◽

Educational Process ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Professional Experience ◽

Advanced Training ◽

National Police ◽

Modern Technologies

The article is devoted to the study of high effectiveness of active forms, methods and technologies of training police officers during educational process. The system of training police officers combines psychological, theoretical and practical aspects It is noted the important tool for the professional activity of law enforcement officers of Ukraine is the study of advanced professional experience of law enforcement agencies in Europe. As the employee of the National Police is focused on effective solving the tasks facing him, but constant psychological support and awareness of the possibility of professional development.

New Directions in Police Academy Training: A Call to Action

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16244941 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (24) ◽

pp. 4941 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Daniel M. Blumberg ◽

Michael D. Schlosser ◽

Konstantinos Papazoglou ◽

Sarah Creighton ◽

Chief Chuck Kaye

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Police Officers ◽

Police Academy ◽

Psychological Skills ◽

Community Members ◽

Call To Action ◽

Academy Training ◽

New Directions ◽

And Control

The complexities of modern policing require law enforcement agencies to expand how officers are trained to do their jobs. It is not sufficient for training to focus solely on the law or on perishable skills; such as arrest and control; defensive tactics; driving; and firearms. The present manuscript addresses the critical importance of infusing academy training with the psychological skills essential for officers to meet the contemporary challenges of police work. The authors suggest that the skills (i.e., cognitive; emotional; social; and moral) discussed in this paper may improve officers’ wellness as well as promote relationships between police officers and community members. Specific methods of incorporating these skills in academy training are offered.

Investigating the New Criminal Neighborhood: The Need for Dark Web Education for Law Enforcement Personnel

International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime ◽

10.19107/ijisc.2019.02.03 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 27-38

Author(s):

Scott H. BELSHAW

Keyword(s):

Criminal Justice ◽

Law Enforcement ◽

Police Officers ◽

The Law ◽

Education Courses ◽

Training Opportunities ◽

And Training ◽

Dark Web

Responses in investigations of drug and sex traffic related crimes often originate in the Dark Web. Internet and cybercrimes are increasingly becoming reliant on criminal justice practitioners to help solve them. However, while the demand for criminal justice participation in cyber investigations increases daily, most law enforcement agencies or state law enforcement accrediting bodies are lagging in their educational and training opportunities for new police officers entering the law enforcement fields. This article discusses the need incorporate education courses covering the Dark and Deep Web in the law enforcement curriculum. A review of existing cyber-criminal justice programs in Texas (N=28) and nationally suggests that most colleges, with a cyber program, have yet to develop courses/programs in understanding and investigating the dark web on the internet. The federal government and a few companies have limited training on the Dark Web for law enforcement officers. The Dark Web serves as the new “Criminal Neighborhood” for illegal activity and needs to be better understood so it can be investigated. This research outlines the need for police officers and police investigators to learn the geographies of the Dark Web.

THE ROLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ENSURING THE PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

Law and law: problems of theory and practice ◽

10.29039/02033-3/013-018 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ruslan Ahmedov ◽

Yuliya Ivanova

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

75Th Anniversary ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Soviet People ◽

Great Patriotic War ◽

Principle Of Legality

In 2020, the 75th anniversary of the Victory of the soviet people is celebrated over fascism. An important role in achieving this result in the conditions law enforcement officers also provided wartime assistance. The main purpose of their professional activities was to ensure the implementation of principles of legality.

EXPERIENCE OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES IN THE FIELD OF ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC ORDER WITH SERVICE DOGS

Modern Science ◽

10.53039/2079-4401.2021.6.4.014 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 76-78

Author(s):

С.А. Лукашев

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Public Order ◽

Service Dogs ◽

Foreign Countries ◽

Special Means

В статье рассматривается такой вид специальных средств, как служебные собаки, которые используются сотрудниками правоохранительных органов зарубежных стран при охране общественного порядка. This article addresses the type of special means such as service dogs, which are used by law enforcement officers of foreign countries in public order. There were analyzed cases of their use by various law enforcement agencies in consideration of this topic.

College Students Training Law Enforcement Officers: The Officer Charlie Get Fit Project

The Physical Educator ◽

10.18666/tpe-2021-v78-i2-10389 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 78 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Lawrence Judge ◽

Tonya Skalon ◽

Makenzie Schoeff ◽

Shannon Powers ◽

James Johnson ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Law Enforcement ◽

Service Learning ◽

Learning Style ◽

Police Officers ◽

Community Partner ◽

Fat Percentage ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Project Officer

While most law enforcement agencies recognize the importance of physical fitness for their officers and encourage them to maintain an adequate level of fitness, many find it difficult to implement a fitness program successfully. Prior studies and literature support the implementation of community-centered fitness initiatives. The purpose of this study was to (1) describe participant outcomes from the service- learning project Officer Charlie Get Fit Project and (2) delineate Kolb’s experiential learning model implemented by undergraduate kinesiology majors when applied in an exercise setting. Students were charged with working directly with police officers over an 8-week program with the goal of lowering health-risk factors for the participants. Additionally, the project provided an opportunity for students to assess their own learning style and infuse it in a real-world professional application. Participants included 16 police officers (M = 44.6, SD = 10.7 years of age) and one elected city administrative official. Paired sample t tests revealed nonsignificant differences between the pretest and posttest scores on the 10 fitness measures. Descriptive statistics revealed improvements in categories of body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, sum of skinfolds, and overall body fat percentage. Participant exit interviews indicated positive qualitative results. The student reflection piece indicated that the frequent writing helped with (1) the myriad of planning and preparation issues, (2) selecting a community partner and recruiting participants, and (3) data collection and analysis. This study was an important assessment of immersive learning opportunities provided through classroom lecture and development of community partnerships.

THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY IN THE TRAINING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

Vestnik Samarskogo iuridicheskogo instituta ◽

10.37523/sui.2021.42.1.015 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101-105

Author(s):

Сергей Александрович Грязнов

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Virtual Reality ◽

Law Enforcement ◽

21St Century ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

Traditional Training ◽

The Future

Несколько лет назад об идее обучения сотрудников правоохранительных органов посредством виртуальной реальности (VR) не могло быть и речи, прежде всего, из-за высокой стоимости данной технологии. Сегодня виртуальная реальность стала технически зрелой, затраты снизились, а технологии широко распространились по многим профессиям. Можно уверенно сказать, что правоохранительным органам нужны лидеры, обладающие навыками и компетенциями XXI в., выходящими за рамки традиционного обучения. Целью данной статьи является рассмотрение (на зарубежном примере) важности применения технологии виртуальной реальности для обучения сотрудников правоохранительных органов. Автором сделан вывод о том, что использование виртуальной реальности в обучении - это наиболее эффективный способ передачи информации. Данные технологии обучения можно использовать для безопасного повышения квалификации, чтобы в будущем избежать реальных рисков. A few years ago, the idea of training law enforcement officers through virtual reality (VR) was out of the question, primarily because of the high cost of this technology. Today, virtual reality has become technically mature, costs have decreased, and technology has spread widely across many professions. We can confidently say that law enforcement agencies need leaders with skills and competencies of the 21st-century that go beyond traditional training. The purpose of this article is to consider (on a foreign example) the importance of using virtual reality technology for training law enforcement officers. The author concluded that the use of virtual reality in training is the most effective way of transmitting information. These training technologies can be used for safe professional development in order to avoid real risks in the future.