Question

Imagine you just graduated with your criminal justice degree and landed a job at a police department in a major U.S. city—one experiencing the now very common issues we hear occurring every day in the news. The captain has asked you to come up with plans he/she wants you to share in a month with the entire department on how to improve policing for your new city—in particular, policing as it relates to black and brown communities.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

A plan to improve policing in black and brown communities should start with training for police officers. This training should educate them about social issues related to these communities, as well as educate them to combat racist concepts and violent behavior that they may have towards these communities. Then, it would be necessary to establish a police patrol scheme, where officers would be separated into groups, which would patrol at different times, to combat possible crimes.

It would also be necessary to establish a strategy to combat drug trafficking that may exist in the region, since it is very common for crimes in disadvantaged communities to be related to trafficking.

These strategies should always take into account police action based on justice and not prejudice or racism, as the police should establish peace and prosperity in the community and not terrorize citizens.