The Race Against Racial Profiling The great era of civil rights started in the 1960s, with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s stirring "I have a Dream" speech at the historic march on Washington in August of 1963. At the same time Birmingham Police Commissioner "Bull" Connor us...

Structural overlay and philosophy of the Houston Police Department Chief of Police and his Command Staff administer the Houston Police Department. The Command Staff is comprised of three Executive Assistant Chiefs and fourteen Assistant Chiefs or Civilian Directors, each charged with overs...

You are pinned down near a parked car by gunfire crisscrossing from two rivaling gangs with an innocent child you managed to grab from the street before the child was bout to be caught in the crossfire, you have the child in your arms with a gun in your other hand while you try to radio in for backu...

In the novel, No Hiding Place, by Valerie Wilson Wesley, the main character private investigator Tamara Hayle faces many difficulties in her career in law enforcement. Wesley explores the struggles of a black woman in a white-male dominated police force and at the same time she also comments upon...

INTRODUCTION It is tempting to believe that a lot has changed since the Rodney King case. In that highly televised case, police in Los Angeles stopped Mr. King after a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. In that case, the chase did not cause the problem; the actions of the officers, t...

Law enforcement officials often project the image that a police force is a closed society. Some officers are male and some female; some Black and some white, but when they join the force, the image presented is that they view themselves as "blue through and through." Privately, though, s...

Table of Contents 1. ....................................... Introduction 2. ........................................ Defining Drugs 3. ....................................... Drug Use/ Misconceptions 4. ........................................Drugs and Corruption 5. ...........................

Police and Criminals within their Society Police and criminals have been at constant war for the domination of society for over a hundred years. Since the creation of law-enforcement these two groups have had their share of victories and losses, yet neither have managed to gain a foothold over ...

Will the passage of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 lead to improved social relations in Britain? The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 is concerned with outlawing discrimination on the grounds of race in public life. It extends the Race Relations Act 1976, which was concerned with out...

The suicide of police officers is a growing problem in the United States, and it is a problem that is rarely discussed openly. The National Police Suicide Foundation states, "The numbers of deaths due to suicide are two to three times the number of line of duty deaths among law enforcement...

POLICE PROFILING During the Civil Rights movement, thousands of blacks were arrested and beaten by police. Toady we face the same problem, police departments gets more and more complaints from black citizens. In New York City in 1999 a street merchant was mistakenly shot to death becau...

Twenty-seven uniformed officers witnessed this incident from various law enforcement agencies. None of the officers (those individuals who are supposed to protect citizens) made any effort to stop this abuse.(LA Times March 19, 1991 p. A20). The level of escalation even went so far as to call in a p...

William Bratton is not afraid of hard work. He does not back away from a challenge; rather, he embraces it. Perhaps this is why he became so successful in the field of law enforcement. Bratton, who holds a bachelor's degree from Boston State College and is a graduate of the FBI Nationa...

Stress... Killer or Protector of Law Enforcement Personnel? By Joseph M. Stromsness February 1998 Stress is a term used by many, is somewhat misunderstood, and often used to describe a n...

Bravado If there is anything glorious or romantic about being a cop I certainly do not know what it is. My experience as a law enforcement officer lasted only a few years, but in that time I nearly burned myself out to a level of superior cynicism. For me, enforcing laws was like being trapped in...

Two African American ladies sit down at the table and peruse the dinner menu. From across the restaurant the waiter on the way to the table sighs and says under his breath “ here we go again, here comes another $0.50 tip for a lot of hard work”. Much to his surprise though when the la...

THE MINNESOTA CONNECTION Written By Al Palmquist with John Stone The Minnesota Connection is a true story written from police records, interviews with ex-prostitutes and pimps, and the personal experiences of Al Palmquist and numerous other officers of the Minneapolis Police Department. The pri...

During my early youth, I had dreams of becoming an all-star first baseman for the New York Yankees, a stock car race car driver, the President of the United States and an Academy Award winning actor. I had a love for the game of baseball that continues to this day, but after being cut after the 8th...