Police Atrocities
There are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers serving in the United States. A total of 1,439 law enforcement officers died in the line-of-duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 61 hours or 144 per year. According to the Memorial Fund Report, the leading cause of death for a police officer in the United States is by a person with a firearm (Facts and Figures). In 2016, the number of police officers that were killed in the line of duty hit a five-year high (Miller). In my own opinion, most people forget that police officers are human beings, just like the rest of us. Every day police officers risk their lives to serve and protect the public. People often overlook that fact and automatically assume that
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This so called news doesn’t always tell all of the details of an event, because it is oftentimes still occurring, which can lead people to make their own conclusions when all of the facts aren’t even …show more content…
Although we are supposed to call our city police officers, “our friends in uniform,” most people think otherwise of that statement. Of course racist, vindictive and corrupt police officers exist, but the number of good police officers outweighs those that are rogue. Reverend Gerald Britt, Vice-President of public policy for CitySquare wrote, “I know most police officers are brave, extraordinary servants who put their lives on the line daily for us all. Their service is dishonored by rogue officers whose bullying and violent behavior promote distrust, resentment and even hatred of the police” (dallasnews.com). Everything that an officer does is scrutinized and is often taken out of context because witnesses didn’t record the whole event or only heard a portion of what happened. Sometimes officers are forced to make a life or death decision after only having seconds to assess a situation (chicagonow.com). Hopefully as more law enforcement agencies implement body cameras those rogue officers will be caught and the good cops will get the positive recognition they so desperately
This so called news doesn’t always tell all of the details of an event, because it is oftentimes still occurring, which can lead people to make their own conclusions when all of the facts aren’t even …show more content…
Although we are supposed to call our city police officers, “our friends in uniform,” most people think otherwise of that statement. Of course racist, vindictive and corrupt police officers exist, but the number of good police officers outweighs those that are rogue. Reverend Gerald Britt, Vice-President of public policy for CitySquare wrote, “I know most police officers are brave, extraordinary servants who put their lives on the line daily for us all. Their service is dishonored by rogue officers whose bullying and violent behavior promote distrust, resentment and even hatred of the police” (dallasnews.com). Everything that an officer does is scrutinized and is often taken out of context because witnesses didn’t record the whole event or only heard a portion of what happened. Sometimes officers are forced to make a life or death decision after only having seconds to assess a situation (chicagonow.com). Hopefully as more law enforcement agencies implement body cameras those rogue officers will be caught and the good cops will get the positive recognition they so desperately