Introduction
The United States established its first centralized Police force in 1838, following a century of police “watches” that consisted merely on a volunteer workforce. The city of Boston Massachusetts became the first State to modernize policing, and was shortly followed by New York City in 1845, and Albany, and Chicago in 1851. By the 1880s all major U.S. cities had municipal police forces in place (Potter, 2013). Compared to the “town watch” the new police Force consisted of four unique qualities; first, was public support & bureaucratic in nature, second, Officers were full time employees, third, departments had fixed regulations and mandates, and lastly; Departments were accountable to a central government authority (Potter, 2013). …show more content…
The United States needed to respond to “disorder”, and once established, very few realized the economic interests would instead support social control over crime control. This is where the short-comings of the Modern Police force began to emerge. During the 1880’s the New York City Police department was accused of discriminating against Jewish business owners. According to (Katz & walker, 2013) “cultural conflict over religious holidays was at the heart of arbitrary enforcement of the laws, corruption, police brutality, and deeper ethnic and religious conflict in city politics.” Today Police Officers accused of inappropriately or illegally taking action in connection to their official duties are, by definition, engaging in acts of police misconduct. This article will discuss the types of police misconduct with data gathered from January to December 2010 which involves the highest form of misconduct used, and its cost, not only towards the Officer, but the victim/s, and the …show more content…
This was a slight decrease compared to the previous year which was 980 Officers per 100,000.
When compared to the 2009 UCR crime in the United States report, shows a significant difference in robbery rates for police far below the reported general population, but when comparing sexual assault rates, Police show a significantly higher rate. Conclusion
In conclusion, statistics provided by the NPMSRP show a relatively steady drop in Officer related misconduct. The highest offense related to misconduct was the use of excessive force by means of physical detainment. This was followed by sexual misconduct and theft. Roughly $350 million dollars was spent on misconduct-related civil Judgments in 2010 alone, and roughly 250 people were killed in “excessive use of force incidents”; firearms being at the highest with 71%. Of the Officers accused of sexual misconduct 354 faced severe accusations of sexual assault with the majority of victims being underage.
The United States established its first centralized Police force in 1838, following a century of police “watches” that consisted merely on a volunteer workforce. The city of Boston Massachusetts became the first State to modernize policing, and was shortly followed by New York City in 1845, and Albany, and Chicago in 1851. By the 1880s all major U.S. cities had municipal police forces in place (Potter, 2013). Compared to the “town watch” the new police Force consisted of four unique qualities; first, was public support & bureaucratic in nature, second, Officers were full time employees, third, departments had fixed regulations and mandates, and lastly; Departments were accountable to a central government authority (Potter, 2013). …show more content…
The United States needed to respond to “disorder”, and once established, very few realized the economic interests would instead support social control over crime control. This is where the short-comings of the Modern Police force began to emerge. During the 1880’s the New York City Police department was accused of discriminating against Jewish business owners. According to (Katz & walker, 2013) “cultural conflict over religious holidays was at the heart of arbitrary enforcement of the laws, corruption, police brutality, and deeper ethnic and religious conflict in city politics.” Today Police Officers accused of inappropriately or illegally taking action in connection to their official duties are, by definition, engaging in acts of police misconduct. This article will discuss the types of police misconduct with data gathered from January to December 2010 which involves the highest form of misconduct used, and its cost, not only towards the Officer, but the victim/s, and the …show more content…
This was a slight decrease compared to the previous year which was 980 Officers per 100,000.
When compared to the 2009 UCR crime in the United States report, shows a significant difference in robbery rates for police far below the reported general population, but when comparing sexual assault rates, Police show a significantly higher rate. Conclusion
In conclusion, statistics provided by the NPMSRP show a relatively steady drop in Officer related misconduct. The highest offense related to misconduct was the use of excessive force by means of physical detainment. This was followed by sexual misconduct and theft. Roughly $350 million dollars was spent on misconduct-related civil Judgments in 2010 alone, and roughly 250 people were killed in “excessive use of force incidents”; firearms being at the highest with 71%. Of the Officers accused of sexual misconduct 354 faced severe accusations of sexual assault with the majority of victims being underage.