police final

stress

occurs when a person experiences any physiological or psychological demand that causes a response

top police stressors

violent crimes, judgment, fatal force, traumatic situations, mental health crisis, physical attacks, exposure to crimes, critical events like 9/11

suicide rate of officers compared to other occupations

police officers are 64-69% more likely to commit suicide than any other occupations

long-term health risks for officers

early death, die from chronic illness, heart conditions, cancer, liver disease

duties that put officers at fatal risk

suspects with weapons, vehicular

most common officer injuries

mostly physical, most common muscle tears, acl, tendens (not broken bones)

leading cause of officer injuries

chases, arrests, fightng “clean” tackling

officer characteristics that increase injury risk

attitude, discretion, responding actions

work conditions linked to long term injuries

physical techniques practiced in training vs real situations

why injuries are common in police acadamy training

over worked, demanding, obstical courses, day-to-day

challenges officers face

what is misconduct

refers to corruption but also to other inappropraite or illegal behaviors of police officers

what is corruption

described as many types of illegal conduct on the part of officers, motivated for personal gain

bad apple theory

Something wrong with an individual officer not an entire organization

implications of the bad apple theory

The issue lies with the person not the policing system in general

functions of culture perspective

Argues that the culture within policing itself creates a environment conducive to misconduct and corruption

implications of the function of culture perspective

The system and culture are at fault not just a individual

police culture

A group of people who share similar beliefs attitudes and expectations , taking care of one’s self, having partners back, being tough

aspects of police culture that create the code of silence

General tendency to not snitch on others

code of silence

direct consequence of the police culture’s emphasis on having one another’s backs

code of silence in policing vs other occupations

Happens with doctors nurses and students

limitations of early intervention systems

Not effective at predicting whether a officer will commit a specific act of misconduct

consequences of misconduct and corruption

fired or suspended, usually affects the whole department

law of crime concentration

most crimes occur in small fractions of cities

goal of place based strategies

hotspots, prevent crimes in that area, does not displace the crime, crime is also reduced in other areas

goal of person focused strategies

goal to prevent and deter crime by making people not want to commit crime has supporting research reduce crime and repeat criminal offenses

importance of crime analysis

effective at reducing crime and offenderss SARA approach

importance of community based approach

doesnt reduce crime, involves community to determine types of crime, amber alerts, approve satisfaction in community, approves trust and fear of crime, talking to community about suspects crimes and sketchy areas

limitations of zero tolerance police strategies

ineffectiveness in reducing crime, damages community trust

what qualified immunity protects officers from

only protects if they didnt violate constitutional rights, protects from citizens sue police directly

frequency of qualified immunity

not as often as to be thought only around 9%

why the war on drugs focused on crack cocaine

More overdoses for this drug and higher crime rates linked to disparity

cons of the war on drugs

usa has spent trillions on it. didnt work

political group that advocated for harsher crack cocaine enforcement

congressional black caucus

body worn cameras and use of force

even if officers have cameras on it doesnt rude the amount of force used

benefits of body worn cameras

prevents he said she said, clarify incidents and video evidence of situations

SARA approach

scan, analyze, respond, assess