For the first Application Assignment, the topic I’m going to address is the expectation of police officers exercising coercive force and protecting individual’s freedom. Now, this goes back to the first discussion we had for our online class. I think the question at hand is? Should we allow police officers to have an act of power that potentially can lessen problems moving forward? If you asked me, I would say certainly and here is why.
I think it starts with the civilians, individuals that are out in public of each and every community out there. These people have an idea of what goes on in their communities. Should they be okay with what going on around them or should law enforcement step in and do what they’re supposed to do; which is to
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What if the suspect is cuffed and thrashing, but the cop is lax and don’t “blade” himself and the suspect grab his gun? For one, bladed from a suspect means to stand across or parallel from the target so that way the gun or anything isn’t easily accessible. Force can literally save lives in that very situation, but it can take a split second for something to happen that you or someone else wasn’t expecting. On the flip side of that situation, if there wasn’t any force applied to that situation? The police officer and probably other people at the scene of the crime could be killed in a matter of seconds.
Another way we could go about using coercive force is by using a technique called verbal judo. From what I heard, police academies teach this to the trainees. I’ve heard multiple people (who are my friends and Aunt) tell me that verbal judo is learning how to talk in a situation or talk yourself out of one before it gets out of hand. I’ve also heard that more and more police officers are wearing body cameras now to monitor just the daily activity and encounters one may have while on duty. These cameras can also monitor the way officers use force and how well or how bad they can manipulate