Police Brutality
Stress caused by the current economical and political environment is ths cause of the rise in incidents of Use of Force by Police Officers.
Stress caused by economic issues
Need to put food on table makes suspects more willing to take risks.
More resistance by suspect leads to more force used by officer.
Move on to the current attempts to solve the problem. Use stories of use of force from experience.
Use article on the non-lethal weapons.
Discuss studies showing the effects of the use of CEDs and OC Pepper Spray.
Talk about personal experience using the CED and OC spray.
Next comes the thesis paragraph with examples and antidotes about using force in different situations.
The level of stress felt by law Enforcement Officers and the general public is a major factor in the rise in Use of Force reports.
The recent incident of the suspect that ran and then fought when being placed under arrest. Using the CED to try and gain compliance.
Forceful statement about why this problem is important and who it effects.
Effects if the issue isn't addressed.
Explain how this solution hasn't stopped the rise of use of force reports.
CEDs and Pepper spray may reduce injuries, but reports still continue.
Give examples where niether were deterrents to continued resistance.
Introduction
Introduction needs to be an attention getter.
Start with scenario of use of force incident.
Start with statistics showing the rise in reported incidents of Use of Force.
Give example of why there is a rise of use of force, more desperation by suspects, more reluctant to go to jail, bad cops.
Summary and conclusion.
Restate problem and solution.
Give opinion on counterarguements
Explain why this problem needs to be addressed and solved.
Next comes the discussion on the effects of stress, study findings, and personal feelings about the job and effects of stress.
describe how stress can effect decision making skills
Use the essortment article
Use article on effects of stress on Police officers
Counterarguements to my solution.
To much work to review all incidents
Officers would hesitate in critical incidents.
Simply replacing one stress with another.
Culture would be reluctant to change.
Present my solution to the problem. Discuss the effects of community policing. Give examples of experience using community policing to prevent crimes.
All use of force incidents investigated.
Layout the structure of the review board.