Louisville policing strategy

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Thus the department of police is responsible for maintaining law and order and assuring the community that they will exercise diligence in searching, identifying and arresting the culprits and fair treatment of the culprits would be executed. However, any strategy meant to result in a good outcome should have minimal weaknesses; otherwise, it may do more harm than good (Bullock & Tilley, 2012). This paper aims to evaluate the problem that is facing the community of Louisville, the strategy that the police department is employing to see the problem solved, and its effectiveness in accomplishing its mission. There are various factors that are key contributors to the increased criminal activities in Louisville. One of them is substance abuse. It, therefore, rests on the side of the police to administer justice concerning this matter to the racial minority in Louisville.

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To restore order in such a scenario, the police have to employ specific strategies in an attempt to bring the desired results. One resolve that the Metro Police depart has made concerning this matter is aggressive policing. They have decided to be thoroughly aggressive and engage a higher gear in their operations to deliver the desired results. In doing so, one area they have camped in is the traffic department. A recent case is where a young man known as Tae-Ahn was embarrassed by the police in a traffic stop. This 18-year old black man had no record or history of a prior arrest or even ever been in any criminal trouble prior to this time, and he worked with his hands to earn a living because he was in the business of selling cars.

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As he was driving one day, the Louisville Metro Department of police pulled him over because of a minor violation of traffic rule. The violation was simply making a wide turn to a different street. The police, in their strategy of overworking, pulled him out of his car, subjected him to thorough frisking and handcuffed him. The Metro Department of Police needs to avoid the preformed judgment that the racial minorities are the ones that are involved in domestic violence. The fact is that race is not a factor when it comes to violence, because anyone can commit an offence, racial inclination notwithstanding. The police need to establish police patrol programs that would enable them to identify the culprits accurately and after that, subject them to fair justice demands.

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The youth in Louisville have developed hatred for the police because they do not deliver what is expected of them, but they harass the residents in the name of helping them. The indicator that the method that the police are employing in this matter is not working as it ought to is the fact that the number and rates of killings of people owing to domestic violence have not changed significantly. Therefore, the community of Louisville is faced with a consistent challenge of domestic violence, which has left many residents left and others injured. The department of police is responsible for assuring the residents of security and order. In an attempt to restore order, the police employed the strategy of aggressive policing.

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Aggressive policing is where the police officers exercise excess power and force in their mission. However, this strategy did not bear much fruit. The approach that the police took is aggressive policing. Through this, the people, especially the racial minorities, are subjected to harsh treatment and searches, and some of these methods are humiliating even to some innocent people. As a result, the youths have developed an attitude of contempt and low trust in the police. The police should find better strategies for dealing with domestic violence in Louisville, such as intense patrols, to accurately identify the culprits and subject them to the relevant law. References Boettke, P. Routledge. Payne, B. K. , Triplett, R. A. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 7(2), 149-181. Telep, C.

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