Police Pursuit (Why this controversy)



Abstract

Police pursuit is common in the US. The criminal and the police are the enemy of each other. The police pursuit is the action of the police against the person that breaks the law. The scenario is about the controversies occurs during the police pursuit. Police action against the criminal is showing the positive side of the police pursuit, but there is also a negative side of the situation. The negative side of the picture is worse, and most of the people in US think that, the police pursuit is the process of killing the innocent people. This is the hot topic in the US and becoming more complicated and controversial due to the involvement of media, courts, and the law enforcement administrators. The innocent people on the road, in markets, in home, do not feel secured from this action of the police against the criminal. By making certain amendments in the police pursuit, the action of the police can create the positive impact on the general public. There are some techniques used for the police pursuit, and by applying that policies and techniques the police pursuit can have the positive impact on the society. The image of the police department is important for the citizens because if the people respect the police, they will respectively obey the law enforcement department. Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion2

Literature Review2

Crimes in the US4

Police Pursuit4

The Alternative Methods Use for Pursuit5

Not pursuit5

Use of Aviation5

Vehicle Stop Methods6

Use of Technology7

Shoot at Sight Side Affect8

Supervision and Administration Policy9

Policies10

Data Collection10

Training10

Risk of Injuries11

Conclusion12

References14

Police Pursuit (Why this controversy)

Introduction

The police pursue the criminals or the person who is involved in the law braking activities. From the birth of the law enforcing force and the officers of the police have all the time had to pursue the person break the law. The medium use for pursuing by the law enforcement people to catch the bad guy of the person not obeying the law can be on the foot, car, bikes etc. Police use to pursue the criminal so fast or as fast as they can, this fast speed of the police may be a cause of the accident. Pursue of the criminal can be dangerous but it is necessary to stop the crimes in the city. This professional behavior of the police officer can cause the serious injury to the police officer or the staff cooperating with the police officers, the subordinates of the people (Becknell, 1999).

The police officers are trained by the most professional officers to handle different kind of ammunition equipments and guns. Training for the driving the police van is also necessary for the officers and the drivers of the police to handle heavy vehicle and the medium use to chase the criminals. The chase required high proficiency to drive the vehicle used for the chasing. A number of general people and police man lost their life for due to this fast chasing in US. The most use chasing vehicle used by the US police is ...