Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Research Paper
Dennis S
Professor Michael W
English 101
8 December 2010
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: Honest or Crooked?
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is an agency of highly disciplined and trained people whom sometimes, although not terribly often, do the wrong thing. We were taught at an extremely young age that the police are friends of the community. There are honest and dishonest people in all societies, as well as in the police department. A police officer’s mission is to enforce the law which citizens mandate through Congress.
Infrequently, the police officers of Las Vegas unintentionally take steps slightly off the mark. More often than not, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department does what is right for the …show more content…
We will confront people that might be suspicious. We have a community outreach program called First Tuesday held on the first Tuesday of every month.” The 1st Tuesday program is an excellent opportunity for the citizenry of Las Vegas to get involved with their police department. The first Tuesday of every month they open the doors to their substations from 7 Pm to 8 Pm in order for the community to have an open discussion with the police officers who patrol their neighborhoods (The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department). Officer Rivera also mentioned getting to know the neighborhood police officers that patrol the area can help fight crime. There is a Citizen Academy, where citizens can go through some of the training that police do. Next I asked, “Why is deadly force used to a great extent? Can the use of tasers or pepper spray be used over and above shooting?” Officer Rivera informed me of some statistics for 2009. Of the 1,000,000 police contacts with citizens, only 21 shootings occurred, or .000021%. He mentioned that tasing and mace spraying were used at least 10 times more often than lethal force. PI Officer Rivera said, “People of our city need to rethink the propaganda that was given to the public by way of the press. The ‘Hollywood style’ gun shooting that the public demands when we are in shoot outs is just unheard of”
Professor Michael W
English 101
8 December 2010
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: Honest or Crooked?
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is an agency of highly disciplined and trained people whom sometimes, although not terribly often, do the wrong thing. We were taught at an extremely young age that the police are friends of the community. There are honest and dishonest people in all societies, as well as in the police department. A police officer’s mission is to enforce the law which citizens mandate through Congress.
Infrequently, the police officers of Las Vegas unintentionally take steps slightly off the mark. More often than not, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department does what is right for the …show more content…
We will confront people that might be suspicious. We have a community outreach program called First Tuesday held on the first Tuesday of every month.” The 1st Tuesday program is an excellent opportunity for the citizenry of Las Vegas to get involved with their police department. The first Tuesday of every month they open the doors to their substations from 7 Pm to 8 Pm in order for the community to have an open discussion with the police officers who patrol their neighborhoods (The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department). Officer Rivera also mentioned getting to know the neighborhood police officers that patrol the area can help fight crime. There is a Citizen Academy, where citizens can go through some of the training that police do. Next I asked, “Why is deadly force used to a great extent? Can the use of tasers or pepper spray be used over and above shooting?” Officer Rivera informed me of some statistics for 2009. Of the 1,000,000 police contacts with citizens, only 21 shootings occurred, or .000021%. He mentioned that tasing and mace spraying were used at least 10 times more often than lethal force. PI Officer Rivera said, “People of our city need to rethink the propaganda that was given to the public by way of the press. The ‘Hollywood style’ gun shooting that the public demands when we are in shoot outs is just unheard of”