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Strategies in Addressing the Police Brutality Problem
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Introduction
Police brutality alludes to the excessive use of power by the law enforcement. It is a civil
right violation and technically it has caused more harm in the community today. The paper
discusses the various potential strategies that can be utilized in addressing the rampant problem
of police brutality. The potential problem can be addressed by the following potential strategies:
change in police culture through training, legislation implementation strategy and law
enforcement strategy.
1. Change in Police Culture through proper training strategy
This strategy is very effective in solving the critical policy problem under study.
Critically, this strategy connotes that training offered to police officers should be more than just
the defensive tactics. Police officers should be trained to serve their community in ensuring law
and order and not to harm individuals. The strengths of this strategy are as follows; training
techniques such as psychological training teaches police officers on how to control their
emotions, anger, and how to overcome escalating encounters in the community.
The strategy also teaches police officers on how to develop good relationships with
members of the community which in turn helps in solving various crimes peacefully.
Additionally this strategy is useful in administrating firearms proficiency among police officers
through examining the various firearms skills and intelligence. On the other hand this strategy
has limitation which serves as its weaknesses in addressing the current police problem of
brutality. Technically, different heads of police officers usually do not challenge police officers
to acquire new techniques of handling situations that could cause violence. Regular training also
requires resources that are not readily available. Training only works if police officers with
empathy can be identified. Testing to re-train the pre-exiting police officers can also give biased
judgement.
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The financing mechanisms and budgeting approaches for this strategy
To address the issue of police brutality, relevant parties will need to mobilize resources to
assist in the formulation of necessary measures. Financial resources will be required to
strengthen police officer training to better handle individuals in the required manner. The second
assumption regarding police budget reform that becomes troublesome for local leaders is
administrative reorganization, specifically through the budget. This finding exists because the
term "budget reform" connotes a significant shift in budgeting methods for city leaders.
The second assumption regarding police budget reform that becomes troublesome for local
leaders is administrative reorganization, specifically through the budget. This finding exists
because the term "budget reform" connotes a significant shift in budgeting methods for city
leaders. Police departments require annual general fund expenditures. Because meeting each
department's budgetary needs over a year is a time-consuming procedure, police budgeting
practices are formulaic and only allow minimal revisions in allocations (Khan et al., 2021). As
measured by public opinion, citizens' expectations for specified levels of police spending play a
key effect in budgeting decisions. On the other hand, some claim that police budgeting is
unaffected by exogenous circumstances and is instead determined by incremental budget
modifications based on the preceding year's budget. We various costs involved in training, apart
from money being the direct cost involved we also have indirect costs such time. On average the
time spent on training can be around 33.5 hours for every officer. Also we have factor affecting
training costs which are the skill set, industry involved, and equipment.
2. Investigation-focused model strategy
Public trust is a vital feature of the investigation-driven model strategy. The strategy builds
the foundation of much needed public confidence in the investigation process involving the
police. The population supports independent investigations into significant allegations against
police officers, according to available public opinion data (Ruth, 2016). The key agencies
involved in the investigation operations collaborate with civilian intelligence forces to make
concrete and appropriate findings and recommendations about the issue under investigation. The
civilian investigators heightens the relationship between the investigating agencies and the
general public for sustainable outcomes of the investigation. With the approach in full
implementation, the society is assured of a trusted and systematically organized investigation
that upholds high degree of neutrality, trust and confidence in public investigation interactions.
The civilian voices is featured in the entire investigation process and every aspect of the
investigation process speaks about justice and protection of the public interests and rights for all.
The financing mechanisms and budgeting approaches
Proper and professional staffing, timely response mechanisms and inherent organization
support systems are the inevitable resources for a competent, trusted and timely investigation
process. In the event of a complex organizational issue, the team is likely to face a difficult time
of getting the investigative model in full utilization. Full investigative agency is more expensive
than other monitoring models, owing to the higher human costs associated with hiring
professional investigators. Under this strategy we have the investigation cost. While budgeting
for this strategy, it is worth noting that costs shall not entail the amount of overheads,
compensation and expenses.
3. Law Enforcement strategy
To attain a comprehensive law-enforcement outcome, all the relevant local and foreign
capabilities to abate local and regional crime scenes are equally essential. Since crime networks
can metamorphose with ease, it is the responsibility of the law-enforcement agencies to
collaborate with all stakeholders within and outside the borders of the affected region. The
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