SOC318: Internship Blog

 If I were running the Police Department things I would change about the organization are cameras. I feel as every police department should require both car and body cameras. There has been multiple incidents with police officers having violent encounters with minorities. Many people lost their lives, and footage was not caught on camera from the officers end. An example of this where this occurred was in George Floyd's situation. People who witnessed the incident recorded it where the video got out onto social media for the whole world to see. That video was never from the cop's point of view... it was from everyone elses. If there was a video from the cop himself Justice would of been served right there and then. Questions like Why was there no video footage of the officer communicating with George, arresting the man and etc? we will never know. There's many more reasons as to why cameras should be enforced but for the safety of communities and the people patrolling it 10...

Diversity should be seen broadly through race, gender, life experiences and language. On the first day of starting my internship I assumed that Naugatuck police department would be more diversified. In my opinion it really is not. All the times I have visited the police department I only came across speaking to approximately three African American officers, and two hispanics.The administrative officer who is one of the three African Americans in the facility made it clear to me that there are not a lot of African Americans who work in law enforcement that we definitely need more. Situations like these are very upsetting to me because why is the world built like that? All individuals have the right to be protected, and individuals committing crimes need to be brought to justice. Equity, inclusion, and diversity are essential to ensuring protections and resolving justice.