Police Influence On Society

Police Influence On Society
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POLICE INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY
The history of police and its origin bears great impact on its progressive influence on the societies of the world and especially in America. The policing in America is said to have been influenced by the England system all through the course of history. During the initial phases of development within England as well as colonial America, the citizens were the ones responsible for enforcing law within their communities (Gaines & Kappeler, 2011). This system was popularly known as kin in England because it involved people taking guard of their own relatives or kin. Since then, the policing system in the United States has evolved into various phases even though some ancient roots are traceable. Significantly, examining this United States’ history of policing would be helpful in understanding how it has advanced and altered over time, thus relating to the current relationship between police and diverse ethnic groups as well as social classes.
The practice of policing in the United States was initiated at an informal point of social control, where citizens or communities protected one another. The practice was usually conductible in smaller areas, but later grew into formal policing where areas grew into larger towns. In this case, a police department was necessary and thus established. Policing in the United States has passed through numerous hustles. For instance, some resources like radios, computers as well as vehicles have caused the policing services an efficient task. Yet, regardless of the advancement, it still bears enormous impact on the existing relationship between the police and diverse ethnic groups like the African Americans. This is because the policing patrol was extremely dissimilar from the one on north because it started out with patrols of slaves. The assignment of the patrols was to prevent slave revolts as well as finding runaway slaves. This brought about a great impact on various ethnic groups, among which the African American group and White group cropped up great tension between them (Gaines & Kappeler, 2011). All through the history of policing, tension between the police and African Americans have existed and still continues to be a troubling issue today.
The history of policing is dividable into the reform era, political era as well as community era. The reform era and political era have contributed to the influence of the present relationship between ...