Perry B Keaton
Cultural Diversity for the Criminal Justice Professional - 1M
Instructor: Peter Jirasek
February 28, 2016
Law Enforcement in Multicultural Communities-1
Being a law enforcement officer in a multicultural community is never an easy task. What make this situation such a hard job is it because of the different group of individual tat live in one community or is it the lack of understanding of the law enforcement agency. Are there any solutions to this matter that will help?
I believe there is a solution to this matter but it will be a difficult one because of this one important fact, this profession requires a certain level of comfort and professionalism in interacting with people from all backgrounds whether one is …show more content…
Using my community as an example for instance this is mainly of the black race. Thing s is different for a black person in our community than if the individual was white. For example if an officer was to enter into an all white neighborhood his demeanor would be more relax than if he venture into the black neighborhood.
Another good example is when a group of white gather together amongst themselves there is never an officer around to hassle them or ask them any question but as soon as they see a group of blacks gathering and talking amongst themselves here they come thinking that something is about to go down or already happen. They are so quick to judge before even finding out the