Friday, August 11, 2006
Police in bad neighborhoods
It occured to me as I was walking to the bus this morning, that it would be good to introduce police officers to young children in a non-threatening, enjoyable environment. I think that it is a big problem in "problem neighborhoods", that children grow up hearing the police refered to as the enemy. It would probably help to put a human face on the officers. I suspect that this would lead to more respect and less fear on the part of statistically underpriveleged children growing into adults.
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Unfortunately, the larger social issues are often more than any one organization can handle. Society should change, but I think that creating a healthy interaction between the community and law enforcement could be a helpful step in a larger transformation.
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