Discuss which issue (or issues) you believe is most critical to the future of police / community relations.

Police and Society

Analysis of the 2020 President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice
In recent years the relationship between local police and their communities have fallen into a state of disrepair. Perceptions of aggressive policing, misconduct, inappropriate use of force, race and class based discrimination, and an unwillingness to change has eroded levels of trust and confidence in the police among citizens. Distrust and perceptions of inappropriate actions by the police have sparked riots in small cities (i.e. Ferguson) and large urban centers (i.e. Baltimore).

In response to troubled relations between police and the communities they serve, the Obama Administration established the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing in 2015. Similarly, the Trump Adminitration established the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice in 2020. In the latter, fifteeen (15) issues are examined, each with its own chapter that provides a background and current state of the topics within the issue. Also included witthin each chaoter are specific recommendations to improve law enforcement and the administration of justice in the United States.

For this paper, you are required to analyze the 2020 President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice,which is included in this folder (see below).

Content of your paper:

Open your paper by providing a discussion on the overall goal of the report – why did former President Trump and his administration constituted this Commission?

Discuss which issue (or issues) you believe is most critical to the future of police / community relations. Here,am asking you to define the problem, situate it in its institutional / social context, link it to current events, and make an argument about the problem grounded in data or analysis you take from course material and outside sources.

From the perspective of community residents, discuss one or two issues along with its recommendations that are likely to have a substantial impact on police-citizen relations.
From the perspective of police officers, discuss one or two issues along with its recommendations that are likely to to make officers feel more supported and less embattled.
Finish your paper by providing a discussion on the current state of policing in America and the areas that still need improvement.

IMPORTANT: You MUST support your perspective and answers with at least 5 scholarly / academic resources (i.e. journal articles and books) or other evidence (i.e. government reports). Contact me if you need help finding scholarly sources. Some good places to start finding outside academic resources are the UARK library (http://libraries.uark.edu – “Quick Search” by including key words) and Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com). In addition to these sources, you may support your position with a wide range of other sources such as the media reports.