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Jun 13, 2024 · Over the years, officers have also cultivated their own language, using certain phrases that only law enforcement officers would understand. Below are some common phrases, acronyms and slang terms commonly heard throughout an officer’s career.
- Tim Dees
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Jun 18, 2020 · NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Isaiah McKinnon, Cheryl Dorsey and Vincent Montague, three police officers of different generations, about their experiences being black in law enforcement.
Jan 22, 2021 · In this article, the authors draw on nearly four decades of the General Social Survey to examine trends over time and specifically model whether those in law enforcement are more likely to hold racialized and arguably racist views, vested “blue” occupational interests, or both.
- Vincent J. Roscigno, Kayla Preito-Hodge
- 2021
- Slave Patrols
- Jim Crow Laws
- Reverberating Today
There are two historical narratives about the origins of American law enforcement. Policing in southern slave-holding states had roots in slave patrols, squadrons made up of white volunteers empowered to use vigilante tactics to enforce laws related to slavery. They located and returned enslaved people who had escaped, crushed uprisings led by ensl...
Slave patrols formally dissolved after the Civil War ended. But formerly enslaved people saw little relief from racist government policies as they promptly became subject to Black Codes. For the next three years, these new laws specified how, when and where African Americans could work and how much they would be paid. They also restricted black vot...
For the past five decades, the federal government has forbidden the use of racist regulations at the state and local level. Yet people of color are still more likely to be killedby the police than whites. The Washington Post tracks the number of Americans killed by the police by race, gender and other characteristics. The newspaper’s database indic...
- Connie Hassett-Walker
A code black with cops is a serious and high-stakes situation that requires immediate action and careful planning by law enforcement officers in order to protect themselves and the public from harm.
Oct 28, 2023 · The code of silence, also known as the “blue code” or “blue wall of silence,” refers to the practice of police officers protecting and remaining silent about the misconduct or wrongdoing of their colleagues.
May 9, 2022 · USA TODAY is documenting how law enforcement agencies around the country threaten and retaliate against internal whistleblowers who expose misconduct by their fellow officers.
