Why Our Society Needs Help

Although I did not hear what police are like in our community I did have the opportunity to talk to one a while back. This was in the beginning of the school year and I don't think I fully realized what our society was like and I knew there was a lot of police brutality but I didn't think most officers were bad. After talking to this man about what is was like to be a police officer I realized even in one of the most laid back communities, like Santa cruz where most crimes are for drugs and a lot of people get off the hook, that most police officers are incompetent. I asked him what would happen if a police officer was pulled over for speeding and he told me that if you show the other officer your badge they usually let you off the hook. So these people who are supposed to be role models for communities are getting away with braking a law and today many officers have this problem with larger crimes like getting away with beating an innocent man to death because he looked suspicious. Although I know there are good cops out there I think our police system needs a huge remodel as so many problems keep arising and there is not much done about it.