Police and Special Populations

Police and Special Populations
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Police and Special Populations
The police are people given authority by a state to enforce law and order in a country, to keep the public safe and to prevent criminal activities. Special populations are groups of people who are disadvantaged in society and are in need of police protection. These groups can be categorized according to race, age, gender, and special groups, for example, the homosexuals. Positive interactions between the police and the special populations foster greater development in a nation.

The interaction between the police and people of different racial groups differs. For example, white people have better interactions with the police than the African American people. This is because the African American people are prejudiced when it comes to the police that is they always see police officers as their enemies. On the other hand, the perspective of the police is that most black people are involved in criminal gangs thus the police are always suspicious of them (Peck 2015). For the relationship between the police and the various races to improve the prejudiced ideas held by both groups need to be done away with.
When looking at populations of different ages the most crucial relationships are those between the police and the young people and the one between the police and the elderly population. This is because these two groups are vulnerable and in need of poli…