Stop and Frisk

Stop and Frisk

Stop, and a frisk is an act whereby the police officers or guards have the mandate to stop someone temporally and search them for any illegal or harmful material they might be carrying. It is a search that is done to anyone, even if the persons have no reason to be frisked.

The stop and frisk act has proven to reduce the number of weapons in my community. Individuals are usually bumped into unexpectedly and searched by the police officers whom, in case they find someone holding any illegal weapon,they take it away. It has much helped in reducing the number of crime-related activities in my community.

Implementation of the stop and frisk policy would greatly help in reducing the incidents of homicide in my community. People tend to kill one another when they have a readily available weapon with them somey=thuing, which the stop and frisk are trying to eliminate. Persons who possess these lethal weapons are also most like to be afraid of moving around with them hence making the whole community much safer.

The stop and frisk policy is essential in my community because it does not focus on a given ethnic group or society.The only thing that happens is that people usually have a certain stereotype towards a given group of people depending on their social-economic state sand also on racial standards. As a result, the police officers have to be very cautious when dealing with these minority groups f people who may be suspected of holding dangerous firearms.

On the contrary, the stop and frisk activity has also been accused because it can be easily be abused. The police officers are accused of following their instincts towards a given group of people in the community instead of being objective on why they might be suspecting someone. The African American people in my society are the primary victims of these unfair treatments because they are usually associated with crime and violence. It is a clear indication that a given ethnic group of people typically feel that they are the target and are treated continuously unfairly.

The stop and frisk act is believed to be one way in wg=hich the police officers invade the privacy of the locals. According to the 4^th amendments in the constitution, the people have the right against unreasonable searches by anyone, including the police. The 14^th amendments offer equal protection to any individual. This constitutional right to the people is usually interfered with by the police officers.

The policy is also accused of putting the lives of the police officers in danger.The suspected firearms holders usually end up being violence to the police ac action, which has led to some police officers even losing their lives. The police should be trained even much better to be in a position to know how to handle any violent act from these suspected firearms owners.they should have a back up at any given time.

Some people have claimed the act is not very useful since minimal results are being realized. The culprits have become much more careful with the way they handle their illegal materials. As a result, they are making it difficult for the police to access them. Only 2 % of frisked people have been found with materials that can be very harmful to society, which is a clear indication that the act may slowly be losing its impact in the community.

In summary, the stop and frisk act is one of the many ways that can make society much safer for anyone. It helps in reducing the number of harmful materials in the streets, and also it reduces the rate of homicides cases. However, if not done professionally, the act can target people from a given ethnic group. It also violets the 14^th amendments of the constitution.

Work cited

Bowleg, Lisa, et al. “Measuring the pros and cons of what it means to be a Black man: Development and validation of the Black Men’s Experiences Scale (BMES).” Psychology of men & masculinity 17.2 (2016): 177.

Huq, Aziz Z. “The Consequences of Disparate Policing: Evaluating Stop and Frisk as a Modality of Urban Policing.” Minn. L. Rev. 101 (2016): 2397.