Topic > Benefits of Militarized Police Forces - 1037

Mr. Kurt Eichenwald is a journalist who said: start with militarization. While this might seem like a "boys with toys" problem - cops playing dress up while searching for their inner GI Joe - these are actually bad law enforcement tactics. One thing sometimes forgotten is that there are decades of research on police tactics, and competent officers and their bosses rely on this research for guidance because they want to maintain law and order, instead of simply pretending that the movie RoboCop was a documentary. Research shows that militarization rarely works and usually makes things worse. (Eichenwald) As Mr. Eichenwald said, militarized police forces rarely work, but usually make the situation worse, angering the group even more, causing riots. While this sometimes seems true, in most cases it is