Luyện tập: Police Officers being Recruited Locally

Some observers say that police officers should be recruited from the communities where they work, so that they have local knowledge. Other people say that this is unnecessary, or even undesirable. Where do you stand on this debate? Is local knowledge essential in modern policing?

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Topic statementThe need for effective, trustworthyđáng tin cậy police officers is paramounttối cao in society today, especially as criminals become more deviousthủ đoạn, ranh ma and creative. OpinionRegarding whether police should be locally hired, there is a case to be made on both sides of the debate.

Topic statementThose who support local recruitmentsự tuyển mộ of officers point to the need for the police to understand the minutiaetiểu tiết of the local community. ExampleFor example, a community may have certain frictionssự xích mích or a history of a specific grievancesự bất bình, whether religious, political or otherwise. Supporting statementIn such situations, the argument goes, the police need to show sensitivitysự nhạy cảm, and also be able to anticipate the kinds of crimes that may be committedphạm tội. Supporting statementFurthermore, local officers may find it easier to gain informantsngười cung cấp tin tức in the community, leading to stronger evidencebằng chứng at trialsviệc xét xử, higher convictionsự kết án rates and a deterrentsự ngăn chặn to crime through sentencingsự tuyên án, imprisonmentsự bỏ tù, finestiền phạt or community servicenghĩa vụ cộng đồng leading to rehabilitationsự cải tạo of the offender.

Topic statementOn the other hand, it seems likely that officers from the community may in fact share some of the tendenciesxu hướng of the people they grew up with. ExampleFor example, in countries such as Mexico, we see a high incidencephạm vi ảnh hưởng of corruptionsự tham nhũng, hối lộ among the local business and government community which is equalledby briberysự ăn hối lộ among the police. Supporting statementA second objection is that local sensitivity may lead to the police failing to enforce lawsthi hành luật pháp fully, and effectively making exceptions for some offenders, which is unequitablekhông công bằng towards law-abidingtuân thủ luật pháp citizens. Supporting statementFinally, we must remember that police officers should have transferable skillskỹ năng chuyển đổi, such as lateral thinkingtư duy đường vòng and investigative abilitykỹ năng điều tra, which should transcendvượt ra khỏi their background or the environment they are working in.

SummaryOverall, it seems to me that local knowledge is not absolutely essential for the police, whose skills should be effective in any contexthoàn cảnh. OpinionIndeed, I agree with those who say that the risks of local recruitment outweighvượt hơn, trội hơn the benefits, because of the danger of corruption and over-familiaritysự quen thuộc quá đà with potential offenders.

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The need for effective, đáng tin cậy police officers is tối cao in society today, especially as criminals become more thủ đoạn, ranh ma and creative. Regarding whether police should be locally hired, there is a case to be made on both sides of the debate.

Those who support local sự tuyển mộ of officers point to the need for the police to understand the tiểu tiết of the local community. For example, a community may have certain sự xích mích or a history of a specific sự bất bình, whether religious, political or otherwise. In such situations, the argument goes, the police need to show sự nhạy cảm, and also be able to anticipate the kinds of crimes that may be phạm tội. Furthermore, local officers may find it easier to gain người cung cấp tin tức in the community, leading to stronger bằng chứng at việc xét xử, higher sự kết án rates and a sự ngăn chặn to crime through sự tuyên án, sự bỏ tù, tiền phạt or nghĩa vụ cộng đồng leading to sự cải tạo of the offender.

On the other hand, it seems likely that officers from the community may in fact share some of the xu hướng of the people they grew up with. For example, in countries such as Mexico, we see a high phạm vi ảnh hưởng of sự tham nhũng, hối lộ among the local business and government community which is equalledby sự ăn hối lộ among the police. A second objection is that local sensitivity may lead to the police failing to thi hành luật pháp fully, and effectively making exceptions for some offenders, which is không công bằng towards tuân thủ luật pháp citizens. Finally, we must remember that police officers should have kỹ năng chuyển đổi, such as tư duy đường vòng and kỹ năng điều tra, which should vượt ra khỏi their background or the environment they are working in.

Overall, it seems to me that local knowledge is not absolutely essential for the police, whose skills should be effective in any hoàn cảnh. Indeed, I agree with those who say that the risks of local recruitment vượt hơn, trội hơn the benefits, because of the danger of corruption and sự quen thuộc quá đà with potential offenders.