In today’s world there is a big controversy on police brutality and whether or not police officers are being too violent. In the last couple of years mostly, starting with the Michael Brown case, people have started to be against officers. There are ways officers can get training for de-escalating situations, wearing body cameras, and getting enough training. Money needs to be set aside for police training and all stations should get the same amount no matter how poor or rich the community is. More violence in communities that require police force. Many violent situations require force to be desculated. “If we ask people instead of telling them, and if we give them a reason for why we’re doing something, we get much less resistance,” said Gary T. Klugiewicz, a retired Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office …show more content…
Police sometimes injure and kill people. “963 people have been shot and killed by police in 2016” (“Police Shooting”). Just because someone is shot and killed doesn’t mean the police wanted to kill anyone. If they saw them as a threat, an officer would do what they think is necessary to get the situation under control. Police departments use excessive force on those who pose little or no threat. “Last week, there was a guy in a car who wouldn’t show me his hands,” the officer said. “I pulled my gun out and stuck it right in his nose, and I go, ‘Show me your hands now!’ That’s de-escalation” (Williams). This officer felt that this was the right way to handle the situation because he felt threaten. Police should stop their cover-up culture and have oversight boards. “In Metcalfe's day, excessive force complaints were upheld in only 1.4 percent of cases. Today, of the 10,500 complaints filed by black people between 2011 and 2015, only 166 or 1.6 percent were sustained or led to discipline after an internal investigation” (Page). This is a statistic on the amount of complaints between 2011 and