The current state of Law Enforcement

Interesting facts about law enforcement. I did a reflection post in my class last night on educational requirements for law enforcement.

Research is suggesting that most police officers should hold an associate or bachelor's degree in order to be more effective in local communities.

I DISAGREE with all of this! A degree does NOT change the heart of an individual. Other literature has some evidence of a couple of alarming factors.

1) Theory of racial threat -"assumes that citizens and authorities
perceive members of racial and ethnic minority groups as a criminal threat to the
social order" (Tittle & Curran, 1988).

2) " Racial Profiling has been recognized as a serious problem that affects many segments of our society and is especially notable in law enforcement. Governments and police services have pronounced that racial profiling is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. They have gone to great lengths in trying to eradicate racial profiling through prosecutions on the punitive side and training on the pro-active side. However, education in this area is problematic both in content and in the willingness of participants to take part in this type of training. Often people who are ordered to take these courses feel that they do not need to be told how to be sensitive to the issues" (Margolis & Shtull, 2012).

3) Here's the bomb FACT: "The general focus of police response to mental illness has been to: (a)reduce injuries or the application of force in the encounters" (Margolis & Shtull, 2012).

Now, how is that SOME police are okay with training for mental illness but not okay with racial profiling..

I am in no way against GOOD police officers. I have respect for authority that walks in TRUE authority. I am saddened at the recent deaths of the NYPD officers and all officers that lost their lives in the line of duty. HOWEVER! This does not change the facts, statistics, and cases of some law enforcement.

40 things about me...

I decided to do my own facts....

1. I have two legal birth certificates
2. As a baby I could only drink goat's milk
3. I am obsessed with a camera
4. Most people believe I was born in the town I was raised, I was not born in the town I was raised
5. I have a fetish for handbags
6. I love animals
7. I will never leave the SAMSUNG products for APPLE
8. I have a scar under my right eye that resembles a tear drop
9. The best gifts ever given to me were parents
10. I am a DADDY's girl
11. I flew on a plane by myself at the age of 10
12. I spent part of my infancy on a military base
13. I am VERY private, yet, I am doing this...
14. I have OPEN marriage to constant communication, unconditional love, and forgiveness (haha, i know what you were thinking!)
15. I am a CNN junkie
16. I met Bill Clinton
17. I met Queen Latifah
18. I met Bernie Mac
19. I met Lil Kim
20. I never went to my junior prom, senior prom only
21. I love to watch documentaries
22. I like a good psychological thriller movie
23. I once slept through a hurricane with all the windows open in a house..The whole town was flooded the next morning..
24. I plan to write my own biography
25. I love to view beauty
26. I love to shop
27. I have never traveled outside the U.S.
28. I own (PAID) a home
29. I love music of all types
30. I love to learn
31. I cannot eat red meals, like lasagna or spaghetti
32. I am a controversial speaker and I love it!
33. I value my real friends
34. I  wish everyone could be NAKED the way God intended it to be
35. I am a good dancer
36. I prefer to home-school when I have kids
37. I am a risk taker
38. I do not get along with insecure people ~ Male or Female
39. My husband thinks I could hold a political office...lol
40. I am a LOVER of Jesus

Naked in the Lord

The more I grow in FAITH; the more exciting and amazing truths about myself are revealed. I understand the meaning of personal struggles, inner demons, and weaknesses.

There is no shame before God to see my imperfections. I am grateful for HIS grace. I am redeemed. I am naked in HIM. HE sees it all. The private places of my soul. The areas in the dark no-one else can see but his LIGHT. HE sees my inner thoughts, my fears, my doubts, my vulnerabilities. HE still loves me, HE is my comforter, HE is my friend, HE is my strength, HE is GOD.

HE goes in so deep it sometimes hurts to see the willingness to ignore his unconditional love for someone not deserving of it. HE is patient with preparing me for a level of intimacy, I have never experienced. To talk to me as HE loves me in my times of frailness. I hear his whispers in my ear of never leaving me nor forsaking me.

God is not making love, HE is love....

Yours Truly,

LoveTruth