crime. To further this idea does the police use excessive measures in fighting crime. The police New York City police have applied the idea of broken windows, which is the idea of fixing communities little problems before tackling the large ones. However, feel that the NYPD has taking it to far and has to re-define their methods. In an article with Prof. George Kelling (also the creator of Broken Windows) entitled “Fixing Broken Windows” he tries to show that the NYPD have to give officers training and guidance that will enable them to deal with the small problems. He also says that the police have to learn that that their behavior must reflect their positions. In short what Kelling is trying to do is show that the police have to understand that depending on their actions is what is going to stimulate the community as a whole.Many in the public believe that the police are using tactics that are far too severe for the type of crimes committed. Also believe that the police use a class based policing police that pits the minority against the policing agents. If by making the precedent that all minorities have a higher crime rate compared to the rest of society therefore we as a policing body have to act much more harsher in order to control it. Those among the minorities are outraged because they are treated harsher then the majority. The scene is all too common, a black man is arrested fro the same thing as a white man, however the Black man gets 6 months in jail and the white man gets a month or two. Or the policeman sees a black man walking around a white neighborhood late at night and arrests him for prowling, when t is discovered that he lives in the neighborhood the man must wait hours to get through red tape. The public and others believe that the police have to take amore active role in the communities. Instead of arresting everyone that looks like they are breaking the law, why not get to know those people and see wha...
