ose that carry guns are afraid to carry them do to the fact that they may be searched at a routine police stop. If they are afraid to carry guns due to the possibility of a small infraction then they will not possess the means to commit a more serious offense. Again, however, Karmen puts forth that the drop in crime rate is not due entirely by the actions and policies of the police department because again the trend doesn’t hold true for all years that the statistic was recorded. What Karmen is trying to say is not that the new techniques of the police department do not play a role in bring down the crime, what he is saying is that they are not the only thing that is contributing to it, there are other variables at play. In conclusion is it better for the police to use a more tactful approach to controlling crime even though it may in some ways cause innocent citizens undue headache and frustration. Is there a basis for the police using class and ethnic policing as a viable way control crime? We may say that this is unfair and a type of racism. Or do we say that the majority of crime comes out of the lower income and ethnic minority communities. If that is the fact of the matter then shouldn’t we then help to improve those environments. It appears that in our modern society that we are to caught up in telling people what they are doing wrong then telling them how to fix them. Even today particularly in New York, with the crime rate at an all time low it appears that the police and the legislative bodes are more inclined to throw people in jail then to help them to see why they are doing what they are doing. The police have to start to make a more active role in the communities around them. That is what they are paid to be, a protector of the community not an overseer, they serve the people of that society that has placed them in that position. People must understand that a police office is just a man and capable of making ...
