NOT YOUR FATHERS POLICE DEPARTMENT

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NOT YOUR FATHERS POLICE DEPARTMENT
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The Recruitment Frenzy

• Why is urban law enforcement in a recruitment
  frenzy?
• What do recruitment images suggest policing is
  about?
• How are urban agencies getting the officers they
  need?
• Why do some question the recruitment frenzy?

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Continuity Strong Sense of Occupational Identity
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The Interior of Occupational Identity

• Three Reality Shocks
• Police Subculture
• Code of Silence
• Breaking the Code
• Taking on Occupational Identity Differently

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Changing Demographics
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Strength in Numbers But.

• Identity Enclaves
• Identity Conflict
• Still Strong Occupational Identity
• Still Masculine Environment
• Fortunes of Gay Men Lesbian Women

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The New Generation
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Attitudinal Differences

• More Accepting of Difference
• More Support for Oversight
• Stronger Support for Community Policing
• Greater concern about excessive force
• Regard Racial Profiling as a Problem

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Diversification in the Workplace
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Workplace Effects

• Belonging and Diagonal Coalition Building
• Contract Negotiations with a New Twist
• Conflict Negotiation Amidst Difference
• New Alienation

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Street Effects
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Thinking Through Demographic Changes in Urban LE

• What do we think stays the same even with
  dramatic diversification of the ranks?
• What differences should we expect from women
  working the streets compared to men?
• What difference does Black and Brown make when
  diversity hits the streets?

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What Stays the Same Regardless of
Race/Ethnicity, Arrest ..

• If individual is suspected of a felony
• If encounter is with a visibly intoxicated person
• If suspect shows disrespect or hostility
• If the interaction involves a juvenile

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Gender, Racial, Ethnic Diversity on the Streets

• WOMEN OFFICERS
• Different means same results
• Less likely to use excessive force
• Less likely to receive complaints
• More likely to Avert Violence

• DIVERSE OFFICERS
• Bolster legitimacy at grass roots
• Improved investigative capacity
• More effective undercover

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One of the Many Questions That Remains Open How
do officers of color deal with their dual
identities?
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African American Officers and Narratives of Doing
Justice

• Washington, D.C. and Oakland, CA.
• Agents of Order
• Agents of Institutional Reform