CRM/LAW C7 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Watts Riots
13 Oct 2016
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Pressures to perform have increased significantly in the last decade. Watts riot of 1965 was the beginning of the large scale urban disorders. Bring riots under control while minimizing loss of life, injury and property damage. Examine aspects of their own operations that may have contributed to the widespread discontent of minority groups in urban areas. Subject to much closer scrutiny and to much more frequent challenge than at any time in the past. Learning to cope with the increased militancy of their own personnel. Response to these pressures have been varied. It is clear that there is an expectation for the police to do beyond what is in their capacity. Proposals for improvement made by presidential commissions: Advocated programs to facilitate communication between individual officers and the residents of the areas they policed. To recruit more members of the minority groups into police service. To provide greater help to citizens requesting police service.
