What are some ways we can improve the relationships between police and youth?

Question

Given all the stories you hear about youth crimes on the rise, I'm thinking one way we can solve this is to make the interactions between police and youth (teenagers, pre-teens) better, to teach youth to trust the police more, to not be afraid to go to them if they want help. As well, we need to encourage the police to use more rational thinking when questioning teens in cases, without jumping to conclusions and arresting them on sight, etc. so they get more respect and cooperation from them. So what are some ways we can go about acheiving this goal? Sensible answers would be helpful. Thanks.

Answer 1

One way I know is to start a police youth club which includes:--- Weekly youth meetings (have different activities each week such as - quizzes on current and world events, group participation.)
- Police summer camps where teenagers get to hang out with the police. (They can participate in sports events, crafts, learn first aid, CPR etc. )

Answer 2

Although the majority of teens in my city(Compton CA) dislike the police. However, that doesn't mean that we the youth and the police could work together and make our community a marvelous place to live. Look I have always wanted to become a diligent police officer in the future;however, living in Compton I have witness many unsatisfactory acts of the police. That have made me look at cops at other way. As result of the poor quality of service that our brace officers provide to my community, teens tend not to be scared of a cruiser or a police officer. They don't enforce the laws. Look the advice I give you is that go and know your youth of your community. Go to your local High school and talk to your youth about what they feel about you, and what and were are the problems in your community. We teens tend to know were are the misbehaving areas are located in our city. Hope that we the youth and the police could work together and
upgrade the quality of life of the citizens and the the quality of those who enforce the laws of United States.

Answer 3

Youths naturally rebel, and many lack any serious supervision or parenting. We need harsher laws to deal with these delinquents. Sure the police can try outreach programs, but the youth criminals will always look to take advantage. I think our police do a wonderful job given the task, and do use 'rational thinking.'

Another choice would be to invoke a 'shoot first ask questions later' program with most teens.

Answer 4

It starts at home. Parents should respect an obey laws, introduce young kids to police officers when they get a chance. Or call their local station an ask when they can visit.
Not just meet one officer in the neighborhood but some in every branch of law enforcement.
Kids imitate adults if we talk bad about law enforcement what they going to think?

Tender I didn't copy you lol, but good to see we think similar.
T.C.

Answer 5

I think it ultimately stems from the parents and the way their parents raise them. This could be achieved with more community involvement, naturally. If you can work with the entire community as a whole the children will come to respect the officers as their parents do.

Answer 6

It starts with the adults. Instead of parents talking bad about cops they should teach their children that cops are their to help. Kids learn by watching their parents. If the parent is always bad mouthing the police their kids will grow up with the same attitude.

Answer 7

In my opinion there is no resolving that situation. In my day and age parent's were aloud to reprimand and if need be physically punish their children, I mean by spanking or grounding kid's, now day's a parent caught spanking or even verbally chastising their kid's are considered abusive. my dad puting a belt on my *** growing-up taught me alot about RESPECT, For my elder's , the police, teacher,s. Kid's now-a -day's have it to easy and have never learned the meaning of, respect, courtousy, compassion . And it show's. Allow a parent to spank his or her child when NECESARY and I beilieve it would do our world a hell of a lot of good !!!!!

Answer 8

Well, one possible reason that our young people are scared is because they see their parents or older cousins getting arrested and when they see them, they might happen to think, "Ugh, he arrested my daddy", as I still sometimes think-- when in reality, they're doing their job and would risk their life to save yours. In my community, Native Americans (such as myself) are scared because of the great amount of mistrust between our societies and the American Government (example: the FBI falsely accusing Leonard Peltier of deaths that occurred in Pine Ridge, SD, then not owning up to the facts and leaving our people imprisoned for years...)

One way to get around it is to make sure you do things ethically. Go in to schools and speak with the students, be friendly to them. We all loved the officers who were in our schools because they were nice to us and talked with us.

Answer 9

well to be honest most cops i have seen are hypocrites and they lie and they do drugs and everything else. and im sure the youth knows this and resent them for doing the same things they do BUT not getting in trouble for it because they have a badge.

Answer 10

we need to get the stigma away that we are the bad guys.


thanks TV
whatever happened to shows like Andy Griffith. he was the ultimite police officer.