Diversity in Law Enforcement
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Diversity in Law Enforcement
The minority is defined as the subclass of the people with exclusive social, spiritual, cultural, ethnic appearances which differs from persons of the mainstream group. It is regularly considered any group endangered to domination and discernment by people with more authoritative societal positions. There are different examples of groups that are considered to be minorities, and they include women, immigrants, African Americans, among others. We have several characteristics of minority groups that are differentiated from the majority group. These are having unsatisfactory treatment and less control over their lives, having a different physical appearance like skin colour or accent, having instinctive memberships in the group.

There have been more problems in the police department for recruiting and keeping minorities since Ferguson's shooting. There have been calls for the police departments to hire more minority officers, but it has not turned out to be that easy. The greatest diversity tricky has seemed to be the inner-ring suburbs, whereby the people have also lifted to majority-minority, but the whites still serve that. As stated by (Kaste 2014), today, the United States police are more diverse than the previous generation. One of six officers belonged to the racial minority, but today it's different as finding the recruit has been difficult. 

When we look back in the history of the minorities in law enforcement, the minorities used to suffer a lot; they were not recruited in the police departments if it happened, they had the department's job, they were discriminated against and looked down on. Today the situation is different as the minorities have equal rights as the majority. They are offered jobs without any discrimination of their race, colour. The history again repeated itself and has turn out to be the topic of the state argument as many Americans gathered in the cities to condemned the police department harshness and cultural biasness after the demise of George Floyd, a forty-six years old black American who was killed by the police officer who he supposedly used a counterfeit of 20dollars at a particular store (Philimon 2020).

Diversity is defined as the process that includes or involves people from various social backgrounds and racial, sexual orientations. Most of the police departments require diversity in law enforcement. According to (Myers et al. 2020). This diversity is essential because it helps in the following ways
•	Better communication- communication being one of the essential diversity. It helps in preventing crime. Law enforcement is there to serve and protect the community, and this cannot be effective if the communication is poor among them. Like in the U.S., we have different non-English languages like Spanish, Chinese but the major reason for having this diversity is that the officers will communicate with an enlightening tone.
•	Gaining the public confidence and trust- unbiased communication is essential, gaining trust from the community is vital to operative police. Comprehending the character of other beliefs, the ideas, and the experiences that the officers share, making them understand the different cultures is as much as essential, helps build trust among them.
•	Changing the undesirable insights- in some societies, their boldness in the direction of law can be damaging. This kind of mood can be altered by expanding law enforcement and having governments of a particular public inside the police.

The police interventions that are enriched in assortment are more likely to gain individuals trust between the group of people due to the intervention being a likeness of the public and its comprehensive of the majors of many families and more experience (Flavin, 2018). Diversity helps in exploiting discussions and resolving crime quicker, comprehending people working with, varying the observation of how the police officer should appear, and allowing the police officers to earn the public trust.

Reference
Flavian, B. (2018). Police Officers Explain Why Diversity in Law Enforcement Matters. Accessed online on Mar 2020. https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/justice-studies/blog/diversity-in-law-enforcement/
Kaste, M. (2014). Why police departments have a hard time recruiting blacks. National Public Radio.
Myers, L., J.D., & L.L.M. (2020). Why Diversity in Law Enforcement is Important. Accessed online on Mar 2020. https://www.northwestcareercollege.edu/blog/why-diversity-in-law-enforcement-is-important/#:~:text=Law%20enforcement%20officers%20are%20there,if%20that%20cannot%20communicate%20effectively.&text=However%2C%20one%20of%20the%20benefits,to%20communicate%20with%20cultural%20nuance.
Philimon, W. (2020). Police departments have a 400-year history of racism. Accessed online on Mar 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/07/black-lives-matters-police-departments-have-long-history-racism/3128167001/