Overview
In preparation for this assignment, locate a news article or video that highlights a job well done by a law enforcement officer as well as an article or video that is critical of a law enforcement officer.
Prepare a 250-500-word evaluation of your article in which you address the following:
- Summarize your selected article(s) or video(s).
- Describe the officers’ personal characteristics (age, gender, height, ethnicity, etc.) in each instance. How do their personal characteristic effect how they are viewed?
- Compare the portrayal of the officers in your selected article(s) or video(s) to that of typical news stories involving law enforcement officers.
- Examine the influence of the media on the law enforcement culture and how this influence affects law enforcement officers.
- Describe the challenges posed by the media on the effective counseling of law enforcement officers and how to these challenges can be addressed.
Please include a copy of the article(s)/video(s) in your evaluation.