Topic > Analysis of the Criminal Justice System - 1215

The Pentagon also distributes military information and equipment to those who want to participate in drug trafficking research, leading to competition for funding, equipment and training among law enforcement agencies in the States United. “Military policing” (76), formerly “community policing” (76), was implemented by President Reagan, in 1981, for drug interdiction. Indeed, most police forces in the country have taken advantage of the resources on offer. Military tactics in urban centers have in most cases taken the form of paramilitary SWAT, which is the special weapons and tactics unit. These SWAT raids, mostly carried out unscrupulously in minority communities, become frequent and have caused much unwarranted and unwarranted harm: “people have been killed by police (people) who are completely innocent of any crime” (75). “The size of federal disbursements to police in a given locality was tied to the number of drug arrests in the city or county”