Summary
Schanlaub discusses the perception of the public on police officers. The public perception of police in a particular region will no doubt be a reflection of individual departments within that region and the image of those individual departments is built by the actions of individual officers within that department. Thus, stereotyping and generalizing by the public will always allow a single officer, good or bad, to represent an entire region.
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Public Perception of Police
The image of officers has been compared to a swinging pendulum on a clock. Positive public images, officers respected and revered as daily heroes at one point and on the back swing perpetuating an image of crooked public servants who abuse their authority. If t...
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