Status Updates From The End of Policing

Chapter 10: political policing
talks about the history of political policing in and outside of the united states
"we need to reduce the political conflicts that generate disruptive protest movements"

Chapter 9 : Border patrol
I agree
mentions how border patrol came to be and how it's always been an issue, mentions both sides of the political aspect and what they've done. also talks about alternatives to increased control and how we should treat immigrants like humans and actually help them integrate into society instead of automatically deporting them. deportation doesn't help and ends up making situations worse

Chapter 8:
Basically discussed the effects of gang suppression and how lower income communities are impacted the most. Also mentions how resources are typically spent on policing instead of other alternatives of policing, that are proved to be more effective.

Chapter 7
another chapter I agree with
the war on drugs mostly and how there needs to be better alternatives for people, rather than the police because clearly something isn't working

Chapter 6
again I agree with what he's saying
sex work has always been around and prob always be around so why are we as a society, constantly criminalizing the women (typically) that are part of it. like instead of making it a crime, treat it like any other job. also he mentions how not all women who join sex work, are victims. so true. but yeah overall I agree with this chapter too

Ch. 5
This chapter argues that there needs to be a lessening of criminalizing homelessness. He talks about how it's difficult and often a never ending cycle within the criminal justice system for homelessness and victims of it. Again he mentions the importance of preventative measures and ways to treat the causes instead of always resulting to police. Policing is not the solution, it never was and never will be

ch. 4:
I love this chapter because it's so true and I think it's what i'm doing my paper on
this chapter argues that resources should be spent on better mental health services for people rather than so much money sending police out to the mental health crises calls. I agree. Another chapter that emphasizes treating the "cause" instead of the "outcome". preventative measures are more valuable here than policing

Chapter 3:
He argues that police should be taken out of the schools and should focus more on the students overall wellbeing, aka preventative measures to "disruptions" and "crime" in schools. The research shows that this is more effective rather than turning schools into a place that feels like a prison for students, that could eventually lead to being placed in the CRJ system. Having other trained personnel = better

Chapter 2:
This chapter talks about the history of policing and where it came from. Vitale argues that policing was never made to protect us, especially minorities and the poor class. He mentions the system and how there needs to be change. Important to look at the purpose/function of policing to do this. Looks at modern policing too, it's changed over the years but the system still isn't great.

Good so far; brings up important facts about the policing system as whole. Mentions the use of body cameras, how police are asked to do so much, and how police would be better off without being equipped with weapons. I think it's an interesting take so far on the police system and he uses his research, stats, and names to get his points across. Definitely annotating and keeping this book as I go. Btw book for class