From The Eyes of A Policeman

More recently than before, law-enforcement has gotten quite of a bad reputation. With the current shootings of innocent African American men, hatred has built up in the citizens' minds. While many judge and criticize the actions of these policemen, many don't understand the pressure and the responsibility that these men have on their backs every day. When the events in Ferguson, Missouri played out, the police force was appalled by the extremely negative response and the lack of empathy or understanding by the citizens throughout the United States. It is clear that media portrays policemen as brutal and violent. Reporters are one of the gateways into the mass media and now thanks to a new campaign from the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund that provides virtual simulations of different situations that a policeman in training has to take, they are able to experience these dramatic and nerve-wrenching situations face to face in hope that this will bring more awareness to the stress that these men have to go through. With these simulations the goal is to make people understand that policemen are human too, and the decisions they make are based on unpredictable variables that they need make in order to do the best for the people around them, based on their judgment.

I think this campaign and these simulations are really good. They finally allow for people to see these kinds of situations as life or death choices and stop the judging and harassment of policemen. Of course there are good cops and bad cops, some who take their duty seriously and others who abuse their power. I don't think it’s fair for the whole police force to be hated for the actions of the few. Seeing problems from other people’s perspectives might solve the problem altogether.

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