Hello Class.

My name is ManDella Burnett. I am a mother of two. I am a current resident of Clarksdale MS. I currently work in the field of insurance. However, my experience in the field of criminal justice includes correctional officer at MDOC Parchman and CCA Tallahatchie Correctional Facilities. 

My interest in the field of criminal justice is a result of my previous employment in corrections. I desired to gain a better understanding of all components of the criminal justice system, with a primary focus on offender rehabilitation. Throughout my years of employment in the two separate facilities (one state and the other private), the number one similarity was a revolving incarceration of the same offenders. 

One example of police building rapport and improving police community relations can be seen by The South District of the Madison Police Department in Wisconsin. Randy Stoecker et al (2019) explains how MPD’s Captain John Patterson highlighted how the district was the most diverse in comparison to other districts. The district was composed of African Americans, Latinx, Hmong, and white communities-each having a specific perception of law enforcement. To build rapport the department launched an initiative to directly engage with the members of each community by allowing feedback and advice from the community members and provide information and responses to them. The operation was done by holding direct community discussions (Randy Stoecker et al., 2019).

 Randy Stoecker et al., “Building Community-Police Relations by Building Community

Community Relations,” Police Chief online, July 10, 2019.https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/building-community-police-relations-by-building-community-community-relations/

In response to two of your peers, explain any possible effects of the instances they described, both short term and long term. Who is impacted, both directly and indirectly? What are possible repercussions?