At the start of the video he said how nice it would be if officers did not have use force at all but sadly that society would never happen, because there are always people who will not want to follow the norms of society or go to jail so they will do whatever they can to not let that happen. The officer explains how he has taken multiple diversity classes and a few years later took another that instead on focusing how to treat others, it focused on how to treat yourself. This course focused on our own emotions and how we processed things along with the emotions of others that come into contact with us to result in better outcomes in the community. The course used a ladder figure to show the emotions, the top of the ladder was good emotions such as happiness but at the bottom of the ladder were things such as hate, the course talked about what you would if you were at the bottom of the ladder. They used visuals such as pictures of their families, good times, and other sentimental pictures. Then they talked about other things that make them happy, the example they used was music. Music can bring you back to where you want to be and make you remember what those top emotions are. The officer then used a great example of what police officers due when they get too the bottom of the ladder. He said when you are driving in your car and you hear your car start to make theses strange noises, but instead of checking it out you just turn up the music and hope it will go away. People also do that, police officers have that strange noise inside of them, an emotional one,whether its from things they have seen and done or something else. They say the way to fix this is to correctly identify your emotions and deal with them correctly to actually help you. -Bears123
I also really liked and agreed with what he had said in the very beginning of his speech about how it would be so nice if the police did not need to use force. I agree that there probably will never be a time that will happen because at least one person will not want to comply. I also really liked his ladder of emotions. -wags123
This is an amazing Ted Talk Sgt Fred, he did such a great job explaining Racial Intelligence, what it is and how we can all benefit from Emotional and Social Intelligence. Indeed, The Ladder is a wonderful guide of where some of our living, and where most of us want to live. He talked about how he became a cop and how there was a lot of racial diversity in the academy. he said to look at our own emotions first will help have a better impact in the community. he learned in a class on what to do while on the way to a call. there's a ladder each step is an emotion and the top are the happy emotions and the bottom is like anxiety and that you need to stay on the top of the ladder and how to move up if you're on the bottom of the ladder. He explained how you need to turn up the volume on the life and drown out the bad emotions like you do when your vehicle makes a noise and you turn up the music to drown out the knocking sound. His example is amazing and I agree with him that the officers could have at least apologized. He explained a light of emotional intelligence plays a role in a officer’s behavior, we are not robots this emotional intelligence training isn’t about how we treat other people, it is about how we treat our selves. In 2017, 46 law enforcement officers got shot and 140 officers committed suicide. He gets a lot of feedback about his officers from his emotional training and how they are impacted in a positive way. It gives an officer a way to use his voice instead of a weapon. He explained the use of force really well. -smiley123
I like how the officers are given emotional training because like you said it gives a positive outcome and it also gives officers a better way to use their voices instead of their weapon. My dad has always told me that being able to talk to people is so critical in this job and I completely agree. So I really hope that everyone understands that when they start their law enforcement job. -wags123
I also like and think it is a great idea to give officers emotional training because you can see things on the job that no one should have to see but that comes with the job. The amount of officers who are shot and or commit suicide is very sad to see, so it is good that they are getting that training now these days. -Bears123
I think how those officers handled the situation when Officer Fred was only 17 years old was exactly what shouldn't be happening. Situations like this put a bad rep for all police officers out there, because this causes society to lose trust in the police force. It was a bit of a shock to me that Officer Fred became a police officer after his bad experience as a kid. -CRJB123
For this blog we were supposed to watch this TED talk about the use of force in regarding law enforcement officers and the public. I really like how in the start of the video he says how nice it would be if there was no need to use force but that will never happen because there will aalways be people who will not want to comply with the laws of society. I completly agree with that because there will never not be someone who wants to not coply and do exactly what the officers want. I think it is because a lot of people want to control what happens or either they do not want others telling them what to do or they want to control the shots. Therefore when police officers are put in that position where others are not complying they need to use some type of force to get to that point where they need them to be. In the video he talked about this ladder of emotions, the good emotions were up at the top and the bad emotions were down at the bottom of that ladder. I like how he mentioned the stuff about how music is something used to drown out the noise or the bad things in someone's life. Just like police officers do, they see so many of the bad parts of society but they need to appear as fine so they “turn up the music” and drown those negative feelings with other things. This is just like how when you hear a weird noise coming from your car, you just turn up the music so you can not hear it anymore and you forget that something is wrong for a little bit. Overall, I really liked this TED talk about use of force and talking about the ladder of emotions. -wags123
I really liked how he brought up how nice it would be if police did not have to use force but unfortunately that will most likely never happen. The ladder of emotions was a nice touch because I have never heard it put that way before.-bears123
I think that some people refuse to comply with police officers because they have this lack of trust for the police force. This ultimately leads to the situations escalating, and creating another bad experience. I think people need to realize that police officers are humans too, and that they are just trying to do their job. Yes some police officers are bad, but most are good. -CRJB123
I also agree that the discussion about the emotional ladder was very interesting. It is very difficult for many officers to handle their emotions and that can effect their job in more ways than one. Officers have to maintain a certain image of themselves due to the public which makes it even harder for an officer to speak up when they are suffering. Blues123
Officer Fred Jones joined the force in 1997, and has been on the force for 21 years when the video was created. Officer Jones describes the use of force as the amount of force used to get a suspect to comply. There will always be use of force in policing, because not all people in society will do what they’re supposed to do. Evil people will always be in the world causing harm, so it is impossible to eliminate the use of force completely. Officer Fred mentions that officers need to work on staying happy themselves, and having positivity throughout the day before they can help others. He uses a ladder as a reference, and at the top of the ladder is positivity, while the bottom is negative bad behaviors. Officer Fred told a story of how he was stopped by police officers and questioned for a nearby crime when he was 17 years old. When he told the officers he didn’t do anything wrong they told him that he fit the description. When the officers took him to the crime scene to see if he could be identified as the suspect the witness said that it wasn’t him. After this happened the police officers took him back to where they picked him and didn’t say anything. This left Officer Fred confused and angry with the police officers. Until Officer Fred became a police officer himself he looked at other officers differently. This just shows that one bad run in with the police can change someone's whole perception of police officers for the rest of their life. These police officers could have made this situation a whole lot better by being more comforting with their voices. One main point I got from the video was that people aren’t robots, and they need to help themselves before they can help others. Emotionally training officers can have huge benefits. -CRJB123
I agree with your statement about how one bad experience with law enforcement can shape your perspective on law enforcement. That can be used in everyday life. You could meet one bad Cubs fan and think that all Cubs fans are jerks. Which is obviously not true, but having that one encounter can shape your world view.-Legion123
It was very interesting to see how the Officer started the video. It is just another example of how the use of force can easily be escalated when you speak out of any emotion. It was interesting to hear the officer speak on how the possibility of law enforcement not using force will never happen. I agree with him on how there will always be people who are willing to do anything not to be taken into custody by law enforcement. When the officer spoke on the many racial diversity classes he had taken, I remember how our class spoke about implicit biases and the problems biases account for in police-community relations. When I had taken Sociology 110, we were required to taken an implicit bias test. It really had made me understand myself more and how I should always be checking myself to make sure I treat people fairly in all walks of life. I also enjoyed how the officer spoke on how all law enforcement employees are human just like any citizen. I really enjoyed his comparison from your engine knocking to the emotional problems people face. How that in a car you just turn up the radio and ignore it and that people do the same actions when dealing with a problem internally. When he spoke that in order to fix others you yourself must be fixed first. This reminded me of training for the fire department. Scene and firefighter safety is always our number one priority when heading to any call. You yourself are not good to others if you also become a victim. I believe this statement can hold true in regard to all types of problems. The blind leading the blind is perhaps a more common but morbid example. CP3123
I agree with your statement about how Officer Jones using the car knocking analogy was a great analogy because that can be used in any walk of life not just law enforcement. We need to work on ourselves before we can help others with their issues, and that can be hard to do as a law enforcement officer.-Legion123
I also enjoyed the car analogy as well. Society, and not just police culture has shown us that is a sign of weakness to show and talk about emotions, when the only way to get rid of the emotions is talking with someone about how you feel. It can be just as strong in police culture because everybody sees the same things and it is believed that you do not want to show weaknesses by saying and explaining your emotions.-as123
This was a very powerful speech given by Officer Jones. Officer Jones talked about using use of voice instead use of force. He started the speech by asking the audience, too applause, would it be nice if we would live in a society where law enforcement did not have to use force? Would that be great? He got applause for this but before the could stop, he said well that will never happen. Which is true I agree that force will always have to be used. There is though, a big benefit to teaching officer’s better communication skills to try to limit their use of force. Officer Jones talked about an experience he had in 2016 while doing diversity training. This diversity training talked about working on yourself. They talked about the emotional ladder. The top rungs of the ladder had emotions such as happiness, gratefulness, and other good emotions, but as you went down the ladder the emotions got more and more not good. Some at the bottom were anxiety, depression, and stress. We obviously want everyone at the top of the ladder, but realistically that will never happen. He talked about how our emotions can get in the way on our way to calls when being in law enforcement. That can also be applied to nonofficers, but he was talking about specifically law enforcement. If we go to a call with some of those emotions at the bottom of the ladder our decision making could be tainted, and the call will not go well which will make our emotions worse for the next call. Something he talked about that I relate too, is using music to help center us, and bring us back towards the top of the emotional ladder. He ended by saying that officers are not robots and that they have emotions as well. -Legion123
I agree 100 percent with your statement as well as the officer's because there will always be that individual who will not be compliant and cause an officer to have to use force in order to detain or arrest a suspect. The challenge is always whether or not the level of force was equal to the level needed in order to maintain order.-Blues123
I agree with your statement towards the end, officers do have emotions and they are not robots. In Police culture, it can be very hard to realize that when seeing something it can affect your day or even your career. The police culture has taught officers that emotions are something that need to be dealt with personally and not talked about.-as123
This video starts out great by speaking about how many people will always fight against law enforcement and potentially kill in order to not go into custody. This is such a difficult challenge for all law enforcement across the country. The discussion over the emotional ladder was also very informative and how to properly maintain an upper level standing and how to get back on top after being at the bottom and letting all of your emotion control your thoughts. The importance of this training is second to none because of all of the things you can encounter while on the job and how they can negatively effect your mind and how you handle a call. A great example is a call of child endangerment and learning how to maintain a calm emotional level despite how much they can elevate your emotions. If you have kids of your own this type of a call can tear your heart out but you must be able to control yourself and your emotions in order to cope or just handle the one call. The example of the music and just turning up your volume in order to drown out your mental suffering had a very big impact to me because I have seen first hand what bottling all of your emotions up can do to you mentally and eventually you will break down. Many officers are suffering from some form of mental issue due to the things they see and they really have to take emotional training seriously because if that officer was to break down on a person, that is where we might see more unnecessary force used against someone who may have not needed that level of force used towards them. -Blues123
I really enjoyed this video of the use of force, with voice, explained. How he states when starting the video, he states the reasoning of the use of force with Law Enforcement, and goes into the explanation that it used for unwilling participants to comply with your commands. When you are able to use your voice and words, it sometimes can impact and change a situation way faster and better than the things you have on your belt. Having verbal judo as an officer, it is something that is critical to high stress situations. How you use verbal judo can impact the life of a human being, save the life of a human being, and affect the outcomes of stressful situations. The Ted Talk speaker then goes into explaining the emotions of your own self and how your emotions can factor emotions.He then goes into explaining the use of ladder when dealing with emotions, and for Law Enforcement, it can be used as an amazing tool due to the things officers see on a daily basis. I forgot to add at the start of the video, it would be beneficial to the world and that it would be nice if we did not have to use the use of force training, but he was not subjected to it. Unfortunately that will never happen due to some of the community choosing not to comply with any of the commands given by officers; so these are in place to decrease tensions in the situation. Lastly, going back to the ladder, it can be used when you are feeling the lowest of emotions when seeing many different things on the job, and it is the Officers job to fix it and move on so that they are not carrying to the next call. When not fixing the issue, it can affect the way the next call goes regardless of what is happening.
I really enjoyed this video of the use of force, with voice, explained. How he states when starting the video, he states the reasoning of the use of force with Law Enforcement, and goes into the explanation that it used for unwilling participants to comply with your commands. When you are able to use your voice and words, it sometimes can impact and change a situation way faster and better than the things you have on your belt. Having verbal judo as an officer, it is something that is critical to high stress situations. How you use verbal judo can impact the life of a human being, save the life of a human being, and affect the outcomes of stressful situations. The Ted Talk speaker then goes into explaining the emotions of your own self and how your emotions can factor emotions.He then goes into explaining the use of ladder when dealing with emotions, and for Law Enforcement, it can be used as an amazing tool due to the things officers see on a daily basis. I forgot to add at the start of the video, it would be beneficial to the world and that it would be nice if we did not have to use the use of force training, but he was not subjected to it. Unfortunately that will never happen due to some of the community choosing not to comply with any of the commands given by officers; so these are in place to decrease tensions in the situation. Lastly, going back to the ladder, it can be used when you are feeling the lowest of emotions when seeing many different things on the job, and it is the Officers job to fix it and move on so that they are not carrying to the next call. When not fixing the issue, it can affect the way the next call goes regardless of what is happening.-as123
I like how you used the term "verbal judo.” I feel as though people do not understand the importance of words and what they can mean to people. It is such a disregarded concept nowadays with phrases like “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” Whorf and Sapir two linguists came up with a concept called Linguistic relativity which means that words have the power to distort or create reality and I think that if officers would understand this that the use of force could be used as a last resort. -Edw123
I’m glad I chose to go to the use of force extra credit event hosted by Douglas Gaa and Brian Asbel. I had never even thought about some of the things they were discussing with us. Internal investigations on a police officer is something I’ve seen in plenty of movies and have heard about many times but it was cool to learn just how the process works, the law behind it, and what goes on in real life situations when this happens. Police officer’s actions are all over the media at any given moment in time; so many times, we hear people talking about an incident where a police officer shot an “unarmed” victim. The officers the other night were explaining that yes, a person may not have a gun necessarily but they could be holding a knife or a baseball bat etc. Most of the time we hear people saying, “why didn’t they just taser him, they didn’t need to shoot him.” But the thing is, we weren’t there with them, we don’t know if the officer had time to use any other force or if any other force would have even stopped the threat of harm. Officers are allowed discretion for a reason. If any normal civilian were put into a dangerous situation, we would expect to be able to protect ourselves by any means necessary and wouldn’t want others who weren’t there to judge us for our decision. Each situation is different and, in a case, where an officer needs to protect the safety of himself or herself and the public’s they only have a split second to make the decision on how they’re going to do that. –coffeeplease123
The use of voice not force ted talk is an incredible video. This could relate to so many things other than criminal justice; a person involved in a relationship of any kind whether it be with a boyfriend or girlfriend or even a parent-child relationship could benefit from watching this video. It would be ideal to live in a world where law enforcement officers didn’t have to use physical force when reprimanding someone for breaking the law. But much of that relies on the public itself. To live in such a world, the public would have to be willing to comply when stopped by the police and complain later or after the stop is said and done. Knowing yourself can help make you a better person, or in this video’s case a better officer. If a person is more aware and understanding of their own weaknesses and struggles, they will be more empathetic when interacting with another person on any given day. At the end of the day were all humans, we all want to be understood, happy, and avoid pain while doing so. In my opinion, every single person who wants to be in law enforcement should have to attend and pass a “how to treat people that don’t look like me” class. It is very important in today’s world to have empathy and respect for other human beings who have struggles just like ourselves. Officer Jones states in the video, “it’s not just what you do, its how you do it”. A lack of emotional intelligence plays a role in officer’s behavior, so in order to be a better person and officer we must first start by understanding ourselves and learn how to deal with our emotional baggage and not just place our hatred or anger onto someone else. –coffeeplease123
I like how you talked about how it can go further than just policemen and being in the force. I think the emotion ladder is something that can be used in everybody’s daily life. We all need to check our emotions before anything. -wb123
How is your emotional intelligence? Are you behind at work, do you have bills due, are you just plain tired cause your baby kept you up all night? All of these are factors to emotional intelligence and that was what the key point in this video is. To explain that police officers are human and face the same issues that the general public deals with. Sgt. Jones described an emotional ladder starting with anger then moving up the ladder would lead to things such as happiness. While listening to this I quickly described the ladder as trying to get on “cloud 9”. With the famous saying stating how one describes a happy moment in their lives, it was a quick relation to that of the one Sgt. Jones states in his video. I think it makes perfect sense, by controlling or even understanding your emotions it can prevent you from lashing out and taking your anger or frustrations out on the community. I do believe the topic of emotional control is becoming a more talked about issue in the police community however still have a far lengthed to go till perfect. I also can see many of our future jobs in law enforcement as a stress in our lives. Seeing people at their worse every day can take a dramatic toll on someone especially some officers may be dealing with similar experiences. Unfortunately I don't hold the magical answer to emotional intelligence but I am glad that there are people working on this topic because I can see that without this type of help where worsen situations can present themselves such as police brutality or even death of someone. I am interested in seeing the future of emotional intel. Whether it be something like meditation or something as complex as medication to handle people's emotions. BikeMaker123
At the beginning of the video, the officer had an example of the use of voice. He went on to explain that it is necessary for some situations. Some people refuse to do things that they are being told and in that situation the use of force, your voice is necessary. It doesn’t always need to get physical and that shouldn’t be your first instinct when dealing with someone. He said that there will never be a world where you can only use your voice. He goes on to talk about how we shouldn’t be thinking of how to treat the person being talked to but instead how to treat ourselves first. This training is called RITE training, racial intelligence training engagement. It is about looking at our own emotions first and understanding ourselves better coming into a situation. Knowing where our head is at while you are on your way to a call and understanding the people in our community. There is an emotional ladder, each rung of the ladder has emotion and at the top of the ladder is happiness, gratitude, things of that nature. At the bottom of the ladder, there are emotions like hate, anger, fear. We want to stay at the top of the ladder but some of us live at the bottom of the ladder. In this training, the officers are taught how to ensure you stay at the top of the ladder. They want you to think of things and remind yourself why you should be at the top of the ladder. Officer Jones says that music is something that brings him happiness so when he has a rough day he will think of his favorite song and start singing it to being him towards the top of the ladder. -wb123
Yes, I thought his talk was very informative. I like how he used a lot of imagery to describe the correlation between emotion and the latter, or the story of why he joined law enforcement to see the policing aspect because when he was 17, he was full of anger because they just dropped him off without explaining him a single word. You emphasize a lot the latter and I like that. I believe not only in law enforcement but in general. Anyone should be at the top of the latter, stay happy. - Canelo123
Watching this TEDtalk from Sergeant Fred Jones put into words what I feel for so long policing has lost. Its emotion. A lot of times we see officers come on the scene to horrific and disastrous situations and they sound very robotic and emotionless. Sergeant Jones made the analogy of hearing a bad sound coming from your car while you're driving it and turning up the music to ignore it and I honestly couldn't explain it either way, we need to hear that bad sound coming from the car so we can fix it because if we don't the car could end up getting us into an accident. Police officers seem to put on this facade of unbotheredness but deal with a lot of issues and all of those issues being held inside could not only hurt a citizen but themselves. I also related to his experience in interacting and engaging with police officers before being in law enforcement because I have had a similar experience and I know many who have the same experience as well. I don't think police officers realize their interactions with the public, especially with communities of color, is very imperative and could really make or break a person's view and perspective of the police. I think one main thing I would like to highlight is that I don't think people are arguing against the use of force completely, just like the Sergeant said there are going to be people who just will not cooperate and follow directions and will get violent but I think that what Emotional intelligence training is giving officers is a tool that they don't understand is an option and that is compassion. Lastly, I really like how the Sergeant emphasized that officers before going out to the public into these situations need to acknowledge the humanity and empathy within themselves in order to be not only better police officers but better people. -Edw123
I agree with what you said about the emphasis on officers acknowledging that they are human, the community are human, and that emotions/empathy with certain situations isn't a bad thing and sometimes it is necessary to save a life or many and also to save their self.
Good video! So, the Sargent explained how we need o to understand our emotions before we react to something. He also explained how we need to turn up the volume of life and drown the negative thoughts. Also, Sargent explained that having no use of force would be nice! Unfortunately, it's never going to happen. Imagine living in a world where law enforcement was not allowed to use the “use of force”. That being said, what would be the point of having police officers if they cannot do their job because the use of force is part of the job. But the reality is there's always that one person who does not or will not comply with law enforcement or anyone in general. Why? I do not know. Maybe because the person had a bad experience with law enforcement officers in the past, he or she is so entitled that they think they don't have to follow what they are told from anyone, or who knows. But, officers need use of force to do their job. I remember, a detective from the Peoria Police Department said, a police officer being present anywhere is also a use of force. How? Because if someone sees a police officer, he or she is less likely to commit a crime. Sargent also explains how staying at the top of the ladder is where you always want to be. That being said, he joined law enforcement and it changed his whole perception of policing. All of this being said, I believe the community need to see the police side of things, while the police see the community side perception because they are two very different ways of looking at the world. - Canelo123
I think him saying he wishes that police officers didn't have to ever use force was a far ought wish but many people hope this didn't have to happen but the flip side is that the use of force isn't all bad. Using the use of force of voice can wake someone up who maybe isn't fully convinced to have that police officer kill them or kill their self. What a lot of police officer say, help more than not. Unfortunately that is not the case every time. Yes use of force by voice doesn't always work and a weapon as to be drawn. This is the sad truth. Like he said about the ladder of emotions - the good is at the top and bad is at the bottom. In my opinion, emotions can be dealt with in many ways, but it is when a person's mental state isn't fully awake and acknowledging reality going on around them. Most studies have shown that most suicides by cop, and killings by cops have been due to someone not acting rationally mentally and/or already committed tons of crimes they act and talk poorly to the point of death. I hope the use of voice becomes more of a part of the training that police cadets and officers have to take in the future because that car scenario to me seems like the path down to bad change. Yes, as police officers you must block out a lot to do your job effectively and efficiently and not act and say based on emotions but emotions are also good when handling a situation with someone who needs to be talked down to and feel again. Drowning out the bad around you by "turning up the music" doesn't make the bad go away. It just doesn't make it noticeable during that moment in time.
This video was very educational to watch, it allowed me to view use of force in a different aspect. As sergeant Jones said in the video,what goes on in our personal life or how we feel about ourselves, carries on in the work force. This is so true, I can't count how many times I had bad days or bad week and I bring that into the workplace and take it out on other people. That is not fair to everyone around me, nor is it fair to myself. We are so worried about how we treat others that we are never concerned about how we treat ourselves. In order to treat others good, we must be able to treat ourselves good as well. Sergeant Jones said, " It's not what you do, but how you do it." How are you carrying yourself through your everyday life? Emotional intelligence training works on how we treat ourselves. If we treat ourselves better, in return we will treat others better. Anger/Hate is blinding in every situation. It blinds us on how we think, feel, talk, and act. If we can control our emotional state while on the job, then you will be able to preform your job better. Your use of words are powerful, they can either escalate or deescalate a situation. Know yourself better, and know how to control your emotions so that when on the job you can use the use of voice, rather than the use of force. -Brianna123
At the start of the video he said how nice it would be if officers did not have use force at all but sadly that society would never happen, because there are always people who will not want to follow the norms of society or go to jail so they will do whatever they can to not let that happen. The officer explains how he has taken multiple diversity classes and a few years later took another that instead on focusing how to treat others, it focused on how to treat yourself. This course focused on our own emotions and how we processed things along with the emotions of others that come into contact with us to result in better outcomes in the community. The course used a ladder figure to show the emotions, the top of the ladder was good emotions such as happiness but at the bottom of the ladder were things such as hate, the course talked about what you would if you were at the bottom of the ladder. They used visuals such as pictures of their families, good times, and other sentimental pictures. Then they talked about other things that make them happy, the example they used was music. Music can bring you back to where you want to be and make you remember what those top emotions are. The officer then used a great example of what police officers due when they get too the bottom of the ladder. He said when you are driving in your car and you hear your car start to make theses strange noises, but instead of checking it out you just turn up the music and hope it will go away. People also do that, police officers have that strange noise inside of them, an emotional one,whether its from things they have seen and done or something else. They say the way to fix this is to correctly identify your emotions and deal with them correctly to actually help you.
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I also really liked and agreed with what he had said in the very beginning of his speech about how it would be so nice if the police did not need to use force. I agree that there probably will never be a time that will happen because at least one person will not want to comply. I also really liked his ladder of emotions. -wags123
DeleteThis is an amazing Ted Talk Sgt Fred, he did such a great job explaining Racial Intelligence, what it is and how we can all benefit from Emotional and Social Intelligence. Indeed, The Ladder is a wonderful guide of where some of our living, and where most of us want to live. He talked about how he became a cop and how there was a lot of racial diversity in the academy. he said to look at our own emotions first will help have a better impact in the community. he learned in a class on what to do while on the way to a call. there's a ladder each step is an emotion and the top are the happy emotions and the bottom is like anxiety and that you need to stay on the top of the ladder and how to move up if you're on the bottom of the ladder. He explained how you need to turn up the volume on the life and drown out the bad emotions like you do when your vehicle makes a noise and you turn up the music to drown out the knocking sound. His example is amazing and I agree with him that the officers could have at least apologized. He explained a light of emotional intelligence plays a role in a officer’s behavior, we are not robots this emotional intelligence training isn’t about how we treat other people, it is about how we treat our selves. In 2017, 46 law enforcement officers got shot and 140 officers committed suicide. He gets a lot of feedback about his officers from his emotional training and how they are impacted in a positive way. It gives an officer a way to use his voice instead of a weapon. He explained the use of force really well. -smiley123
ReplyDeleteI like how the officers are given emotional training because like you said it gives a positive outcome and it also gives officers a better way to use their voices instead of their weapon. My dad has always told me that being able to talk to people is so critical in this job and I completely agree. So I really hope that everyone understands that when they start their law enforcement job. -wags123
DeleteI also like and think it is a great idea to give officers emotional training because you can see things on the job that no one should have to see but that comes with the job. The amount of officers who are shot and or commit suicide is very sad to see, so it is good that they are getting that training now these days. -Bears123
DeleteI think how those officers handled the situation when Officer Fred was only 17 years old was exactly what shouldn't be happening. Situations like this put a bad rep for all police officers out there, because this causes society to lose trust in the police force. It was a bit of a shock to me that Officer Fred became a police officer after his bad experience as a kid. -CRJB123
DeleteFor this blog we were supposed to watch this TED talk about the use of force in regarding law enforcement officers and the public. I really like how in the start of the video he says how nice it would be if there was no need to use force but that will never happen because there will aalways be people who will not want to comply with the laws of society. I completly agree with that because there will never not be someone who wants to not coply and do exactly what the officers want. I think it is because a lot of people want to control what happens or either they do not want others telling them what to do or they want to control the shots. Therefore when police officers are put in that position where others are not complying they need to use some type of force to get to that point where they need them to be. In the video he talked about this ladder of emotions, the good emotions were up at the top and the bad emotions were down at the bottom of that ladder. I like how he mentioned the stuff about how music is something used to drown out the noise or the bad things in someone's life. Just like police officers do, they see so many of the bad parts of society but they need to appear as fine so they “turn up the music” and drown those negative feelings with other things. This is just like how when you hear a weird noise coming from your car, you just turn up the music so you can not hear it anymore and you forget that something is wrong for a little bit. Overall, I really liked this TED talk about use of force and talking about the ladder of emotions. -wags123
ReplyDeleteI really liked how he brought up how nice it would be if police did not have to use force but unfortunately that will most likely never happen. The ladder of emotions was a nice touch because I have never heard it put that way before.-bears123
DeleteI think that some people refuse to comply with police officers because they have this lack of trust for the police force. This ultimately leads to the situations escalating, and creating another bad experience. I think people need to realize that police officers are humans too, and that they are just trying to do their job. Yes some police officers are bad, but most are good. -CRJB123
DeleteI also agree that the discussion about the emotional ladder was very interesting. It is very difficult for many officers to handle their emotions and that can effect their job in more ways than one. Officers have to maintain a certain image of themselves due to the public which makes it even harder for an officer to speak up when they are suffering. Blues123
DeleteOfficer Fred Jones joined the force in 1997, and has been on the force for 21 years when the video was created. Officer Jones describes the use of force as the amount of force used to get a suspect to comply. There will always be use of force in policing, because not all people in society will do what they’re supposed to do. Evil people will always be in the world causing harm, so it is impossible to eliminate the use of force completely. Officer Fred mentions that officers need to work on staying happy themselves, and having positivity throughout the day before they can help others. He uses a ladder as a reference, and at the top of the ladder is positivity, while the bottom is negative bad behaviors. Officer Fred told a story of how he was stopped by police officers and questioned for a nearby crime when he was 17 years old. When he told the officers he didn’t do anything wrong they told him that he fit the description. When the officers took him to the crime scene to see if he could be identified as the suspect the witness said that it wasn’t him. After this happened the police officers took him back to where they picked him and didn’t say anything. This left Officer Fred confused and angry with the police officers. Until Officer Fred became a police officer himself he looked at other officers differently. This just shows that one bad run in with the police can change someone's whole perception of police officers for the rest of their life. These police officers could have made this situation a whole lot better by being more comforting with their voices. One main point I got from the video was that people aren’t robots, and they need to help themselves before they can help others. Emotionally training officers can have huge benefits. -CRJB123
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement about how one bad experience with law enforcement can shape your perspective on law enforcement. That can be used in everyday life. You could meet one bad Cubs fan and think that all Cubs fans are jerks. Which is obviously not true, but having that one encounter can shape your world view.-Legion123
DeleteIt was very interesting to see how the Officer started the video. It is just another example of how the use of force can easily be escalated when you speak out of any emotion. It was interesting to hear the officer speak on how the possibility of law enforcement not using force will never happen. I agree with him on how there will always be people who are willing to do anything not to be taken into custody by law enforcement. When the officer spoke on the many racial diversity classes he had taken, I remember how our class spoke about implicit biases and the problems biases account for in police-community relations. When I had taken Sociology 110, we were required to taken an implicit bias test. It really had made me understand myself more and how I should always be checking myself to make sure I treat people fairly in all walks of life. I also enjoyed how the officer spoke on how all law enforcement employees are human just like any citizen. I really enjoyed his comparison from your engine knocking to the emotional problems people face. How that in a car you just turn up the radio and ignore it and that people do the same actions when dealing with a problem internally. When he spoke that in order to fix others you yourself must be fixed first. This reminded me of training for the fire department. Scene and firefighter safety is always our number one priority when heading to any call. You yourself are not good to others if you also become a victim. I believe this statement can hold true in regard to all types of problems. The blind leading the blind is perhaps a more common but morbid example. CP3123
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement about how Officer Jones using the car knocking analogy was a great analogy because that can be used in any walk of life not just law enforcement. We need to work on ourselves before we can help others with their issues, and that can be hard to do as a law enforcement officer.-Legion123
DeleteI also enjoyed the car analogy as well. Society, and not just police culture has shown us that is a sign of weakness to show and talk about emotions, when the only way to get rid of the emotions is talking with someone about how you feel. It can be just as strong in police culture because everybody sees the same things and it is believed that you do not want to show weaknesses by saying and explaining your emotions.-as123
DeleteThis was a very powerful speech given by Officer Jones. Officer Jones talked about using use of voice instead use of force. He started the speech by asking the audience, too applause, would it be nice if we would live in a society where law enforcement did not have to use force? Would that be great? He got applause for this but before the could stop, he said well that will never happen. Which is true I agree that force will always have to be used. There is though, a big benefit to teaching officer’s better communication skills to try to limit their use of force. Officer Jones talked about an experience he had in 2016 while doing diversity training. This diversity training talked about working on yourself. They talked about the emotional ladder. The top rungs of the ladder had emotions such as happiness, gratefulness, and other good emotions, but as you went down the ladder the emotions got more and more not good. Some at the bottom were anxiety, depression, and stress. We obviously want everyone at the top of the ladder, but realistically that will never happen. He talked about how our emotions can get in the way on our way to calls when being in law enforcement. That can also be applied to nonofficers, but he was talking about specifically law enforcement. If we go to a call with some of those emotions at the bottom of the ladder our decision making could be tainted, and the call will not go well which will make our emotions worse for the next call. Something he talked about that I relate too, is using music to help center us, and bring us back towards the top of the emotional ladder. He ended by saying that officers are not robots and that they have emotions as well. -Legion123
ReplyDeleteI agree 100 percent with your statement as well as the officer's because there will always be that individual who will not be compliant and cause an officer to have to use force in order to detain or arrest a suspect. The challenge is always whether or not the level of force was equal to the level needed in order to maintain order.-Blues123
DeleteI agree with your statement towards the end, officers do have emotions and they are not robots. In Police culture, it can be very hard to realize that when seeing something it can affect your day or even your career. The police culture has taught officers that emotions are something that need to be dealt with personally and not talked about.-as123
DeleteThis video starts out great by speaking about how many people will always fight against law enforcement and potentially kill in order to not go into custody. This is such a difficult challenge for all law enforcement across the country. The discussion over the emotional ladder was also very informative and how to properly maintain an upper level standing and how to get back on top after being at the bottom and letting all of your emotion control your thoughts. The importance of this training is second to none because of all of the things you can encounter while on the job and how they can negatively effect your mind and how you handle a call. A great example is a call of child endangerment and learning how to maintain a calm emotional level despite how much they can elevate your emotions. If you have kids of your own this type of a call can tear your heart out but you must be able to control yourself and your emotions in order to cope or just handle the one call. The example of the music and just turning up your volume in order to drown out your mental suffering had a very big impact to me because I have seen first hand what bottling all of your emotions up can do to you mentally and eventually you will break down. Many officers are suffering from some form of mental issue due to the things they see and they really have to take emotional training seriously because if that officer was to break down on a person, that is where we might see more unnecessary force used against someone who may have not needed that level of force used towards them. -Blues123
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this video of the use of force, with voice, explained. How he states when starting the video, he states the reasoning of the use of force with Law Enforcement, and goes into the explanation that it used for unwilling participants to comply with your commands. When you are able to use your voice and words, it sometimes can impact and change a situation way faster and better than the things you have on your belt. Having verbal judo as an officer, it is something that is critical to high stress situations. How you use verbal judo can impact the life of a human being, save the life of a human being, and affect the outcomes of stressful situations. The Ted Talk speaker then goes into explaining the emotions of your own self and how your emotions can factor emotions.He then goes into explaining the use of ladder when dealing with emotions, and for Law Enforcement, it can be used as an amazing tool due to the things officers see on a daily basis. I forgot to add at the start of the video, it would be beneficial to the world and that it would be nice if we did not have to use the use of force training, but he was not subjected to it. Unfortunately that will never happen due to some of the community choosing not to comply with any of the commands given by officers; so these are in place to decrease tensions in the situation. Lastly, going back to the ladder, it can be used when you are feeling the lowest of emotions when seeing many different things on the job, and it is the Officers job to fix it and move on so that they are not carrying to the next call. When not fixing the issue, it can affect the way the next call goes regardless of what is happening.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this video of the use of force, with voice, explained. How he states when starting the video, he states the reasoning of the use of force with Law Enforcement, and goes into the explanation that it used for unwilling participants to comply with your commands. When you are able to use your voice and words, it sometimes can impact and change a situation way faster and better than the things you have on your belt. Having verbal judo as an officer, it is something that is critical to high stress situations. How you use verbal judo can impact the life of a human being, save the life of a human being, and affect the outcomes of stressful situations. The Ted Talk speaker then goes into explaining the emotions of your own self and how your emotions can factor emotions.He then goes into explaining the use of ladder when dealing with emotions, and for Law Enforcement, it can be used as an amazing tool due to the things officers see on a daily basis. I forgot to add at the start of the video, it would be beneficial to the world and that it would be nice if we did not have to use the use of force training, but he was not subjected to it. Unfortunately that will never happen due to some of the community choosing not to comply with any of the commands given by officers; so these are in place to decrease tensions in the situation. Lastly, going back to the ladder, it can be used when you are feeling the lowest of emotions when seeing many different things on the job, and it is the Officers job to fix it and move on so that they are not carrying to the next call. When not fixing the issue, it can affect the way the next call goes regardless of what is happening.-as123
ReplyDeleteI like how you used the term "verbal judo.” I feel as though people do not understand the importance of words and what they can mean to people. It is such a disregarded concept nowadays with phrases like “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” Whorf and Sapir two linguists came up with a concept called Linguistic relativity which means that words have the power to distort or create reality and I think that if officers would understand this that the use of force could be used as a last resort. -Edw123
DeleteI’m glad I chose to go to the use of force extra credit event hosted by Douglas Gaa and Brian Asbel. I had never even thought about some of the things they were discussing with us. Internal investigations on a police officer is something I’ve seen in plenty of movies and have heard about many times but it was cool to learn just how the process works, the law behind it, and what goes on in real life situations when this happens. Police officer’s actions are all over the media at any given moment in time; so many times, we hear people talking about an incident where a police officer shot an “unarmed” victim. The officers the other night were explaining that yes, a person may not have a gun necessarily but they could be holding a knife or a baseball bat etc. Most of the time we hear people saying, “why didn’t they just taser him, they didn’t need to shoot him.” But the thing is, we weren’t there with them, we don’t know if the officer had time to use any other force or if any other force would have even stopped the threat of harm. Officers are allowed discretion for a reason. If any normal civilian were put into a dangerous situation, we would expect to be able to protect ourselves by any means necessary and wouldn’t want others who weren’t there to judge us for our decision. Each situation is different and, in a case, where an officer needs to protect the safety of himself or herself and the public’s they only have a split second to make the decision on how they’re going to do that. –coffeeplease123
ReplyDeleteThe use of voice not force ted talk is an incredible video. This could relate to so many things other than criminal justice; a person involved in a relationship of any kind whether it be with a boyfriend or girlfriend or even a parent-child relationship could benefit from watching this video. It would be ideal to live in a world where law enforcement officers didn’t have to use physical force when reprimanding someone for breaking the law. But much of that relies on the public itself. To live in such a world, the public would have to be willing to comply when stopped by the police and complain later or after the stop is said and done. Knowing yourself can help make you a better person, or in this video’s case a better officer. If a person is more aware and understanding of their own weaknesses and struggles, they will be more empathetic when interacting with another person on any given day. At the end of the day were all humans, we all want to be understood, happy, and avoid pain while doing so. In my opinion, every single person who wants to be in law enforcement should have to attend and pass a “how to treat people that don’t look like me” class. It is very important in today’s world to have empathy and respect for other human beings who have struggles just like ourselves. Officer Jones states in the video, “it’s not just what you do, its how you do it”. A lack of emotional intelligence plays a role in officer’s behavior, so in order to be a better person and officer we must first start by understanding ourselves and learn how to deal with our emotional baggage and not just place our hatred or anger onto someone else. –coffeeplease123
ReplyDeleteI like how you talked about how it can go further than just policemen and being in the force. I think the emotion ladder is something that can be used in everybody’s daily life. We all need to check our emotions before anything. -wb123
DeleteHow is your emotional intelligence? Are you behind at work, do you have bills due, are you just plain tired cause your baby kept you up all night? All of these are factors to emotional intelligence and that was what the key point in this video is. To explain that police officers are human and face the same issues that the general public deals with. Sgt. Jones described an emotional ladder starting with anger then moving up the ladder would lead to things such as happiness. While listening to this I quickly described the ladder as trying to get on “cloud 9”. With the famous saying stating how one describes a happy moment in their lives, it was a quick relation to that of the one Sgt. Jones states in his video. I think it makes perfect sense, by controlling or even understanding your emotions it can prevent you from lashing out and taking your anger or frustrations out on the community. I do believe the topic of emotional control is becoming a more talked about issue in the police community however still have a far lengthed to go till perfect. I also can see many of our future jobs in law enforcement as a stress in our lives. Seeing people at their worse every day can take a dramatic toll on someone especially some officers may be dealing with similar experiences. Unfortunately I don't hold the magical answer to emotional intelligence but I am glad that there are people working on this topic because I can see that without this type of help where worsen situations can present themselves such as police brutality or even death of someone. I am interested in seeing the future of emotional intel. Whether it be something like meditation or something as complex as medication to handle people's emotions.
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At the beginning of the video, the officer had an example of the use of voice. He went on to explain that it is necessary for some situations. Some people refuse to do things that they are being told and in that situation the use of force, your voice is necessary. It doesn’t always need to get physical and that shouldn’t be your first instinct when dealing with someone. He said that there will never be a world where you can only use your voice. He goes on to talk about how we shouldn’t be thinking of how to treat the person being talked to but instead how to treat ourselves first. This training is called RITE training, racial intelligence training engagement. It is about looking at our own emotions first and understanding ourselves better coming into a situation. Knowing where our head is at while you are on your way to a call and understanding the people in our community. There is an emotional ladder, each rung of the ladder has emotion and at the top of the ladder is happiness, gratitude, things of that nature. At the bottom of the ladder, there are emotions like hate, anger, fear. We want to stay at the top of the ladder but some of us live at the bottom of the ladder. In this training, the officers are taught how to ensure you stay at the top of the ladder. They want you to think of things and remind yourself why you should be at the top of the ladder. Officer Jones says that music is something that brings him happiness so when he has a rough day he will think of his favorite song and start singing it to being him towards the top of the ladder. -wb123
ReplyDeleteYes, I thought his talk was very informative. I like how he used a lot of imagery to describe the correlation between emotion and the latter, or the story of why he joined law enforcement to see the policing aspect because when he was 17, he was full of anger because they just dropped him off without explaining him a single word. You emphasize a lot the latter and I like that. I believe not only in law enforcement but in general. Anyone should be at the top of the latter, stay happy. - Canelo123
DeleteWatching this TEDtalk from Sergeant Fred Jones put into words what I feel for so long policing has lost. Its emotion. A lot of times we see officers come on the scene to horrific and disastrous situations and they sound very robotic and emotionless. Sergeant Jones made the analogy of hearing a bad sound coming from your car while you're driving it and turning up the music to ignore it and I honestly couldn't explain it either way, we need to hear that bad sound coming from the car so we can fix it because if we don't the car could end up getting us into an accident. Police officers seem to put on this facade of unbotheredness but deal with a lot of issues and all of those issues being held inside could not only hurt a citizen but themselves. I also related to his experience in interacting and engaging with police officers before being in law enforcement because I have had a similar experience and I know many who have the same experience as well. I don't think police officers realize their interactions with the public, especially with communities of color, is very imperative and could really make or break a person's view and perspective of the police. I think one main thing I would like to highlight is that I don't think people are arguing against the use of force completely, just like the Sergeant said there are going to be people who just will not cooperate and follow directions and will get violent but I think that what Emotional intelligence training is giving officers is a tool that they don't understand is an option and that is compassion. Lastly, I really like how the Sergeant emphasized that officers before going out to the public into these situations need to acknowledge the humanity and empathy within themselves in order to be not only better police officers but better people. -Edw123
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about the emphasis on officers acknowledging that they are human, the community are human, and that emotions/empathy with certain situations isn't a bad thing and sometimes it is necessary to save a life or many and also to save their self.
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Good video! So, the Sargent explained how we need o to understand our emotions before we react to something. He also explained how we need to turn up the volume of life and drown the negative thoughts. Also, Sargent explained that having no use of force would be nice! Unfortunately, it's never going to happen. Imagine living in a world where law enforcement was not allowed to use the “use of force”. That being said, what would be the point of having police officers if they cannot do their job because the use of force is part of the job. But the reality is there's always that one person who does not or will not comply with law enforcement or anyone in general. Why? I do not know. Maybe because the person had a bad experience with law enforcement officers in the past, he or she is so entitled that they think they don't have to follow what they are told from anyone, or who knows. But, officers need use of force to do their job. I remember, a detective from the Peoria Police Department said, a police officer being present anywhere is also a use of force. How? Because if someone sees a police officer, he or she is less likely to commit a crime. Sargent also explains how staying at the top of the ladder is where you always want to be. That being said, he joined law enforcement and it changed his whole perception of policing. All of this being said, I believe the community need to see the police side of things, while the police see the community side perception because they are two very different ways of looking at the world. - Canelo123
ReplyDeleteI think him saying he wishes that police officers didn't have to ever use force was a far ought wish but many people hope this didn't have to happen but the flip side is that the use of force isn't all bad. Using the use of force of voice can wake someone up who maybe isn't fully convinced to have that police officer kill them or kill their self. What a lot of police officer say, help more than not. Unfortunately that is not the case every time. Yes use of force by voice doesn't always work and a weapon as to be drawn. This is the sad truth. Like he said about the ladder of emotions - the good is at the top and bad is at the bottom. In my opinion, emotions can be dealt with in many ways, but it is when a person's mental state isn't fully awake and acknowledging reality going on around them. Most studies have shown that most suicides by cop, and killings by cops have been due to someone not acting rationally mentally and/or already committed tons of crimes they act and talk poorly to the point of death. I hope the use of voice becomes more of a part of the training that police cadets and officers have to take in the future because that car scenario to me seems like the path down to bad change. Yes, as police officers you must block out a lot to do your job effectively and efficiently and not act and say based on emotions but emotions are also good when handling a situation with someone who needs to be talked down to and feel again. Drowning out the bad around you by "turning up the music" doesn't make the bad go away. It just doesn't make it noticeable during that moment in time.
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This video was very educational to watch, it allowed me to view use of force in a different aspect. As sergeant Jones said in the video,what goes on in our personal life or how we feel about ourselves, carries on in the work force. This is so true, I can't count how many times I had bad days or bad week and I bring that into the workplace and take it out on other people. That is not fair to everyone around me, nor is it fair to myself. We are so worried about how we treat others that we are never concerned about how we treat ourselves. In order to treat others good, we must be able to treat ourselves good as well. Sergeant Jones said, " It's not what you do, but how you do it." How are you carrying yourself through your everyday life? Emotional intelligence training works on how we treat ourselves. If we treat ourselves better, in return we will treat others better. Anger/Hate is blinding in every situation. It blinds us on how we think, feel, talk, and act. If we can control our emotional state while on the job, then you will be able to preform your job better. Your use of words are powerful, they can either escalate or deescalate a situation. Know yourself better, and know how to control your emotions so that when on the job you can use the use of voice, rather than the use of force. -Brianna123
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