Jeremy Smith
Michael Townsend
Communications
23 Jan 2013
Chapter 5 1. One of the major issues of why Asian/Pacific Americans view law enforcement not so user friendly is because of the language barriers. Many Asian/Pacific Americans are concerned with their inability to communicate clearly. Police Officers must identify this situation, and maintain contact with the individual, be patient, provide extra time, and even sometimes the department needs to have a translator available. There are many different ways to improve the relationship with Asian/Pacific Americans. Officers should be giving training on situation like this, concerning communication styles. 2. Over the 40 different ethnic and cultural groups of Asian/Pacific Americans, I think a majority of the crime would come from the younger age group like between 16 to 25 ages. As time progress, I think a lot of the crime would have to deal with domestic violence because of the nature and the mannerism of their culture. 3. Giving this instance of a traffic violation, this situation would be hard to come by. They might be timid, and scared. Typically they drive slower and a little more cautious that American. I would think that an Asian American that has been victim of a house robbery would be distraught and lost. I would think they would wonder why them. And as far as them committing the crime, I could even see an Asian American committing a house robbery. Their heritage and values would let them alone. 4. This goes back to the communications classes I referred to. Communication is the key, the only way to get that information is from asking the individual themselves. This also goes back to walking the beat and community policing. If you have an officer who walks up and down the blocks and meet and greet people then they would know what and why they prefer to called a certain name. 5. These words are offensive and very derogatory. They demoralize the individual of their heritage. These words were used during wars of the Asian American ancestors. I think that it’s disrespectful for someone in a profession where they are viewed to the people as a public role model, to be that disrespectful and call someone out of their name, that type of situation holds no type of foundation for me.