The National Police Association Asks for the Help of the Public
National Police Association
The not-for-profit National Police Association recently created and released a public service campaign to raise awareness about the need for public assistance to be offered to law enforcement officers that appear to be in a struggle while they are in the process of completing an arrest. Public citizens that are witness to this type of incident are urged to not film the struggle, but to immediately use their mobile device to call 9–1–1 for professional law enforcement backup to arrive on the scene as quickly as possible.
The public service campaign was very clear that citizens should not standby and film an officer in danger. What has become apparent to the leaders of the National Police Association and to many law enforcement officers across the nation is that there is a trend growing that shows more and more citizens choosing to try and capture the incidents on film, most likely in advance of using it on their social media. With most citizens attempting to record these incidents, it directly impacts a police officer’s ability to resolve the incident without hurting anyone or getting hurt themselves and reflects a lack of desire to assist when an officer is struggling to complete their duties. This lack of assistance has become a dangerous model of behavior with the National Police Association citing many moments reported where people are choosing to film incidents on cell phones instead of calling 9–1–1.
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The National Police Association works to bring national and local attention to the anti-police efforts challenging effective law enforcement at every turn and to build public support for needed actions through TV and radio public service announcements, legal filings, articles authored for the NPA by law enforcement experts, and our podcast. Follow the efforts of the NPA more closely on their website nationalpolice.org.
