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Article Selection- #humanizingthebadge
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Social media and community-oriented policing: examining the organizational image construction of municipal police on Twitter and Facebook
 * This article has a good introduction. It discusses The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing which identified trust and legitimacy building and the greatest concern for law enforcement. It also examines the growing body of research about law enforcement's use of social media which has found that law enforcement departments are using social media with the hope that it will improve their reputation within their communities. The study conducted sought to find out police departments intentions with social media. They examined both negative social media PR stunts and positive ones. Overall it was found that police departments intentions are to be transparent and to humanize the department. By including both the positives and negatives social media has done for police departments it shows a balance of neutrality. However it does more focus on the positive due to the results of the interviews. However I do wonder who they interviewed, which was never disclosed. Even-more so if it was law enforcement they would emphasize the positives of their social media intentions.
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 * Social Media and community-oriented policing
 * Social Media and community-oriented policing

Option 2

 * Law enforcement in the United States
 * Provides a good overview of law enforcement, including the styles of policing, the police's functions, and its history. It additionally included the controversies of policing, where accountability is being placed, recent calls for police reform, overall training, equipment they use, and communication devices utilized. Within the communication section bolded was "Radio" "National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System" "Dissemination". Not once was social media mentioned. Today social media has become a primary resource for police departments and it was not mentioned in the "Law Enforcement in the United States" Wikipedia, this calls for revision. A subheading highlighting the effects social media has had on police enforcement both the positives and the negatives.
 * Law enforcement in the United States. (2022, October 4). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States
 * Law enforcement in the United States. (2022, October 4). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States
 * Law enforcement in the United States. (2022, October 4). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States

Option 3

 * Police uniforms in the United States
 * This articles explains the purpose and history of the United States of America Police uniform. While the primary purpose is for public identification it is also used for police being able to identify one another. Not only through the physical uniform but from the personalized badges and identification numbers. While this article did a great overview of the history of the uniform it did not touch on the stereotypes of officers and the "scary" persona these uniforms create. Did not mention the concept of humanizing the police at all.
 * Police uniforms in the United States. (2022, August 20). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_uniforms_in_the_United_States
 * Police uniforms in the United States. (2022, August 20). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_uniforms_in_the_United_States
 * Police uniforms in the United States. (2022, August 20). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_uniforms_in_the_United_States

Option 4

 * Women in Law Enforcement
 * The content is firstly a summation of women in police roles which is a large social change for the entire world. With different countries more or less adapt to this change, it is broad while highlighting the rest of the article. In the next paragraphs the author goes on to describing each country and its introduction of women in the police role. While it did not include every single country, it included different levels of modernization within countries. For example the USA had women in law enforcement in 1891 while New Zealand did not have women in the police until 1941. These are drastically different years however it doesn't showcase the difference between first world and third world countries. The article goes on to note the discrimination women face in law enforcement and the struggles different races and sexualities have in the force. The sources used are well researched and well cross referenced, this author used 39 sources to write their short article. The images used put a face to the women I was reading about. I could se their uniforms and the time at which the photo was taken based on the quality of the photo. Some editors thought this article was biased that all women are at a disadvantage in law enforcement, and while they may be correct that this article is making that assumption. I have to think that the women in law enforcement are at a disadvantage. Only 12% of law enforcement are women, they face greater obstacles as their male counterparts due to them being sexualized and not being seen as a 'true protector'. Now this may be my bias coming into play while reading this as a women, but I strongly disagree with the Talk Board. This article is overall well developed and well thought out. While it did leave third world countries out of the discussion it had a solid overview of the countries it did mention.
 * Women in law enforcement. (2022, August 18). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_law_enforcement
 * I am finding barely any results on wikipedia when searching police. Nothing came up when searching: humanizing the police, police are people, the person behind the uniform, police stereotypes, police and social media, law enforcements impact on social media, police communication.
 * Women in law enforcement. (2022, August 18). In Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_law_enforcement
 * I am finding barely any results on wikipedia when searching police. Nothing came up when searching: humanizing the police, police are people, the person behind the uniform, police stereotypes, police and social media, law enforcements impact on social media, police communication.
 * I am finding barely any results on wikipedia when searching police. Nothing came up when searching: humanizing the police, police are people, the person behind the uniform, police stereotypes, police and social media, law enforcements impact on social media, police communication.
 * I am finding barely any results on wikipedia when searching police. Nothing came up when searching: humanizing the police, police are people, the person behind the uniform, police stereotypes, police and social media, law enforcements impact on social media, police communication.

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