i can imagine the protests scared a bunch of rubes.
If ur in a poor community i can imagine "becoming a cop" might be a solution to you, i mean i hear that reason a lot from minority law enforcement.
Also like, between warehouse worker, fast food, cable guy, construction, maybe COP might be more respectable and "worth" doing iunno
Really depends where you are. 50%+ of the force in Atlanta and Detroit are POC, Chicago is trending that way, too. I'd say POC are underrepresented in suburban PDs, but no longer in most big cities.
Yeah I'd wager it's higher in cities with larger black populations, but that's not always the case if you look at Chicago or Detroit for example. Chicago had a huge hiring spree over the past couple years because a lot of cops were retiring (literally taking people off the streets if they just had enough credit hrs in college), and the percentage of blacks cops actually declined a little. They were already underrepresented to begin with relative to city demographics. Even in Detroit, they're underrepresented relative to the black population of the city, and I know people over there that say a lot of the white cops are suburban.
I hadn't seen recent numbers for Chicago, just going by the eye test. I have noticed a ton of female cops out on beats over the past couple of years. They always look real shocked when this basic middle aged white bitch just flips em the bird out of nowhere.
Lol yeah they got that whole girl power thing going on. Interestingly I never see only one female cop. It's always two. Granted it is out west and youll generally find cops going in twos. The female cops do seem to handle some scenarios better tho. But sometimes you come across a few that seem to have a point to prove and it's like even the dudes aren't this much of an asshole