Public Safety

Introduction

Public safety refers to issues and policies that relate to the general protection and prevention of events that could put the general public's safety at risk. The protection and prevention is done to avert harm/injury, danger or damage that may result from crimes or disasters-both man-made and natural. On the other hand, privacy is an ability conferred on a person or group of people that allow them to reveal themselves selectively. This allows them to selectively seclude information about them or themselves. Social policy is part of public policy that deals with issues of a social nature. This policy including interventions and guidelines used in the creation, maintenance and changing of human welfare and living conditions to a conducive status. Thus, social policy is practice and public policy in the fields of criminal justice, human services, health care, inequality and labor (Edmondson, 350).

Discussion

There are numerous laws and rights that are existent in United States America (U.S) to protect people by keeping them safe and free. The rights that individuals are entitled to are granted so that they can enjoy freedom which grants people security and happy living. However, at times individuals can take advantage and abuse their freedom and rights. As a result, there is public order put in place by law and law enforcers to avoid such abuse. The rights of individuals as stated in the constitution prevent the citizens from mistreatment by individuals or the government. A large percentage of these rights in the constitution are meant to protect citizens from mistreatment by the law enforcement and justice systems.

The U.S bill of rights protects the rights of the American people and immigrants. The National Constitution Center (2008) states that, about two thirds of the bill of rights is meant to safeguard the rights of accused individuals or crime suspects. A majority of these rights are entrenched in the eighth, sixth, fourth, fifth, first and seventh amendments of the U.S constitution. The amendments confer the rights to a fair trial, due process of law, freedom of expression and speech and freedom from cruel punishment and self-incrimination. All these rights make people live freely, happily and makes them feel appreciated as citizens because they get fair treatment.

The Bourgeois versus Peters Case in the U.S court of appeal

According to Kahn (2004) the Bourgeois versus Peter's case was heard in the U.S court of appeal on October 2004. The case's plaintiff was reverend Roy Bourgeois and his founded organization named 'School of America's Watch' (SAW). The group annually engages in peaceful protests, to pressure the federal government to cut funding to 'School of the Americas' under the U.S army based in Georgia.

This is because it funds military training for the foreign army members who are to be involved in counter insurgency operations that include training on human torture. The city of Columbus instituted a mandatory submission to a magnetometer (metal detector) screening before entry of protestors at the protest site. This was be followed by a mandatory body and property ...