Submit: I think we can all agree that the image of police agencies has been destroyed in every way imaginable. I really don't think anyone sticks with police agencies anymore. As technology has improved over the years regarding cell phones, people are able to see what police officers are actually doing while on duty. Many videos have been released revealing police brutality, as well as how police agencies respond to an incident. Over the years, community policing has declined. People simply don't trust the police anymore. The media ruined it! The police are here to protect. Police agencies are facing a number of issues today and I have found that preventing racial profiling, recruiting and retaining qualified personnel is probably the most faced challenge of all time right now. Good versus bad, experience versus inexperienced police officers. Racial profiling and brutal policing is very serious in the media right now. It is mainly aimed at the Latino and African American race. There are so many underlying issues in this issue, it's overwhelming. Racial profiling, as well as profiling based on religion, ethnicity and national origin Washington post.com. The NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk program shows similar evidence of racial profiling, with police targeting blacks and Latinos about 85% of the time in Washington Post. This shows, however, that there is a way to determine whether people in the police force are engaging in racial profiling. This is very difficult to determine when recruiting police officers and managing the force. However, the problem is the excessive use of force by the police, who have banned unreasonable searches and seizures. Police officers are taking their job too far. As I said before, there will also be good guys and bad guys. However, there must be a solution to this problem. This goes along with my first point, the problems police agencies are facing today. Profiling tests the trust of the police community. According to the Washington Post, only twenty states have no laws prohibiting racial profiling by law enforcement; among the states that do, policies vary widely. I would have to say that reducing violence in the community would be a big problem, due to the lack of community policing. Community policing, since the beginning of time, has always been the tradition. However, it is refused. According to Alfred, community policing without a clear focus on crime risk factors generally shows no effect on crime. As I stated previously, there is a shortage of police officers, hence the ability of police agencies to hire more police officers to reduce crime in the community. While there is no reliable evidence to support the link between recent increases in the number of police officers and declines in violent crime, there is a large body of research on the relationship between police strength and crime rates. Is there a way to strengthen the police force? Yes, it would take a lot of effort, but it can be done. The problem that arises is to determine whether more police would be needed to reduce crime or whether more crime increases police hiring. Honestly, how can they actually prevent anything, when there isn't enough money for everyone? It's all about money. If more money were provided to police agencies, many training courses and programs could be created within them