Crime Alerts An Irksome And Flawed System - 1765 Words

Crime Alerts: An Irksome and Flawed System â€Å"University of Iowa officials received a report of a sexual assault that occurred during the early hours of Saturday, March 4, 2017 by a white male at a west side residence hall. No further details are available.†(â€Å"Crime Alert†, DoS) It is not a typical weekend if my email is not bombarded with Crime Alerts from the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety. Normally I brush these messages off and continue to enjoy my weekend, but this time it was different. My floormates in my dorm call me over urgently, â€Å"Maxx, did you see the crime alert in the email? We think it was Christian (Name changed for privacy).† Not for one second did I believe that it was Christian, but my†¦show more content†¦This is a necessary and invaluable policy to have, but after doing in-depth research, there is one main controversy making people believe the system needs to be changed, and that is the identification exploitation within the emails and the effect it has on the community in terms explicit and implicit racial profiling. According to the Daily Aztec news source, which has been an independent news source for San Diego State University since 1913, The Afrikan Student Excellence Council (ASEC) held meetings alongside other cultural groups across campus to discuss racial profiling in the San Diego State University Police department s crime alerts (Lozano). One of their supporters Shellie Stamps, who is the Association of Africana Studies Majors and Minors President said, â€Å"The Main Concern, which was cause for the meeting, was racial profiling† (Lozano). As the meeting went on, students offered testimonies about incidents in which they were victims of the crime alerts, similar to my own scenario. Students said that the â€Å"ambiguity† of the crime alerts targeted African American males which alluded them to be subjected to many uncomfortable situations and very insensitive racial jokes. One of the victims, named Jonathan Cunha, told his story and said, â€Å"Last year IShow MoreRelat edCrime Alerts : An Irksome And Flawed System1941 Words   |  8 Pages Crime Alerts: An Irksome and Flawed System â€Å"University of Iowa officials received a report of a sexual assault that occurred during the early hours of Saturday, March 4, 2017 by a white male at a west side residence hall. No further details are available.† It is not a typical weekend if my email is not bombarded with Crime Alerts from the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety. Normally I brush these messages off and continue to enjoy my weekend, but this time it was different