Discuss the example that is provided in which an African American officer fairly new to a department did not speak up when it came to his partner's differential treatment of black citizens in a nightclub. What do you think held this officer from speaking up? What might the consequences of his silence be with respect to the ongoing relationship between black and white officers?3-5 short paragraphs.

Chapter 6 . Law Enforcement Contact with African My partner and I several years ago went to an all-white nightclub. He found cocaine on this white couple. He poured it out and didn't make an arrest. Later we were at an all-black nightclub. He found marijuana on one individual and arrested him. I was shocked, but I didn't say anything the time because I was fairly new to the department. He had told me on two occasions that he "enjoyed" working with black officers and "has no difficulty" with the black community. or James Johnson, researcher on criminal justice and minority group issues, reacted to the hove-noted incident: "This officer validated and legitimized his white partner's prejudicial behavior by exercising the "Blue Code of Silence."* Because the black officer did not say anything, ho white officer saw no need to face or recognize his racially biased behavior" (Johnson, 2013). It is this very code of silence that destroys trust between African Americans and law enforcement, and holds individuals back from cooperating with the police. "When officers break the blue code of silence, we will break our code of silence, that is, we will speak up as witnesses and will be more willing to provide leads. Community members often don't want to be snitches on people from our own communities. But we are ready to break that code of silence once we see that officers are willing to break their code of silence..." (Osborne, 2017). Retired Chief of Police Howard Jordan, from the Oakland, California PD, notes that most police departments have policies that require officers to report fellow officers who engage in misconduct. For example, the presumptive discipline for an Oakland police officer that has failed to report another officer for misconduct is termination (Jordan, 2017)