Explain What is police legitimacy? Why is it important for effective and efficient policy? What is police militarization? What does it mean to say that it has been normalized? How does police militarization undermine police legitimacy and, thus, reduce the effectiveness and efficiency of policing in the United States?

Use Tom R. Tyler’s Article 4 (C&G) explain police legitimacy and why it is important for effective and efficient policing in a democratic society. Then use Kraska’s Article 8 (C&G) to explain what is meant by the militarization of policing and how it undermines police legitimacy.

What is police legitimacy? Why is it important for effective and efficient policy? What is police militarization? What does it mean to say that it has been normalized? How does police militarization undermine police legitimacy and, thus, reduce the effectiveness and efficiency of policing in the United States? Remember, don’t just summarize the whole articles, your writing should demonstrate synthesis and focus.

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