{"id":63571,"date":"2017-06-01T09:31:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=63571"},"modified":"2017-06-01T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T14:42:44","slug":"chicago-cops-find-solace-in-god-in-times-of-stress-growing-public-distrust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-cops-find-solace-in-god-in-times-of-stress-growing-public-distrust\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago cops find solace in God ‘in times of stress,’ growing public distrust"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Allison Ledwon<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the following story, details such as the <\/em>names and ages of the police officers have been withheld to protect their privacy and personal safety.<\/em><\/p>\n

A \u00a0South Side police officer, like most young adults graduating from college, was looking for a stable but fulfilling career.\u00a0 He thought he would find it in the role of a Chicago police officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy initial thought was that it would be a rewarding career of helping people,\u201d the officer said.\u00a0 But after bearing his badge for some time, he made the discovery that the job is not what he thought it would be.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou thought that you were going to help people and you find out when you get there, not many people tell you thank you\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s still rewarding because you know secretly that people needed you and wanted you there, even if they didn\u2019t tell you thank you. However, we\u2019ve come across one of the weirdest times in the United States\u2019 history that we\u2019ve reached the spot where the police are actually the bad guy now.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Pew researchers<\/a>, 51 percent of police officers nationwide, like the South Side officer, are frustrated by their jobs, while 81 percent say they believe that the public does not understand their occupation. This, according to the study, is likely tied to the recent high-profile fatal encounters between black civilians and police officers both nationwide and in Chicago.
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\nThe October 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald and the subsequent November 2015 release of video evidence added to the distrust of the Chicago Police Department. Public opinions across the nation are questioning the morality and ethics of the police.<\/p>\n

With their morality and ethics under fire, police officers turn to various forms of spirituality and religion. According to a 2016 study reported in The Police Journal, some sort of spirituality affects the way officers view crime, the criminal justice system and their methods in their work.<\/p>\n

For many officers, like the North Side officer, religion can be like a multi-tool knife: a tool that is able to provide everything needed to do a job well in one convenient package.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligion gives you a good moral compass which is needed in law enforcement which in turn helps you make sound decisions based on what\u2019s right and what\u2019s wrong\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cFor me personally, you always have God to turn to in times of stress, whether it be prayer or meditation.\u00a0 It eases your fears and you believe that He\u2019ll take care of things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stress management is one of the skills officers are not often taught in the police academy, according to Bill McCarty, an assistant professor of criminology law and justice at University of Illinois at Chicago.<\/p>\n

McCarty said that \u201cwhile the academy does a good job of teaching tactics,\u201d they need to do more work on \u201cthe emotional side of becoming an officer and the challenges tied to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReligion seems to be the one coping mechanism that remained relatively steady\u201d McCarty said. \u201cIt seemed less malleable to the rigors of the academy.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarty also noted that religion seemed to be a much popular, wide-spread coping mechanism in rural police forces, in comparison to urban police departments.\u00a0 But this may not always be the case.<\/p>\n

Mount Greenwood is a predominantly white neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago where over 21 percent<\/a> of the population works in some form of public administration, including the police force. Thus, the congregation of St. Christina Catholic Parish in Mount Greenwood reflects that same makeup, according to Rev. Tom Conde, the pastor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s stuff that happens at work that you can\u2019t bring home\u201d Rev. Conde said of police work. \u201cAre they really going to tell the wife and kids what they ran into that day? That\u2019s a hard thing. Bad day? OK. Bad week? Fine. But when it\u2019s an unending string of stuff?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat becomes a very important emotional difficulty. They have to find a vent for some of this along the way. God love them, they are prayerful people. They come to church and they pray.\u00a0 They don\u2019t just show up to say that they were there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bob Montelongo, a police officer, a Catholic deacon and one of the CPD chaplains has served on the force for 20 years.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re just people too\u201d Montelongo said.\u00a0 \u201cThe clothes we put on: the shirt, the pants the hat, it doesn\u2019t change who we are. But you see a lot. You have to talk to somebody about it and you have to be careful about who you talk to about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe as chaplains say you need your faith. We don\u2019t care what your faith is; if you have faith in Mother Nature, then go to Home Depot and buy yourself a bush and pray to your bush.\u00a0 Do what you have to do; talk to your bush.\u00a0 You\u2019re going to need that vent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rev. Conde said: \u201cI\u2019m amazed at all they do and all that they are able to take. You know the old line from Scripture about turn the other cheek: they do it 17 times a day. There are plenty of folks from other religions who are on the force, \u00a0too, but they really put the best of Christianity forward on a day-to-day basis.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Officers repeatedly emphasize the importance religion plays in their understanding of morality and ethics in their job. Secular, academic sources support this conception.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the literature on police decision-making focuses on norms, specifically on what\u2019s fair and on who should be punished, or they focus on pragmatic concerns meaning [the officers] ask questions like \u2018Does this result in bad publicity?\u2019 Or \u2018if I don\u2019t do this or if I do this will I get recognition?\u2019\u201d said Loretta Stalans, professor of criminal justice and criminology and of psychology at Loyola University Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost rookie officers come in with the justice mindset,\u201d Stalans said. \u201cReligion plays a role in\u00a0how we define fairness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Religion, though, can pose some contradictions to the job the police have to do. According to a West Side officer, a long-time veteran of the police force, the possibility and the reality of fatally shooting a civilian can weigh heavily on officers.\u00a0 But, he adds that religion helps officers cope.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had to take two lives during my time on the street,\u201d he said, \u201cand both are still crystal clear. It\u2019s like I\u2019m looking out the window.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had some issues with it even though I can justify my actions\u201d the West Side officer said.\u00a0 \u201cI have to believe that God will forgive me because I quite possibly could have saved other people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montelongo noted that, especially in the current climate of police and community relations, sound decision-making is more important than ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decisions that you make out there are important because they are life or death and it\u2019s going to affect you and your family\u201d Montelongo said.\u00a0 \u201cIn four seconds you make a decision, you act on it and the next thing you know you could lose your home, you could be sued for millions. And they\u2019ll take months and months looking at your decision. Looking at different views.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA good way to look at this is the NFL,\u201d Montelongo said.\u00a0 \u201cYou know how they have all those cameras that are flying around? Even with all those cameras, on certain plays, they have to stop, look at all the different angles and get the right answer.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have that luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top:”Normally you would think that you see so much that you would start to doubt your belief in God, like how did God let all this happen” said Bob Montelongo, Chicago Police chaplain and deacon at St. Daniel the Prophet Church in Garfield Ridge (pictured). “But you have to believe in something.” (Allison Ledwon\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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