Homework Responses Wk 8 & 4

Hello class,

It has been a pleasure hearing all of your ideas and working with you throughout this class. I wish you all the best moving forward!

In my opinion, moving forward, protective services will become even more of a necessity as they are now to politicians in particular. As crime, such as assaults, riots, and other types of civil unrest occur, government officials are under increased threat from attack. One example of this occurred to the mayor of Portland, Oregon Ted Wheeler. A group of approximately 200 people showed up to the mayor's apartment building, began to destroy property and attempted to light the building on fire with a collection of burning newspapers (Hale, 2020). Police arrived on scene , declared the demonstration a riot, and were able to eventually get the situation back under control. Had the police not used an adequate amount of force quickly enough, the mayors life would have been in very serious danger. It was also a stroke of good luck that the building did not light up in flames or that no other fires were started. Because of events such as this, I feel that more prominent individuals, such as mayors, celebrities, and government officials will want to have a security detail present to guide them to safety when things like this occur. When chaos such as this occurs,  the police will not always be able to stop everyone involved before the damage has already been done to the person needing protection. 

-Trevor

Hale, Jamie, March to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's Home Declared Riot Monday as Burning Debris Thrown Into Building: Key Takeaways, The Oregonian, Updated September 2020,  https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/09/protesters-march-to-portland-mayor-ted-wheelers-residence-monday-throw-birthday-party-demand-resignation-live-updates.html