Power of Law Enforcement

After reading the article "The Discipline of Watching" by Andrejevic, I have thought about the power that surveillance gives to authority figures in our society. For example, our law enforcement has an abundance amount of power over us citizens, and we are highly subjected to surveillance at any point in our daily lives. As much as we would like to think that our law enforcement is protecting our society there has been much controversy about how much power we allow them to have over us. Our law enforcement watches over us at all times when we are in public, and they have the right to enter our homes at anytime. Unfortunately, our society has been known for having mass amounts of corruption at times, and we have our power stripped away from us. We are told they are protecting us, but how can we tell? If the police have no warrants, rights or suspicion, it is hard to believe that they can have the right to come into our personal lives. Many people have been upset with the law enforcement and the government power that they have received over them. It is hard for me to have a position on this controversy because on one hand I want to believe and hope that the law enforcement is there to protect us, but I can also see that they have too much power to surveillance our society.

 http://articles.petoskeynews.com/2003-09-18/subpoena-power_24040274