Introduction As a child, I always dreamt of joining law enforcement. My dad peaked my interest in the field. Years ago, he was a Correctional officer for the Weld County Sheriff’s office; I always admired him for what he did. I knew right then, that is exactly what I wanted to do. My perception of law enforcement was based on what I saw on television, from C.S.I to Criminal Minds and Cold Case. I thought the agencies functioned as a set team. A team who worked together to solve the case. How they functioned was by having a call; without seconds of delay, they were on the case, then a half hour later the case was solved. Everyone went home, the end, life moved on. Reality stuck me when I first started studying law enforcement; I was just a …show more content…
During my training at the academy, I saw the degree of hatred, madness, cruelty, and indifference that individuals can harbor towards each other. It also verified the lack of responsibility an individual takes for such a crime. My belief on an individual’s ability to rapidly change their mindset was reassured in college level courses. This was more so finding the understanding of why a person acts the way that they do. I was able to get this is in my psychology courses for my minor. These courses helped me to understand the true meaning of what is cognitively going on in the person’s brain that makes them think and act in a certain way. Psychology, also, helped with the understanding of why there was a certain type of person that would end up in the system. Judicial processes were another class that was able to provide a better understanding of how the courts worked in their variety of aspects of law enforcement. After taking judicial process, I learned the criminal justice system is not a perfect system. There are many flaws in the system, which are, sadly, unchangeable. As we would all like to think there is justice for all, with the safeguards to life and liberty, it is not always the case; many people who are read their Maranda rights, who are supposed to be innocent until
There is an endless amount of careers in criminal justice. Out of that endless amount, I chose the career of a small town police officer. Ever since the ending of last year, I’ve wanted to be a police officer. I pictured it as what better way to learn about the career I want to pursue than to research and write a paper about it. Small town police officers are the backbone of any community. They worry about everyone who comes in or goes out of that area. This paper will identify the requirements and prerequisites to become a small town police officer, small town police training and education, major duties and responsibilities, and salary and promotion opportunities.
Law enforcement is a career that is both violent and rewarding in many capacities. Justice needs to be served in law enforcement and they have a responsibility to uphold the law and serve the people in the community. Law enforcement is crucial in the world today as a global realm as life continues to be more complex and law enforcement struggles to combat many aspects of crime. In order to combat these problems and have a positive future in the criminal justice system, everyone must work together on a bigger scale.
I get asked the same question all the time, why do you want to be in law enforcement? My answer: This world has far too many bad people out there and not enough good people. I want to fight the good fight, the best way I know how. By helping the people in my community. With each person I help I hope to spark a change in not only their lives but the lives of those around them. This spark will turn into a flame and then a burning fire of hope, that spreads across this world. This is my
What many do not seem to realize is that a law enforcement agency is not a job, it is a career. One must truly be dedicated and determined to work in the field because it is all about your love for what you are doing.
This research project is an analysis of six scenarios. The scenarios are as follows: History and rolls of law enforcement in society, Levels of jurisdiction, Distinction among the multiple functions of Law enforcement agencies, Analysis of Historical events that have shaped modern policing practices, Ethical and professional behavior in the workplace, and Evaluation of how knowledge, skills, and attitude learned in this course apply to your chosen career. There will also be a summary of reactions on Ethical and professional behavior in the work place. Included in the second section, there will be six scenarios. The responses will incorporate knowledge of
1. As an individual I have always been appreciative of front line responders and their willingness to step in and assist individuals in a time of need. Witnessing this has inspired me to pursue a career in law enforcement and criminal justice. My ultimate goal after completing the Correctional Services Program is to apply to police agencies, and correctional institutions.
Moving forward when looking at the future trends of law enforcement it can be said that it’ll probably be better than present day law enforcement because they would be able to see what they did wrong and try to improve on it. The reason why is because with progression there is always improvements made on things that were done wrong. For instance law enforcement losing touch with the community in present day will be something that I believe would be primarily focus on to get back because stopping and preventing crime is a team effort and law enforcement cannot do it on its own. Even with all the technology in the world nothing can take the place of interaction and receiving information from someone that has actually saw the crime being committed. Surveillance tapes can catch the person in action but they do tend to miss the little details that can bring a criminal to justice much quicker then somebody seeing the crime taking
Law enforcement is divided into three major eras throughout history. These eras are the political era, the reform era and the community era. The political era that took place between 1840-1930 was characterized by five points, which was the authority was coming from politicians and the law, a broad social service function, decentralized organization, an intimate relationship with the
I recently graduated, with highest honors, in December of 2016 with my AS in Criminal Justice and I am currently enrolled in the Bachelors program for Criminal Justice as well. I plan on transferring to Florida State University over the summer to finish my Bachelors in Criminology there. I have always loved helping others and what better way to help than to take an oath to serve and protect them as a law enforcement officer. My mom showed me that there is no such thing as a "man's job" and that entering a male dominated field is nothing to be afraid of. I hope to ultimately work as a federal law enforcement officer in the FBI.
Growing up is exciting and very scary. Being young is fun while it last but eventually everyone has to grow and go in to the working field. Law enforcement has been a big topic whether it be bad or good things said the law enforcement is always brought up. When I was young I took a fast interest in business. The moment I decided I wanted to be a cop was when I met my dad’s best friend that was a cop, and businessman. All any person wants in a career is to make a decent living and do something that they enjoy doing. I’ve always enjoyed helping people that needed help, the Kansas career pipeline let me take some surveys and showed me that I enjoy helping people more than I enjoy building myself something, which I believe that is true.
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a police officer. I’m sure, as a little boy, what first caught my attention were the flashing lights and sirens on the police cars. It could have also been then the facts that police officer were permitted to carry a gun and had the ability to run red lights. This is why as I grew up and played games like cops and robbers, I was always the police officer. During my teenage years, I later joined the police explorer program and really started to learn about police work. That’s when I
Even as a law breaking mischievous youth I had always looked up to Police Officers in my neighborhood. I even looked up to them when they would chase my friends and I when we snuck out at night and kicked sprinkler heads off, or got caught drinking underage. I loved to watch the show “Cops” and always pictured myself in the situations being portrayed on television. In my youth I did a lot of things that most people would look down on and police departments may shun you for, but that didn’t stop me from aspiring to join their ranks.
The career I have chosen is to become a lawyer, in either a private practice or firm, or for the government. The definition of a lawyer is an advocate or advisor in society, that is as an advocate, to represent one of the opposing parties in a criminal or civil trial, and as an advisor to counsel clients as to their legal rights and suggest courses of action. But that is not all a lawyer is about. Being a lawyer takes hard work, dedication, and many years in school.
I have a dream…Here by starting with the title of Martin Luther King’s Historical Speech. My dream, my ambition is to be the person who brings down the entire law system in my country to simplicity where everyone should be able to understand the law.
Today, more than ever before, the legal profession offers a unique opportunities to dedicated individual to make a significant contribution to the society. This post is aimed at help you evaluate law as a career. It should give you a clear understanding of what to expect in your educational path to a law degree and the very significant financial expenses associated with obtaining a law degree.