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    Police Officer Interview

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    extent to which police officers can have a direct effect on the community. While I previously understood how police officers affected the community by controlling crime and enforcing the law, I never considered how police officers could make an individual impact on a person’s life. The officer we interviewed said the most rewarding moment of his career was when a previously convicted criminal was able to completely turn his life around and accredited his successful transition to the officer. With positive

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    When was the last time you appreciated a police officer? Didn’t you think that their job responsibilities were to protect you the people and properties, this is what they are suppose to do but the way some do this is by lying and not following their rights. Police officers are doing this more than ever now and it is not fair for random American citizens to get confronted by them and have the officer attempt to trick the citizen to say something the officer wants to hear. Luckily this hasn’t happened

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    African Police Officers

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    and the tension between the community and police officers, the media has falsely stated that there is a war on cops. A few weeks ago there was video footage of police officers shooting two African American men, the video spiked outrage in the communities and large protest across the country raised the tension. The media has had a field day of all of the violence of the between the police and the citizens. The first statement media has made is that police have the deadliest job, which is false. According

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    of a police officer are to protect the people around them and their property. They also patrol areas they are assigned, make arrests , respond to 911 calls, also known as emergency situations, testify in court situations, directing traffic, and most recently dealing with riots. As a police officer you leave your family to protect others but in more recent situations they have been taking away loved ones who do not deserve for their lives to be taken so shortly. It seems as if every day police officers

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    Police Officers In Texas

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    I have had many encounters with the police here in Texas, and around the country. I have experienced encounters with police in other countries as well. Some positive, and some negative. Even in situations where I thought I was right, every encounter ended with a positive outcome because I took control of the situation. I disarmed the officer with the utmost respect, therefore by putting the officer at ease. From the initial contact, I showed I was no threat. I’ve worked in corrections for over 7

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    the media portrayed police officers as beacon for justice. Based on personal experiences, until about the 1990’s every little boy growing up wanted to be the good guy. However in today’s new popular culture, young boys are no longer arguing over who gets to be the good guy. The villain is now seen as a viable option. The difference in views comes from the mass media; police officers are now being represented in a more negative characteristic. Some police portrayals show the police as being just as corrupted

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    Police Officer Gausaches

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    Tonight I rode with Officer Gausachs again. We were mainly patrolling around College Ave and Cook Douglass. We began by pulling over cars one of which got a ticket for having an expired registration. After that for some reason not entirely sure why but, we just kept seeing cars without their headlights on we pulled over every single one. One of which was a minivan with 8 occupants. When Officer Gausachs approached the car he noticed the smell of pot in the car. When he returned to the vehicle he

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    follow this path because its is a path worth following. I want to be capable of making a career out of this field of work. I am fully prepared to handle the physical and emotional stress this career as to throw. Being prepared to enter the work of a Police Detective or a S.W.A.T. member is key. In almost every field of work, a high school diploma or high school education is required. But in order to obtain a position in the career I chose, a college education of 4 years or higher is highly recommended

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    An integral training of today’s police officers duties is the physical skill of the application of use of force. This is needed skill requirement to detain and arrest a person who has committed a crime and resisting. Police officers must be trained to use force properly when the skill is required on a subject who is resisting police officers efforts to place them under arrest. This skill has the potential for the officer to exceed the needed amount of force to place them under arrest that can lead

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    life was taken by police officers. He was shot 7 times, the last shot to the back of his head is what took this young man’s life. He was a young unarmed black male. Just in 2014 over 1,000 people were killed at the hands of police officers. However, even though police say they are just doing their job, police should not be able to abuse their power, because more cases of police brutality are being captured on cell phones and innocent people are being killed. How you become an officer is by obtaining

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