Why Do You Want To Be A Police Officer Essay

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    What are the benefits of community policing? Community policing is a strategy of policing that focuses on building the police relations with the community by working closely with them It’s a policy that requires them to succeed to using a proactive method to address public safety apprehensions such as crime, social disorder, and fear. Traditional policing is the standard style of police work where they react to crimes and calls for service while patrolling. Their duty is to look for crimes that have

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    because many departments use the broken window theory. Officers are known for keeping the law and keeping order. The officers are given a duty of addressing minor life threatening offenses and social disorder, which prevents major crimes to happen. They are to disapprove and stop crimes. But is "the broken window theory" broken itself when it comes to law enforcement. Could they be doing more wrong than actually doing well? Because officers are not only stopping crimes, but they are causing more

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    what career you may want to pursue it is essential to inquire information from individuals who are working in that field of interest. In my case I decided to interview a longtime friend and active police officer in my hometown community. Officer Delancy from the Stuart Police Department located in Martin County, Florida. Officer Delancy has been a patrol officer for the last over twelve years and counting. As I talked with officer Delancy one question I asked him was why did he want to become an

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    Chapters 9 and 10 1. What is a police gratuity? Is acceptance of gratuities a serious problem for American police? Why or why not? Gratuity is something of value, such as a free meal or tickets to a sport event, most officers accept these gratuities from the public. Typically, police receive gratuity while at gas stations getting drinks for their shifts or during their break when they are eating at restaurants in their jurisdiction. According to a poll done in Nevada, residents shared that when they

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    Body Cams In America, police brutality has been a subject that has been a hot topic of discussion for some time now. Many people have strong opinions on what they believe is best for the citizens and for law enforcement. A big question for many is, “how can we find a solution to this ongoing problem?” Others are questioning if we should actually be putting our police officers under such a massive microscope. Retorting phrases such as, how are they going to do their jobs with people over their shoulders

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    statements by the officer. The first was when one officer said that if he’d seen 4-5 black guys in a white neighborhood he’d go up to them ask them what they were doing and even slow down and talk to them if he was in the patrol car. If the kids then gave him an attitude that would raise even more suspicion and escalate the situation. I think that this idea relates to some of the reading about police misconduct and even the personality of some of the officers. For white male officers, their motivation

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    the police force. Whether you look in New York State or around the country, many of these so-called saviors have been doing nothing short of slaughtering person after person and getting away just by flashing their badges. It is clear that the missions of some of these “precious civil servants” are doing more harm than good. How can we trust the police force to possess lethal weapons if they can’t stop their violence for long enough to wash the blood from their hands? The purpose of the police force

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    career, the whole purpose of law enforcement is to serve and protect the public and that can put a lot of pressure on a police officer because they’re the people who are called first when tragedies happen and the community reply’s strongly on the police to make the neighborhoods that they live in a safer place. Policing is a stressful career because of the tragedies that officers see when they are on the job responding to a call, which can also be a very traumatizing depending on what the situation

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    Michael Villar Mrs. Ricobaldi English 12CP 02 May 2016 Police Power Abuse Abuse of power and discrimination are bound to happen when people are given the position of authority over others. This happens in businesses, households, and in the police force. The corruption and abuse of policing is a serious problem facing many people living in the world today. But in countries that are less developed there is an abundance of power abuse and corruption especially over the poor and marginalized who fall

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    profession as a police officer it is important to remain true to yourself and others. By emplacing and respecting the following fifteen codes of ethics I believe I will be successful within my career as well as in my personal life. My mission to be the best police officers I know and can be, and to help and instill hope in peoples lives who have rather distasteful situations and circumstances. By having my code of ethics readily available it will help remind me of why I want to be a police officer and refresh

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