Why I Want To Become A Police Officer Essay

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    The neighbor calls this friend “a menacing black guy,” not “that nice young man.” Then, he proceeds to tell Rankine that he has called the police (Rankine 15). Once again, in the book, a black person is portrayed as an animal, as he seems like a threat. Due to the neighbor believing that the friend was a “menacing” man, rather than the “nice young man,” he implies that he thinks that all black

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    to many. An attacker would much rather attack a place with minimal defenses because the likelihood of an effective attack is much higher. If teachers are trained to handle guns properly they would be a great defense at schools. A single resource officer at a school can only cover so much ground, but with teachers armed

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    also known as (MDVE), was an experiment that evaluated the effectiveness of the police when they responded to domestic violence calls in Minneapolis. This experiment was conducted during early 80’s for over a year by Dr. Lawrence W. Sherman who at the time was the Director of Research at the Police Foundation that is a non-profit foundation to assist police department to become extra effective and by the Minneapolis Police Department with all the monetary support from the National Institute of Justice

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    The Spanish proverb, “Live with wolves and you learn to howl,” shows that if a person is surrounded by bad people then they will turn into a bad person, and if they surround themselves with good people they will be a good person. Look at Trump supporters, they’re surrounded by aggressive and gullible people, so gullible that they believe that the election is rigged instead of doing their research and seeing that whenever Trump loses he just pulls the rigged card (and there are only 31 reports of

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    issues that involve social psychology. Being a police officer is a profession that encounters a lot of social psychology issues. One issue that all police officers have to encounter is prejudice. Police officers have to not be prejudiced against the citizens that they are trying to protect and serve the criminals that they must apprehend and also against each other. Two case studies that will be discussed are prejudice against female police officers by their male counterparts and racial prejudice

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    reality that many didn’t want to uncover back then. It’s clear that the message can be picked out even without viewing the video. The irrefutable acts of discrimination, hypocrisy, greed, violence, and crimes all trace back to asking where is the love? Emotions evoked light to what officials wanted to bury, and with a new single similar to it, individuals are now being informed about the current social issue of police brutality. The purpose of this song is to highlight police brutality as a social issue

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    to define and give as much detail information about Homeland Security in the United States and law enforcement and how they are integrated. I hope after reading this paper you will be well informed on the duties and responsibilities of these agencies. People have always lived in fear but with the help of these agencies we will no longer have to live in fear. I will try to give as much detail information as possible to help with any problems or situation that might come up. Homeland Security in the

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    With all the incidents happening here in America involving officers making them seem like the bad guys I decided to come up with the non-profit organization of P.O.L.I.C.E to show they are really here for us and our protection. There is no positive outlook on police and nobody thinks of building relationships with them especially today’s youth. In many communities in America our inner city youth does not trust and is more scared of officers than they are more dependant on them. Which has created many

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    at what is coming in the next month makes reality sink in. It feels like I just started college a couple of months ago and looking for a career is years away. Looking at the questions in the book makes me realize what type of career I am truly interested in. The many questions of money dwell in everyone's minds from time to time. After graduating from UMD I will probably have around $7,000 worth of college loans to pay back. I am interested in staying in Minnesota for a couple of years to get started

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    the punishment regime include jurors, police officers, prosecutors, judges, and correctional officers. All the members of the punishment regime have a specific job in administrating a punishment to an individual. The main focus in this essay will be how the punishment regime has administered punishment in

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