Why I Want To Become A Police Officer Essay

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    referendum. Police are severely impacted when something is legal according to state law, but illegal according to federal laws. Law enforcement is affected by having to enforce the laws. This is a police officer’s job, but when there is a vote to change the marijuana law, citizens will feel it is acceptable to use marijuana. Law enforcement following their oath of honor must enforce the laws, but by doing

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    in the reading. The text is based on Orwell’s experience with the imperial police and the British Empire. George Orwell was born in Burma in 1903 and died in 1950, where his father was working at the time. Orwell was educated in his home country of England but went back to Burma after high school to work as a police officer. He worked in Burma for 5 years, from 1922- 1927. Orwell’s experiences in Burma caused him to become critical of how the British colonized and ruled other countries, which he witnessed

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    this paper, I plan to elaborate on two main professions that are very similar. I will elaborate on the similarities and differences of duties and moral expectations from spectators. The duties are the types of authority linked to an individual when it

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    that police officers use, and it is on the police vehicles. They take pride to serve our community, take pride to protect our community, and take pride of wearing the badge on their uniforms. Our community wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t have the protection from them; if so there will be some disasters like some today. But yet, they get accused, getting name, and getting threaten for the things that happen consequently. When I was growing up, I hear all these sayings that “police officers are bad”

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    As of September 1, 2015, in the United States police officers have killed 776 people and 161 of those people were unarmed at the time of their death (MintPress). There have been too many incidents where police officers have injured or killed someone that could have been prevented. Using maximum force with a suspect has become a routine in many confrontations. Officers have not been given the proper training to deal with individuals and how to handle them without using a weapon. If they were given

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    not being violent but instead resisting arrest and trying to explain the misunderstanding of why he would be taken into custody. “Get away for what? Every time you see me, you want to mess with me. I 'm tired of it. It stops today. Why would you...? Everyone standing here will tell you I didn 't do nothing. I did not sell nothing. Because every time you see me, you want to harass me. You want to stop me. I 'm minding my

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    other accessories that go along with police officers. They picture him or her fighting crime like it is nothing. The officer looks as if he or she is one of the bravest people on earth. He seems afraid of nothing. It shows the people that they can trust in him to keep them safe from danger and come to them in their time of need. For the most part, the people would have the right image, yet an officer’s job is still a little more complex than what they imagine. Officers have a job like no other. As most

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    By law, the police have the right to use legitimate force if necessary to make an arrest, maintain order, or keep the peace. Just how much force is appropriate under various circumstances can be debatable. When an officer uses excessive force, he or she violates the law. This violence is referred to as police brutality, when often leads to death.  Over the years, police brutality has become more and more visible in the public eye. Police brutality has been a problem face by many Americans still

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    Police Analysis Paper Intro to Police Work, Professor Phifer Thursday 8-12pm Ivana Simmons March 3, 2010 Certification of Authorship: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me especially for this course. Student Signature __________________________

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    In the trip from the police station the whole class went inside a courtroom. In the courtroom, the police officer that was gave us the tour around the Sherriff department talked about the difference between probable cause and reasonable suspicious. Also, what happened when a person gets arrested. He explained that the difference between probable cause and reasonable suspicious is that with probable cause a police officer doesn’t have the right to find out if you had committed a crime. Also, they

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