possibility of getting shot as the most significant danger that a police officer faces. Officer involved shootings appear to be on the rise. Today’s law enforcement officers face a multitude of dangers in their everyday duties that rival the threat of getting shot. For example: Foot pursuit‚ vehicle pursuits‚ making an arrest‚ traffic control‚ heat stroke‚ Stress‚ duty equipment and bio-hazard exposure / sun exposure. Officers’ are exposed to these dangers on a daily basis. They wear bulletproof vests
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Police discretion essentially alludes to the decision-making power/choice that is afforded to police in terms of the handling of a given situation; the fewer rules given to officers and the more individual power they wield‚ the greater the discretion. Alternately‚ with more rules placed on officers concerning the ways in which they should conduct themselves/police business‚ the lower the level of discretion. In many ways‚ police discretion is very important; every day‚ officers are faced with situations
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By definition‚ the police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law‚ protect property‚ and limit civil disorder. Many people in today’s society do not trust the police. Many feel that the police are out to get them. While some feel that police keep our society in tact‚ some feel that they are given way to much power. Policing predominantly concerns the preservation of order and peace in our country. With that being said‚ keeping peace is much different from what
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The Role of Undercover Police Officers Kayla Newsome University of Wisconsin Oshkosh There are many roles that police officers and police departments take on. One of the most interesting roles that they take in my opinion is the role of undercover police work. It is one of the most unique jobs an officer can have; they‚ in a sense are living a double life. These operations are very secretive and undercover officers can be used in huge operations to take someone down or simply
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conditions. People experiencing hyper vigilance typically exhibit symptoms in an attempt to avoid danger (Hypervigilance‚ 2015). According to Dr. Kevin Gilmartin‚ hypervigilance is when officers feel the physiological and emotional effects of the job. They are very upbeat while working their shifts‚ but when they head to their life outside of the agency‚ they experience the humdrum feeling of police work‚ which causes them to feel extreme physical or mental fatigue‚ a lack of enthusiasm and concern
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The Nature of Police Work The myth of police as crime-fighters has been conveyed to the American people through television dramas‚ comic strips‚ and newspaper articles. It conjures up in one’s mind an image of a police officer doing a dangerous job that requires him or her to outshoot‚ outpunch‚ and outwit dangerous criminals. For most American police‚ there is little correspondence between this image and reality. In a major metropolitan area (where crime rates are the highest)‚ half of the officers
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The work schedule of the police force inflicts a high level stressful condition that may impact upon their bodily‚ mental and mutual relationships. For a long span of time the police workers are coached in policing‚ but not about the issues relating to handling their mental and physical health. Most of the times they have to work for extended durations and irregular shift hours (Vila‚ 2006). A large body of work has shown that shift work of police is linked with increased spread of sleep disorders
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Police Work and Related Fields Bryan Watson Block F December 1 1995 CO-OP Christmas exam 1. The working conditions of a police officer can vary from easy to stressful situations where the officers life and the lives of others are threatened. The officer must deal with these situations in the way they feel is best but sometimes
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Police Undercover Work In Middle & High Schools Derrick Smalls English Composition 102 Ms. Tanya Klatt September 29‚ 2010 The importance of having undercover police officers’ in today’s society plays a big part when apprehending criminals and getting a conviction. In this paper I will discuss the Theory‚ the early stages‚ the training‚ the middle stages‚ the late stages‚ the selection Process and how to avoid being made. I‚ took the following method to search
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Does Bubble Gum Elasticity Affect Bubble Size? John Ruan‚ Ethan Mann‚ Karina Orozco‚ Viraja Alluri‚ and Nathan Ashta Mrs. Brazel Gregory Middle School Team 8-4 PURPOSE The purpose of this experiment is to determine if the elasticity of bubble gum affects the diameter of a bubble blown with the gum. HYPOTHESIS If the elasticity of the bubble gum is higher‚ then the diameter of the bubble blown will be significantly larger because the bubble will be able to stretch farther
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