assessment: Being a police officer is an extremely difficult career as they are tasked to deal with a lot of negative aspects of human nature‚ while having to operate within the law and their agency policies. (Dantzker‚ 2011) Being involved with law enforcement is considered to be one of the most dangerous and stressful jobs in existence‚ and because of this‚ agencies must find suitable recruits who can handle these demands in an adequate manner. (Dantzker‚ 2011) For well over 50 years‚ police agencies have
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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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POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD NOT CARRY GUNS There are a lot of arguments all around the world in this subject. Politicians‚ teachers‚ sociologists and psychologists declare their ideas and also they write some essays about if the poliçe officers should carry a gun or not. Many people suppose that police officers should carry their guns. Nowadays more and more crimes are being committed and police officers protect us from criminal behaviour. I will discuss whether police officers should be allowed to carry guns
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Do Police Officers need a college Education Do Police officers need a college education? This question is one which has grabbed the attention of many. It has been a question tossed around from the offices of our US government to the homes of US citizens. Does having a college education make for a better police officer? If so what level of education should be required. Should a police officer’s salary be based on their level of education? If a certain level of education is required for a police
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policing‚ they need to understand what the challenges they will face in the field. Everyday police officers need to make critical decisions that will impact their lives‚ not just at work‚ but their personal lives as well. Everyone handles these issues in their careers differently‚ and it is up to them how they are going to deal with these challenges. In the article‚ it explains the challenges and hurdles that officers have to deal with everyday‚ and also provides probable solutions for the issues at hand
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wanted to be a police officer. My mother tells me that I left the womb saying “Freeze‚ Police!” I’m sure that it was the lights and sirens on a police vehicle that infatuated me. Maybe it was because a police officer carried a gun and had the ability to run red lights. As I grew up‚ cops and robbers was always a favorite game and I was always the cop. As I grew older‚ I realized that a police officer was nothing like I thought. I started to understand the role of the police. Not as a symbol
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With so much fire going towards the police department about corrupt or crooked police officers what is the true definition of a corrupt officer? Well‚ a corrupt officer is a police officer that is going against the law for personal gain‚ such as‚ taking drugs for themselves and selling back into the community‚ taking bribes from crime lords and going after people who caused them grief in high school. The dictionary definition of a corrupt is‚ “cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal
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My Dream Job When I was young‚ I watched a lot of cartoons; they made me laugh and held my attention longer than any baby doll or toy car could. Part of me still has a strong appreciated for animated shows. Cartoons bring so much joy to children everywhere‚ and I want to be part of the process. I want to be a voice-over actor. All my life I’ve loved singing and making up different voices to make people laugh‚ so why not make a career out of it? The pathway to success in the acting industry
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My career with the New York Police Department has spanned thirty years and has been met with both personal and professional achievements. Coming from a long line of civil servants‚ joining the NYPD was a natural progression. However‚ I strove to do something no other family member had done before‚ achieve a supervisory role. After scoring in the top one percentile on my Sergeant’s examination and with three years in rank‚ I was promoted to the rank of Sergeant at the age of 23. Overcoming the
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Dream my Dream Without dream‚ there can be no courage; without courage‚ there can be no action. What Wim Wenders said indicates the importance of the dream‚ which no one can deny. Most people’s dream is not stable and changes with the time going by‚ but the critical point is that they do have a dream. I’m the person with a dream. I once romantically dreamed to be an excellent diplomat at early age and later‚ I was looking forward to teaching undergraduates in a historical university. But now‚ I’m
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