being a police officer

Being a Police Officer : To Serve and Protect

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Being a Police Officer : To Serve and Protect

Each police department believes that integrity and professionalism are the foundations for trust in the community . As

trust is a significant element in the overall wellbeing of the society , a working police department must efficiently and effectively manifest integrity and professionalism in its actions so that trust from the community will be earned . The central question , however , is exactly how to achieve such an end

Being a police officer is not an easy task as what others may be inclined to believe . Quite on the contrary , being a police officer is almost synonymous , if not entirely the same , with risking one 's life on the line of duty . It does not take a genius to think that police officers face the risks of endangering their lives precisely because of the nature of their work (Ashenhust ,

. 605 . Being a police officer , the tasks include almost everyday dealings with dangerous criminals , first time public offenders who pose unpredictable threats to the public , or the unpredictable public environment ' teeming with potential hazards to ordinary citizens (Ashenhust ,

. 605

As such , balancing one 's responsibilities and one 's performance in the department is perhaps one of the primary concerns of being a police officer . There are no shortcuts in achieving such a goal . To say the least , the efforts of law enforcing agents to meet their responsibilities is already a given or is already expected that perhaps the primary concern of the officer apart from meeting one responsibilities should be the prerogative of establishing good rapport with the public for several good reasons

The credibility of every police officer and of the entire police department is directly affected by the performance of the police agents As the performance of these agents builds the corresponding image of the police department , it should be the case that the police agents should strive to attain a good performance that will consequently raise the image of the whole department

Since the police department is one of the many government institutions built around the directive of serving the people by providing the needed and ample services to the public , it is imperative that the very structure of the police department must be one which is devoid of internal flaws or , at least , has limited flaws (Block ,

. 91 . In to do this , requirements for prospective police officers such as those applying for the various police positions must be structured according to the principles under which the department is founded . A careful background check with regard to the personal background of the prospective police officers must be...