There are many careers that serve our Government. Police sheriff are service men and women who are employed by the Local Governments to help save the lives of the people in our community.
They, as there title suggests, get people who commit crimes, though, this is their primary job they also: get people who do illegal stuff people from help people from other dangers. Police give back a lot to the community by helping people. The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.
A Day in the Life of a Police Officer
Wake up in the morning on the day shift which in most cases the shift begins at 6 am and ends at 6 pm. they wake up spend a few minutes with your family if you have time you then begin to get ready for work. Put their badge and pins on their uniform shirt, put on uniform pants, a tee shirt of what ever color you are required to wear underneath uniform, put on bullet proof vest which could save their life that day, then put on their uniform shirt. From there they put on their equipment belt which some officers refer to as their Batman belt since it has all the tools that may protect and save their life or somebody else's life. This belt includes a variety of things such as Hand cuffs, spare Gloves, Gun, Taser, your Asp also known as Baton, extra Magazines for your weapon and Pepper spray. Law Enforcement Officer people may think that a law enforcement officer is a PIG. To Law Enforcement Officers that is a compliment because to Law Enforcement Officers PIG just means Pride Intelligence and Guts, all of which a law enforcement officer has. It takes pride in your job to put on the uniform every day, Intelligence because they have to learn to use their mouth in a good way by the way you speak and deal with every person you encounter it also takes intelligence to get the information they want from the person who has the information they need such as a criminal. Lastly, guts it takes guts when you are a Law Enforcement officer because anything can happen and your life may become in danger really quickly. They have to live in danger everyday. Risk of loosing their life anytime. Risk of loosing family children grandchildren everything just can vanish in one second just one mini second. Being Police officer is not easy as you think.
Training and Education Requirements:
Specific education guidelines for police are set by individual agencies following state or federal laws. City, county and state police officers are often only required to have a high school diploma or pass all General Educational Development (GED) examinations. Departments prefer applicants with some college experience, while law enforcement professionals employed by the federal government often have bachelor's degrees. Courses in foreign languages, criminal justice and political science might prove useful during a career as a police officer. In addition to formal education, applicants to police training academies often have military experience. Aspiring police officers must complete training programs specific to individual law enforcement agencies. Many of these programs last a minimum of 12 weeks and include substantial physical fitness components; all cadets in police training programs must meet minimum fitness and age standards. Cadets in police academies learn about self-defense, firearms operations and first aid. Training for police officers might also involve hostage negotiation, investigative techniques and traffic control. Some departments incorporate high-speed driving skills, conflict resolution tactics and crowd management in their basic cadet training programs.
Salary: -
2008-2010 = only 10% job increase
2008 = average salary $52,810 annually
2008 = while transit police made $48,540
2008 = Detectives made $63,840 on average
2008 = police force supervisors and managers made $76,820.
Highlights:
What appeals to you about this career?
What appeals to me most about this career is that each moment spent on the job is a risk. The police officers put their safety aside to protect and save others. Without them we would have many crimes and everybody have to live in fear
Based on your research, would you recommend this career to a friend? Why or Why not?
Based on my research, I would indeed recommend this career to a friend. This job is for someone who wants to help & protect others and serve their community. While this job can be no means be compared to the army, navy, or Marines; Firefighters are still risking so much and yet, have the advantage of staying home in their community. While its kinda similar as army, navy, or marines just that they dont have to leave their family and friends they can do this job by staying in their community. But the risk is same.
How does this career contribute to society?
This career contributes to society by helping people and encouraging others to do the same; They raise awareness about the harm of fires and run drills with children/schools on what to do, where to go and how to react. Ultimately, how to protect yourself, put out crimes. Get criminals. and protect your community from the increasing crimes in everyday life. Just so people can live safely and peacefully
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