Problems Police Officers Face Cierra Stewart Everest University Online Introduction to Criminal Justice James Loughlin May 22nd‚ 2013 ABSTRACT Today being a police officer is more than just chasing a bad guy on a high speed chase or making an arrest. Many police officers deal with job stress which causes things to go wrong in their personal life. Many departments have come to terms with this and now offer help to those who need it. Officers and departments are also dealing with corruption
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The Effects of Stress on a Police Officer Police Officers are stressed by allot of things on a daily basis to include loss of family time‚ fellow officers‚ irregular sleeping schedules‚ and citizen conflict. According to the Nebraska Department of Veterans ’ Affairs (2007)‚ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events. Stress behaviors include recurrent recollections of the event‚ Emotional distancing
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as to why people become police officers. An individual’s motivational reason for wanting to become a police officer does not really differ from person to person. According to a survey given to male and female officers asking what drove them towards a career in law enforcement‚ they all had similar responses. The majority of the answers these officers gave were the ability to help people‚ fight crime‚ have and exciting job‚ and job security. Contrary to belief‚ officers have little or no interest
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A police officer regardless of the crime that is being investigated or whoever we are dealing with has ethical considerations‚ that I believe are realistic and should be followed. A police officer must obey the law‚ act in a professional manner at all times and never use the authority we have to intimidate or demean others. (Hall‚ 2015). Regardless of the crime or person you are dealing with‚ everyone is expected to be treated fairly. A defendant has the same rights as a police officer. We are
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Occupation description 1 A - With being a police patrol officer there are many responsibilities and tasks that I will have to be able to do in order to do that job correctly. One of the main responsibilities is to keep the public safe. I would also need to pursue‚and maybe even arrest anyone that tries to harm the public in anyway. After I pursue someone and and am done with them I would always need to fill out the correct paperwork for what they did. ( “ Task List” 1 ). I think that these are
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A police officer accused of police brutality‚ struggles with his professional and personal life. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: MICHAEL O’DONNELL (40’s)‚ is a former military soldier and is now a veteran police officer with the New York Police Department. O’Donnell and his partner‚ MITCH WILLIAMS (40’s‚ Black) patrol the streets. They both believe in justice and protecting their community. They are best friends. William’s wife‚ SANDY‚ is expecting a baby. When a 9-year-old girl is shot in the chest and the
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public officers in disciplined service‚ we need high level of integrity at all time. When we are going to make decision we should think of ourselves were on-duty for 24 hours. However‚ that police officer obviously didn¡¦t carry such mindset. He made several fraudulent invoices to defraud his supervisor in 2001. And in 2003‚ he offered to sale his police warrant card‚ which constitute theft. Both charges show that this officer lacks the alertness and awareness of his identity of being a police officer
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Dilemma of a Police Officer Professions are guided by codes of ethics to aid them in performance of their duties and to ensure maintenance of high standards of conduct. Police officers are faced with a maze of obligations in the performance of their official duties. The “Law Enforcement Code of Ethics” and “Canons of Police Ethics” were created to make explicit the conduct considered appropriate for police officers and to guide them in the performance of their duties. Although police have these guides
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Any time an officer makes an arrest or conducts an investigation‚ he or she has to go by a protocol. A police officer takes an oath upon graduation as to his or her expectation. The Ethical Considerations are laid out realistically and in perfect order as to where anywhere can under the meaning of each. Not only should the Police Ethics reviewed periodically‚ but they should be on display where anyone can see that they are standardized (National Criminal Justice Reference Service‚ n.d.). The ethical
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POLICE OFFICER TRAINING CURRICULUM The curriculum that is devised for a police officer is very important to the police officer and his or her success in their chosen career path. An officer’s training is also very important to the community in which they serve and the department in which they work. An officer must receive training in a variety of fields to help them be a well-rounded police officer. Officers receive training in such areas as: law‚ community relations‚ firearms‚ vehicle driving
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