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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A Police Officer Education: Police officers must have a minimum of a high school education‚ or its equivalent‚ and larger departments may require one or two years of college. Federal and State agencies typically require a college degree. Since civil service regulations govern the appointment of police in most jurisdictions‚ officers must pass a civil service examination. Officers usually undergo a variety of testing including a physical
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Police officers are born‚ not made. Discuss There are several different types of police officers‚ such as the new PCSOs (Police Community Support Officers) were introduced by English and Welsh Police Forces in 2002. PCSOs are civilians who are allowed to exercise limited police powers. Their introduction was quite controversial and met with opposition by the Police Federation‚ the organisation which represents police officers. As well as the more traditional Police roles. The policing of the
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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 officers play a very important part in society today. They patrol the streets of your town to make the people of that town as safe as possible. Without them there would be a lot of crime going on. They make everything safer because that is their job and that is what there trained to do. To become a police officer today you need to have to complete a certain amount of tasks. First‚ you have to be a United States citizen. Next‚ he or she must have to have graduated high school
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Unprofessional Police Officers and Corruption Within The Police Force In the Internet I have found an interesting web-site “Bad Cop‚ No Donut”. This is a “weekly wrap-up of North American police brutality‚ misconduct and corruption”. In other words there are plenty examples of unprofessional police officers. Here I found three situations to analyze. The first situation is described in the article “Woman dies after being struck by police officer during shootout”‚ In general it looks like a
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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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Officers’ Important Skills I feel that one of the most important skill that a police officer should have is good observation skills. It is important that law enforcement officers have good observation skills because they are essential in an investigation‚ every day duties‚ encounters with criminals and the determination of a situation. According to Dahl (2002) enforcing a law could not work if it was not for perception. Its entirety structure is based on perception. Infringement of the law are watched
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The job of a police officer requires them to put their lives at risk to protect others and the threat seems to end when the uniform is off. Does the threat really end for officers of color? Eric Adams opens a small window into his world as a colored officer with his article‚ “The Thin Blue Line Between Us.” Though he takes his job seriously and upholds his badge with honor‚ he is aware that not all police actions are for the best. He recognizes the brokenness of the system that he must fight against
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