Choosing to a police officer for a career has pros and cons that come along with it. Although it does not necessarily take a college degree to do, it is a career that should be taken serious as one. What exactly a police officer does is to protect and serve the community. What that means exactly is protecting lives, property, and the safety of the people in the officer’s jurisdiction. Important key pieces to being a good police officer are having better than average people skills. Being able to listen to others and problem solve is very important. Not interrupting people, asking good questions, and finding the best and easiest way for everyone to win are important skills an officer must have to be successful. The annual pay for having a police
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https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/security-protective-officer.html (March 17, 2015) I believe that number will fluctuate based on experience, education, overall how well an officer a person is. The full performance pay is $76,149 a year, https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/security-protective-officer.html (March 17, 2015) which means having multiple years worked and those years being productive years a person could earn up to that amount. The Midwest is very average for pay over the United States as a whole. The minimum educational requirement to be a police officer is a high school diploma. Though having an associate’s or bachelor’s degree will help greatly when career searching and it also will help when getting promoted which means getting raises in pay faster and easier. It is very important to have a good positive personality when being a police officer. People look to police officer when in need of dire assistance and will often times be very hostile or not in clearest thoughts so showing leadership and being very dependable is important. Having self-control will …show more content…
The work environment a police officer will encounter in their time on the job can be very different. Working in the field helping people in life crisis all the way to a desk doing paper work. Both parts of the job are important in their own ways. Being a police officer can be very stressful and can be very dangerous. Every day on the job in the field has potential risk for death. Tons of risk when dealing with certain aspects of dealing with people in the community. One of the highest risk of injury, death and illness of all careers is a police officer. The search for a police officer career in the United States isn’t the hardest to find but it certainly isn’t the easiest. The growth of police officers fluctuates across the United States but is for the most part an average availability compared to most other careers. Considering the educational requirements the career of a police officer is easier than most but certainly is not for everyone with a high school diploma. It takes social skills, leadership skills, a knowing of the dangers involved with stepping into the field every day, and most important a caring way of life. The community looks towards police to help them when in need. Solving domestic disputes is often a part of the job. Another very important part of being a police officer is being able to enforce the laws set by the state and United States. Although the career for the most
https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/security-protective-officer.html (March 17, 2015) I believe that number will fluctuate based on experience, education, overall how well an officer a person is. The full performance pay is $76,149 a year, https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/security-protective-officer.html (March 17, 2015) which means having multiple years worked and those years being productive years a person could earn up to that amount. The Midwest is very average for pay over the United States as a whole. The minimum educational requirement to be a police officer is a high school diploma. Though having an associate’s or bachelor’s degree will help greatly when career searching and it also will help when getting promoted which means getting raises in pay faster and easier. It is very important to have a good positive personality when being a police officer. People look to police officer when in need of dire assistance and will often times be very hostile or not in clearest thoughts so showing leadership and being very dependable is important. Having self-control will …show more content…
The work environment a police officer will encounter in their time on the job can be very different. Working in the field helping people in life crisis all the way to a desk doing paper work. Both parts of the job are important in their own ways. Being a police officer can be very stressful and can be very dangerous. Every day on the job in the field has potential risk for death. Tons of risk when dealing with certain aspects of dealing with people in the community. One of the highest risk of injury, death and illness of all careers is a police officer. The search for a police officer career in the United States isn’t the hardest to find but it certainly isn’t the easiest. The growth of police officers fluctuates across the United States but is for the most part an average availability compared to most other careers. Considering the educational requirements the career of a police officer is easier than most but certainly is not for everyone with a high school diploma. It takes social skills, leadership skills, a knowing of the dangers involved with stepping into the field every day, and most important a caring way of life. The community looks towards police to help them when in need. Solving domestic disputes is often a part of the job. Another very important part of being a police officer is being able to enforce the laws set by the state and United States. Although the career for the most