1. Fear that extremists groups who target law enforcement officers will come after me.
I am always ready to shoot at any moment because I want to be the one that goes home to my family in the event of gun fight.
2. Fear that entering into houses to execute arrest warrant, respond to dispute call, or even arrest suspect may turn out to be fatal.
When you make a forceful entry into a house to arrest someone, you may be killed or even accidentally shot the wrong person.
3. Increase scrutiny and public disenchantment against law enforcement officers, especially on the media.
Whenever you turn on the news, and there is incident of police shooting, most analysts will immediately blame the officer for the incident without first getting the totality of the facts.
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I always feels like I don’t get enough rest I needed and I am always stressed out.
5. Working in special unit with few officers assigned:
Most often, I stayed late at work processing cases for more than 16hours. I don’t have enough time with my family and friends. Management refused to hire more people to help out in the unit because of financial cutback from the county government. I am always feel tired and stressed out.
6. Taking my gun home every day:
Responsibility of being law enforcement officer increases my stress. I have little kids at home and taking my gun home every day makes me nervous. I always fear that one day I may loss control of my gun kids will pick it up and shoot someone. Also, every day I put on my gun belt to go to work, my stress level goes up.
7. Patrolling the street on police cruiser:
Some of the street assigned to me on daily basis is criminal and “gang-infested” streets which make it dangerous to patrol on especially at night. I always think within my mind that I may be killed on the job during patrol.
8. Pressure to perform on the
I am always ready to shoot at any moment because I want to be the one that goes home to my family in the event of gun fight.
2. Fear that entering into houses to execute arrest warrant, respond to dispute call, or even arrest suspect may turn out to be fatal.
When you make a forceful entry into a house to arrest someone, you may be killed or even accidentally shot the wrong person.
3. Increase scrutiny and public disenchantment against law enforcement officers, especially on the media.
Whenever you turn on the news, and there is incident of police shooting, most analysts will immediately blame the officer for the incident without first getting the totality of the facts.
4. Juggling between work …show more content…
I always feels like I don’t get enough rest I needed and I am always stressed out.
5. Working in special unit with few officers assigned:
Most often, I stayed late at work processing cases for more than 16hours. I don’t have enough time with my family and friends. Management refused to hire more people to help out in the unit because of financial cutback from the county government. I am always feel tired and stressed out.
6. Taking my gun home every day:
Responsibility of being law enforcement officer increases my stress. I have little kids at home and taking my gun home every day makes me nervous. I always fear that one day I may loss control of my gun kids will pick it up and shoot someone. Also, every day I put on my gun belt to go to work, my stress level goes up.
7. Patrolling the street on police cruiser:
Some of the street assigned to me on daily basis is criminal and “gang-infested” streets which make it dangerous to patrol on especially at night. I always think within my mind that I may be killed on the job during patrol.
8. Pressure to perform on the