The police are in charge of different organization and operations to ensure less crime in the world. Their job in society is critical in the criminal justice system, protection of people and their property, and maintaining crime “The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only …show more content…
Law enforcement need intelligence to make sure they are doing their job right, use of force if suspect refuse arrest or if feel they life are in danger, use weapons if they feel threatened or if they see any type of weapon in their presents, and them duties can put a strand on the officer. Law enforcement agency need technology to find suspects and see if they have arrest warrants in other states. Policing is the most dangerous of all the occupations because they risk their lives to safe victims and they put the victim live first before themselves. The number of officers killed or injured in line of duty is increasing because some people don’t believe officer are the survivors they feel officers use their badges to bully people around. The tasks performed by police expose them to dangerous humans. They constantly respond to dangerous situations such as robberies in progress, people shooting each other or fighting. They face confrontation from law breakers or people who are mentally ill or emotionally disturbed and that cause for confrontation between the …show more content…
Policing involves rescue of injured people in scenes of car accidents, altercation, or getting shot. There is a number of people in the world with HIV/AIDS. The police expose themselves to risks of exposure to such diseases when handling the injured people when they come into contact with their blood or wounds and it come a major problem being a police officer, and they can face the risk of contamination from poisonous chemicals, the risk occurs when they have to arrest people in labs who are making cocaine or heroin or any kind of drugs. Policing expose officers to intense stress, such stress cause alcoholism, divorce and suicide. This indicator of stress points out that policing is stressful because long hours of the day, victims not cooperating with them, and every time on the job they might not come home. Stress can lead to insomnia, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, increase in levels of cortisol hormones, posttraumatic stress disorder among the police than in the general