Police officers play a pivotal role in maintaining safety and welfare at all levels of government and across the nation. Being a police officer is about helping people and about enforcing laws and apprehending criminals. Crime fighting is an essential role of law enforcement, it is not the most prevalent, and in the view of many, not the most important. Dangers of the job are real, and police officers are expertly trained to respond to any situation, the heart of policing lies in daily interactions with citizens. Police officers are members of the public service industry in America and in other country, they receive special training, face dangerous challenges, and are important public service members.
Police officers face danger every day. Many police officers are over-worked and …show more content…
Many police officers today suffer from PTSD which stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (McGhee 2014). PTSD is commonly ignored in law enforcement so many officers do not talk about it. Officers have a hard time coming forward and admitting that they have a problem they have an attitude that they can handle the problem without seeking any type of professional help (McGhee 2014). Many officers commit suicide inside their homes. In 2012 there were one hundred and twenty-six reported cases of officers who had committed suicide. The average age of officer in 2012 was 42 years old at time of suicide, ninety-one percent were male and had been on the force for about fifteen to nineteen years (Bond 2014). In Colorado's recent legislative session, some lawmakers considered a bill that would provide workers' compensation for law enforcement officers who have develop work-related PTSD (McGhee 2014). Research has showed that “suicide is not openly discussed in police culture because officers view police suicide as dishonorable to the profession” (Bond 2014). Officers face danger internally and
Police officers face danger every day. Many police officers are over-worked and …show more content…
Many police officers today suffer from PTSD which stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (McGhee 2014). PTSD is commonly ignored in law enforcement so many officers do not talk about it. Officers have a hard time coming forward and admitting that they have a problem they have an attitude that they can handle the problem without seeking any type of professional help (McGhee 2014). Many officers commit suicide inside their homes. In 2012 there were one hundred and twenty-six reported cases of officers who had committed suicide. The average age of officer in 2012 was 42 years old at time of suicide, ninety-one percent were male and had been on the force for about fifteen to nineteen years (Bond 2014). In Colorado's recent legislative session, some lawmakers considered a bill that would provide workers' compensation for law enforcement officers who have develop work-related PTSD (McGhee 2014). Research has showed that “suicide is not openly discussed in police culture because officers view police suicide as dishonorable to the profession” (Bond 2014). Officers face danger internally and