Police officer

Being a College campus police officers has its benefits. College is a different world and is a step closer to a dream job. Everyday parents send their kids off to college and worry, not knowing whether their kids are eating properly, not knowing whether they are sleeping properly, and not knowing if they are safe. College kids already have their hands tied with learning and making the grade, they should not have to worry about protection. In a way, college is like high school because you have to…

Police Officer Jones was working a foot patrol shift during the evening hours in a high crime area at approximately 0200 hrs. He was approached by a civilian who informed him that she had been robbed in beaten by a male subject who was described as wearing a red shirt and white pants. The reporting party had a severe laceration to her head and lip, her shirt was soaked with blood. The reporting party described the suspect as wearing a ski mask and she was unable to determine the gender, sex,…

The article which will be reviewed was published in 2017 by O’Neill with the title Police Community Support Officers: A Dramaturgical Analysis, and it can be found in volume 27 of the journal Policing and Society. The author research revolves around the role of police community support officers (PCSOs), their daily activities and their relationship with other co-workers, especially with police constables (PCs). The analysis is achieved through the qualitative methods of observation and in-depth…

Police officers are their to assist the public. They are there to help if someone is lost or is hurt. Police Officers have to be there when people are in need. They have a lot of different duties that have to do on a daily bases. After researching the career of a police officer, I have decided to pursue this career. Concerning typical daily tasks, police officers are required to do many things. Cops main requirement is public safety. For example, they have to watch for people breaking the…

Have you ever had an encounter with an officer? Have you ever considered your race being a factor of the treatment you received? In today’s society, as a young black man, I have to be extremely careful any and everywhere I go. Specifically, around police officers, I learned this a few weeks ago when I encountered my first experience with the law. Many things could have gone wrong, but they did not because I prevented them. It made me realize that there are lots of ways to prevent unwanted…

Since police officers have large amounts of discretion, they are held accountable for the actions that they do. For example, a Manitoba officer of the royal Canadian mounted police was charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Steven Campbell (Taylor, 2017, p.1). “Const. Abram Letkeman was also charged with criminal negligence causing death, reckless discharge of a firearm, criminal negligence causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.” (Taylor,2017, p.1). Various…

Police officers have more powers than the average citizen; they have the power to arrest, seize property, and use deadly force. Many officers have abused these powers, and when they do, you would think they would be fired and prosecuted, right? Wrong. In most of these cases, officers have only been suspended or given probation, this seems like a minor punishment for such an unjustifiable crime. Police officers have gotten above the law and are now able to abuse their powers as they wish. When…

The situation of police officer Jones shooting has raised disturbing questions about his situational judgment with the investigative process, the total use of force, in additional the searching of the suspect. The questions arise when if ever, police officers are justified in using deadly force in an investigated stop. Officers Jones use of unjustified deadly/lethal force may simply symbolize unjustifiable violence. How does the constitution requirement apply to when a police officer is or…

My goal was to find a police officer who was willing to take me on a ride along and be ready to answer any questions I had about the portable body worn video/audio recorders the department recently purchased for the police officers to wear, as well as some questions about his personal life, previous education and his current job. The Onset I contacted the Petaluma Police Department which is my hometown located approximately 100 miles north of Sacramento. I had mentioned to them about wanting…

where my plan is to become a police officer. To become a police officer, an applicant must have a minimum of a high school education as well as be at least twenty-one years of age. Some policing agencies are now requiring applicants to acquire some college courses related to criminal justice to begin working in the law enforcement field. Many applicants acquire the…