| A police officer's world is populated by unsavory | | | | adaptable, police officers see their work as an |
| characters, regulated by laws, regulations and | | | | on-going professional and personal challenge, to be |
| policies, and powered by spikes of adrenalin. A | | | | met with gusto and initiative. This life approach |
| police officer's life is a balance between work and | | | | integrates deeply, making them keen competitors, |
| home, like every working person, but an officer's | | | | able teammates and steadfast friends. |
| work is more than just their job-it is also who | | | | Innovative and insightful, police officers develop |
| they are. | | | | uniquely personalized coping techniques to manage |
| The uniform, badge and gear may come off | | | | the rigors of police work, keeping goals attainable |
| when an officer reaches home, but the authority, | | | | and rewards self-defined. Establishing a solid |
| sense of duty and commitment to community | | | | personal identity that translates smoothly from 'on |
| can never be laid aside. The training and dedication | | | | their beat 'to' in their home is all-important to an |
| every officer carries with them is, and must be, | | | | officer-enabling the core of their personality to |
| ready to be put into action at a moment's | | | | remain strong for the demands of their duties and |
| notice-whether the officer is on duty or at home | | | | for the needs of their loved ones. |
| sipping a cool drink and grilling steaks. | | | | Punishing, brutal and raw, the events officers are |
| Police officers operate in black and white, good | | | | required to control and resolve define a human |
| and bad parameters-a necessary environment for | | | | reality whose existence is not lessened because |
| their exacting duties. Enforcing laws and abiding by | | | | an officer goes off duty. Knowing that their daily |
| regulations leaves no room for errors, yet every | | | | battle is but one step in a continuing war, officers |
| officer is asked to find the pinpoint balance of | | | | believe that their battle is just and honorable-and |
| judgment that enforces exactly, but also | | | | worth returning to. |
| addresses the greatest good. Officers' mental and | | | | Perils abound in the life of a police officer, yet |
| physical resources are finite, but their desire to | | | | those that make the choice to enforce the law |
| achieve is infinite. This desire transforms stressors | | | | accept those perils and perceive them as an |
| that would disable many into opportunities to | | | | opportunity for courage; and an opportunity for |
| excel. | | | | courage defines life behind a badge. |
| Quick-thinking, tremendously controlled and highly | | | | |