| Police work is the forced evolution of
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| | adrenalin-induced action.
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| your perceptions of the human condition.
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| | The toll of maintaining this level of
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| Every moral code, belief and preconceived
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| | awareness can be staggering to officers,
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| deal of socially appropriate behavior
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| | but with experience comes an ability to
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| will be assaulted, shaken and taken to
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| | balance perspectives and accept the
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| the turf in a law enforcement career.
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| | realities encountered.
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| Police work rattles your adrenalin cage,
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| | Police work is a daily parade of people
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| slaps you in the face with raw reality
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| | in crisis. And every crisis is unique to
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| and gives you 3 seconds to make rational,
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| | the people involved, but may be based on
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| informed-possibly
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| | a conflict common to many. One shift may
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| life-or-death-decisions.
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| | include a dozen domestic disturbances,
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| Imagine this: your work day is punctuated
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| | all caused by families in crisis, but all
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| by having 20 tons of water dropped on
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| | unique due to the different individuals
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| you-sometimes someone, or your intuition,
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| | involved.
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| shouts a warning, sometimes not. The
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| | Experienced police officers accept that
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| water is a threat to you, to those around
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| | every person encounters times of crisis
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| you and to your fellow officers. It is
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| | in their lives and that most people are
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| inevitable and inescapable. You must deal
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| | not accustomed to crisis and don't react
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| with it every day-every time it happens.
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| | well to it. Emotions can be excessive,
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| So...do you train to become strong enough
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| | responses out of character and judgments
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| to drop to the ground and endure the
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| | impaired. The police officer becomes the
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| water's onslaught? Do you train to become
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| | critical incident expert during those
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| agile enough to leap out of harms way?
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| | times of crisis. Their uniform, badge,
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| Or, do you train yourself to become an
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| | weapons and vehicle are tools that
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| arrow that pierces the water, splitting
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| | reinforce this role, but their demeanor
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| and deflecting its' power, while you
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| | and actions establish their authority as
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| remain steadfast and totally aware of
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| | a welcome reality within the unreality of
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| it-even while surrounded by its'
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| | the critical incident.
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| potentially lethal torrent?
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| | Officers are expected to know all the
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| If your only need is to survive the
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| | rules; render fair, impartial judgments;
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| deluge and continue on, any of these
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| | rebuild realities and read minds. While
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| training options might be acceptable. But
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| | others scream in agony, reel in horror or
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| what if self-preservation was only
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| | become enraged-the officer must take
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| conditional? What if every work day
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| | actions that protect all, enforce the law
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| centered on waiting for, and being
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| | and resolve chaos. Regardless of personal
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| prepared for, the water?
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| | injury or threat to life and limb, police
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| Waiting for, anticipating and reacting to
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| | officers are expected to perform their
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| the water.
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| | duties professionally and without
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| Ever ready, ever alert, ever prepared.
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| | hesitation.
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| Police work demands being prepared to
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| | The tragedy and human suffering that
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| act-and that demand creates tremendous
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| | touch an officers' life takes a special
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| anticipation of action. You watch, you
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| | fortitude of spirit and mind to keep that
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| wait, you review action options. You
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| | touch from creating wounds in personal
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| listen, learn and wait some more. And
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| | realities and personalities. In times of
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| eventually you see that anticipation of
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| | trial, the camaraderie borne of this
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| action has to be controlled, regulated
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| | specialty fuses to become a bond that
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| and educated-so it becomes a finely tuned
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| | brings officers, and balance, back-safe
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| and accurate trigger for
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| | in body and sound of mind.
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