| Police officers face many dangers in
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| | inform the appropriate authorities.
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| their jobs. Police officers are
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| | Police are often used as an emergency
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| constantly being faced with the unknown
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| | service and may provide a public safety
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| and the unpredictable. They never truly
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| | function at large gatherings, as well as
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| know the outcome of any situation they
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| | in emergencies, disasters, and search and
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| enter into. This can make policing a
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| | rescue situations. To provide a prompt
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| dangerous profession. Dangers faced by
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| | response in emergencies, the police often
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| police include death, increased risk of
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| | coordinate their operations with fire and
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| infectious diseases, and serious and
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| | emergency medical services. In many
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| minor trauma, both physical and
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| | countries there is a common emergency
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| emotional. These dangers are encountered
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| | service number that allows the police,
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| in many different situations i.e.
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| | firefighters or medical services to be
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| apprehension/arrest and investigation of
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| | summoned to an emergency.
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| criminals, conducting vehicle stops,
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| | Police are also responsible for reporting
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| investigating people and crimes,
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| | minor offences by issuing citations which
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| protecting the public from dangerous
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| | typically may result in the imposition of
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| situations or individuals, investigating
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| | fines, particularly for violations of
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| traffic accidents and witnessing the
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| | traffic law. Police sometimes involve
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| carnage that often results from those
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| | themselves in the maintenance of public
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| accidents, responding to suicides and
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| | order, even where no legal transgressions
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| directing traffic.
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| | have occurred.
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| Individuals are drawn to police work for
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| | Candidates for the police force must have
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| many reasons. Among these often include a
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| | completed some formal education.
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| desire to protect the public and social
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| | Increasing numbers of people are joining
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| order from criminals and danger; a desire
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| | the police force who possess tertiary
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| to hold a position of respect and
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| | education and in response to this many
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| authority; a disdain for or antipathy
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| | police forces have developed a
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| towards criminals and rulebreakers; the
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| | "fast-track" scheme whereby those with
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| professional challenges of the work; the
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| | university degrees spend 2-3 years as a
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| employment benefits that are provided
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| | police constable before receiving
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| with civil service jobs in many
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| | promotion to higher ranks, such as plain
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| countries; the sense of camaraderie that
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| | clothes detective. Police officers are
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| often holds among police; or a family
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| | also recruited from those with experience
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| tradition of police work or civil
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| | in the military or security services.
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| service. An important task of the
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| | Most law enforcement agencies now have
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| recruitment activity of police agencies
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| | measurable physical fitness requirements
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| in many countries is screening potential
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| | for officers. In the United States, state
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| candidates to determine the fitness of
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| | laws codify state-wide qualification
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| their character and personality for the
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| | standards regarding age, education,
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| work, often through background
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| | criminal record, and training.
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| investigations and consultation with a
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| | Police agencies are usually semi-military
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| psychologist.
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| | in organization, so that with specified
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| A police officer is a person who works
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| | experience or training qualifications
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| for a police force. It usually only
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| | officers become eligible for promotion to
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| refers to those who have been sworn in as
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| | a higher supervisory rank, such as
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| law enforcement officers, and does not
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| | sergeant. Promotion is not automatic and
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| include civilian support personnel. A
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| | usually requires the candidate to pass
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| police officer is employed in most cases
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| | some kind of examination, interview board
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| by federal, state/provincial or municipal
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| | or other selection procedure. Although
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| governments and has the responsibility
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| | promotion normally includes an increase
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| (or duty) of enforcing federal, state
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| | in salary, it also brings with it an
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| provincial laws along with municipal/city
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| | increase in responsibility and for most,
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| ordinances. They also have the
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| | an increase in administrative paperwork.
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| responsibility of keeping the public
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| | After completing a certain period of
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| peace. This is usually done by uniformed
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| | service, officers may also apply for
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| pro-active patrolling within their
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| | specialist positions, such as detective,
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| jurisdiction looking for and
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| | police dog handler, mounted police
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| investigating law breakers, and by
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| | officer, motorcycle officer, water police
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| responding to calls for service. Police
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| | officer, or firearms officer (in forces
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| officers are required to keep notes of
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| | which are not routinely armed).
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| all situations in which they take action
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| | In addition to any formal qualifications
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| and appear as witnesses during both
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| | required, potential police officers
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| criminal prosecutions and civil
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| | should have a genuine interest in working
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| litigation. One of the lesser-known but
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| | with the public and possess an inquiring
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| most time-consuming duties of officers is
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| | mind.
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| completion of documentation of activity
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| | Most all police officers work in a police
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| ("reporting").
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| | station. A police station is a building
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| It must be noted that the
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| | which serves as the headquarters of a
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| responsibilities of a police officer are
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| | police force or unit which serves a
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| extremely broad and not in any way
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| | specific district. These buildings
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| limited to the duties mentioned above.
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| | typically contain offices, various
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| Police are expected to be able to respond
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| | accommodations for their personnel and
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| in some fashion to any and all situations
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| | their vehicles (such as locker rooms and
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| that may arise while they are on duty.
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| | a maintenance garage), temporary holding
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| Also police must act as government
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| | cells, and interview/interrogation rooms.
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| officials in the cases of investigation.
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| | Alternative terms include precinct or
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| In some communities rules and procedures
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| | precinct house for regional facilities of
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| governing conduct and duties of police
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| | the New York City Police Department and
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| officers requires that they act if needed
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| | other urban police departments in the
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| even when off duty.
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| | United States, and detachment for local
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| The major role of the police is to
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| | facilities of the Royal Canadian Mounted
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| maintain order, keeping the peace through
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| | Police or division by the Toronto Police
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| enforcement of laws and societal norms.
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| | Service in Toronto, Ontario. District
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| They also function to discourage deter
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| | offices are used by the California
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| and investigate crimes, with particular
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| | Highway Patrol, and substations are used
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| emphases on crime against persons or
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| | by county sheriff forces with more than
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| property and the maintenance of public
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| | one facility. A police precinct is a form
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| order, and if able to apprehend suspected
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| | of division of a geographical area
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| perpetrator(s), to detain them, and
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| | patrolled by a police force.
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