How to Become a Police Officer

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10/30/07
BASIC ACADEMY 24

BASIC ACADEMY ASSIGNMENT

AS A POLICE OFFICER YOU WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND PREPARE YOUR SELF THROUGH OUT YOUR CAREER. ONE UNQUIE ASPECT OF BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THAT EVERYDAY IS DIFFERENT AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, SO KEEPING YOUR SELF EDUCATED AND PREPARED FOR ANY SITUATION IS WHAT WILL KEEP YOU SAFE.

WHEN I DECIDED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER, I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN PREPARING MY SELF FOR A CAREER THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THEN ANY OTHER CAREER. I HAVE KEPT MY SELF IN GOOD SHAPE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. I CONSISTANTLY RUN AND WEIGHT TRAIN. I HAVE ALSO CHANGED MY DIET, KNOWING THAT AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER YOU WORK TEN HOUR SHIFTS OR LONGER. TO KEEP AWAKE AND ALERT YOU NEED TO HAVE A HEALTHY BALANCE OF FOODS. I HAVE ALSO RESEARCHED WHAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S DUTIES CAN ENTITLE AND WHAT DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS YOU CAN GO DOWN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. I HAVE ALSO LOOKED INTO DIFFERENT CITIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ID BE INTERESTED IN WORKING.   I DO NOT WANT TO PUT IN HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS; I WANT TO FIND COMMUNITIES THAT I WOULD ENJOY WORKING AT OR THAT NEED POLICE OFFICERS. THOUGH I FEEL WELL PREPARED TO START A CAREER AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE FOR ME TO LEARN AND IN THIS CAREER YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING.

WHAT QUALITIES DO I NEED TO WORK ON, BEFORE I BECOME A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER? I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH QUALITIES I BELIEVE I HAVE, BUT THAT CAN ALWAYS USE IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. PATIENCE, THOUGH I CONSIDER MY SELF A PATIENT PERSON, THE THINGS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THEN ANYTHING I HAVE SEEN. SO I BELIEVE THAT I COULD WORK ON MY PATIENCE AND REALIZE THAT I AM GOING TO BE DEALING WITH EVERY KIND OF PERSON AND EVERY KIND OF STRANGE SITUATION. THINGS WILL NOT ALWAYS GO THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO, AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND YOU HAVE TO BE...