Do Police Officers Matter
olice work is the forced enough to drop to the ground and evolution of your endure the water's onslaught? Do perceptions of the human you train to become agile enough condition. Every moral code, to leap out of harms way? belief and preconceived deal of socially appropriate behavior Or, do you train yourself to will be assaulted, shaken and become an arrow that pierces the taken to the turf in a law water, splitting and deflecting enforcement career. its' power, while you remain steadfast and totally aware of Police work rattles your it—even while surrounded by its' adrenalin cage, slaps you in the potentially lethal torrent? face with raw reality and gives you 3 seconds to make rational, If your only need is to survive informed—possibly the deluge and continue on, any life-or-death—decisions. of these training options might be acceptable. But what if Imagine this: your work day is self-preservation was only punctuated by having 20 tons of conditional? What if every work water dropped on you—sometimes day centered on waiting for, and someone, or your intuition, being prepared for, the water? shouts a warning, sometimes not. The water is a threat to you, to Waiting for, anticipating and those around you and to your reacting to the water. fellow officers. It is inevitable and inescapable. You must deal Ever ready, ever alert, ever with it every day—every time it prepared. happens. Police work demands being So…do you train to become strong prepared to act—and that demand
creates tremendous anticipation encounters times of crisis in of action. You watch, you wait, their lives and that most people you review action options. You are not accustomed to crisis and listen, learn and wait some more. don't react well to it. Emotions And eventually you see that can be excessive, responses out anticipation of action has to be of character and judgments controlled, regulated and impaired. The police officer educated—so it becomes a finely becomes the critical incident tuned and accurate trigger for expert during those times of adrenalin-induced action. crisis. Their uniform, badge, weapons and vehicle are tools The toll of maintaining this that reinforce this role, but level of awareness can be their demeanor and actions staggering to officers, but with establish their authority as a experience comes an ability to welcome reality within the balance perspectives and accept unreality of the critical the realities encountered. incident. Police work is a daily parade of people in crisis. And every Officers are expected to know all crisis is unique to the people the rules; render fair, impartial involved, but may be based on a judgments; rebuild realities and conflict common to many. One read minds. While others scream shift may include a dozen in agony, reel in horror or domestic disturbances, all caused become enraged—the officer must by families in crisis, but all take actions that protect all, unique due to the different enforce the law and resolve individuals involved. chaos. Regardless of personal injury or threat to life and Experienced police officers limb, police officers are accept that every person expected to perform their duties
professionally and without personal realities and hesitation. personalities. In times of trial, the camaraderie borne of this The tragedy and human suffering specialty fuses to become a bond that touch an officers' life that brings officers, and takes a special fortitude of balance, back—safe in body and spirit and mind to keep that sound of mind. touch from creating wounds in
About the Author:
Sgt. George Godoy retired from police work after 22 years. He was assigned to police recruitment for 5 years and was specifically involved in the police hiring process. He is founder of: http://www.PoliceExam911.com
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