Careers On A City Police Force - Patrol Officer [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Editors, Institute For Career Research Contributing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupations.

Local Subjects:

Occupations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Institute For Career Research, 2007.

Summary:

Police officers constantly go on patrol, 24 hours a day in most cities, to make sure that people who are thinking about committing crimes know that they will be caught and punished if they do. This is known as "showing the flag,"or telling the bad guys who's the real boss in the neighborhood. This is also the backbone of policing technique. Cops look for trouble and hope they don't find it. Make no mistake – cops are not universally loved. Certainly they are despised by criminals, but they are also thought of by many law-abiding folks as agents of oppression. Most such claims have little valid

Contents:

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW; HISTORY OF THE CAREER; WHERE POLICE WORK; THE WORK POLICE DO; Patrol Officers; POLICE OFFICERS TELL ABOUT THEIR WORK; I Am a Patrol Officer for a Large Police Depart ment; I Am a Detective at a Suburban Depart ment; I Am the Chief of a Medium-Sized Police De part ment; I Am a Juvenile Officer; PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS; ATTRACTIVE FEATURES; UNATTRACTIVE FEATURES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; EARNINGS; OPPORTUNITIES; GETTING STARTED;

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4237-9950-X

1-58511-672-6

OCLC:

171563108