Police Officer Training

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When a cadet is accepted into the police academy, it indicates the beginning of an all-encompassing and extremely intensified training program. In such program, the cadet will learn the fundamentals of his/her new role and obtain the basic proficiencies mandated to perform the job of a patrol officer. However, transferring these learned fundamentals in the field can prove to be a difficult undertaking (Caro, 2011).
Within law enforcement, the concept of the “warrior” is a commonly acknowledged term in which refers to the officers mindset. Current policing has meticulously adapted the warrior mentality, now officers are taught early on to establish a “warrior attitude.” (Stoughton, 2015). An officer being referred to as a police warrior instils …show more content…

Police are skilled in using their presence as a tool to command authority. Once the officer dons the uniform and specialized equipment, the officer will be transformed into the ultimate power. The squad car, uniform, badge, gun, body armor, and even the belt are powerful symbols of their authority (Wetendorf & Sadusky, 2004). As he does on the street, the officer’s mere presence in his uniform in his initiating stance, hand on his weapon, is the beginning of the intimidation process. He will follow this by giving “the look” which signifies that he is capable of watching her, he confirms this by showing up at random times and or locations (Wetendorf & Sadusky, …show more content…

The resources at his disposal includes: local, state and national databases, as well as motor vehicle records and telephone records. The officer can obtain maiden names, aliases, driving records, addresses, social security numbers, credit reports, and criminal history (Wetendorf & Sadusky, 2004). On a personal level, the officer can use these resources to his advantage. He can run the plate of a woman to learn her address, and or marital status, or he can use the same tactic to discover the identity of someone visiting his ex-wife or girlfriend, and lastly he can use these resources to locate an ex after she has left

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