Demeanor Police Officer
Demeanor: Police Officers
April Galvan-Usher
CJRS 210
Professor Carlo
July 28, 2013
Police officers all over the United States of America have to have specific sets of skills that will assist them in completing their duties daily. There are no specific traits that all officers must possess as different skill levels is what helps a group of people, not only police officers, at being a successful group. If all groups of people had the same types of skills, the group will not be effective and there would be deficiencies. Sticking to our specific field of policing, demeanor is very important. The definition of demeanor as defined by Webster’s is as follows: “behavior towards others: outward manner.” (Demeanor, 2013)
Command of Temper …show more content…
There is no qualification more indispensable to a Police Officer than a perfect command of temper, never suffering himself to be moved in the slightest degree, by any language or threats that may be used; if he does his duty in a quiet and determined manner, such conduct will probably induce well-disposed by-standers to assist him should he require it. (Quoted in Skolnick and Fyfe 1993: 70). (Chapter 2: Ethics and the Police). A police officer must possess the skill of self-control mentally, emotionally, and physically. A police officer must not allow his emotion to get the best of him/her in a situation where he/she is called to diffuse it. If you have a police officer that cannot control himself in these areas, this can cause the situation to worsen and cause him/her and/or others harm or …show more content…
They are trained in criminal law, self-defense, weapons training, communication skills, amongst other training courses. You must have a broad area to teach, train, and develop your cadets in order to have a successful police force. They need criminal law training because they are going to be dealing with crime and they must understand when an action has become a crime. Self-defense will be trained because there will be situations that surface where they will need to know how to defend themselves against and individual and/or groups of people. Weapon training is required before they are given the weapons due to the increased responsibility in carrying them as well as when to use them and how. Communication skills will be developed because if they are working as a police force, they will have to have effective communication skills to work as a team to fight
April Galvan-Usher
CJRS 210
Professor Carlo
July 28, 2013
Police officers all over the United States of America have to have specific sets of skills that will assist them in completing their duties daily. There are no specific traits that all officers must possess as different skill levels is what helps a group of people, not only police officers, at being a successful group. If all groups of people had the same types of skills, the group will not be effective and there would be deficiencies. Sticking to our specific field of policing, demeanor is very important. The definition of demeanor as defined by Webster’s is as follows: “behavior towards others: outward manner.” (Demeanor, 2013)
Command of Temper …show more content…
There is no qualification more indispensable to a Police Officer than a perfect command of temper, never suffering himself to be moved in the slightest degree, by any language or threats that may be used; if he does his duty in a quiet and determined manner, such conduct will probably induce well-disposed by-standers to assist him should he require it. (Quoted in Skolnick and Fyfe 1993: 70). (Chapter 2: Ethics and the Police). A police officer must possess the skill of self-control mentally, emotionally, and physically. A police officer must not allow his emotion to get the best of him/her in a situation where he/she is called to diffuse it. If you have a police officer that cannot control himself in these areas, this can cause the situation to worsen and cause him/her and/or others harm or …show more content…
They are trained in criminal law, self-defense, weapons training, communication skills, amongst other training courses. You must have a broad area to teach, train, and develop your cadets in order to have a successful police force. They need criminal law training because they are going to be dealing with crime and they must understand when an action has become a crime. Self-defense will be trained because there will be situations that surface where they will need to know how to defend themselves against and individual and/or groups of people. Weapon training is required before they are given the weapons due to the increased responsibility in carrying them as well as when to use them and how. Communication skills will be developed because if they are working as a police force, they will have to have effective communication skills to work as a team to fight