Stressful job, often do shift work so may have trouble meeting up with friends who work "normal hours", may get abused, injured or killed doing your duty as a police officer. Often are first on the scene at accidents, incidents, suicides and other emergencies and have to act calmly when others around you are highly stressed.
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You got the same powers as a police officer, If you looking on becoming a full time police officer being a special constable helps because you already part of the police force
a sheriff, body guard, or a security officer(:
The penalties for assaulting a police officer will vary from state to state, but often involve being shot by the police.
The single most important thing about being a police officer, ...Go home at the end of every shift.
If being a police officer is what you want to do with your life, then having job satisfaction will of course improve your over-all sense of pleasure in life. However, there are no special mental or physical benefits of being a police officer over any other profession.
If you want to fight for your right.
police officers get paid anything from 19k to 55k a year. (:
Just,like anyone else. Being a police officer is a job. Not who a person is.
Yes, being a police officer is considered a government job because police officers are employed by government agencies, such as local police departments or state law enforcement agencies, to enforce laws and maintain public safety.
being gay
As a police officer, your going to be dealing with mostly the negative aspects of the community in which you work(thats not to say you wont deal with good things either). Anything you can think of - is what you will be dealing with. If you've ever watched Cops, you have a very small idea of the things to come..... Hope that helps?