Ethic Decision 3

19. Police Officers are depicted as public servants or crime fighters.

What role do police officers have in society? Discuss in your opinion, which practice (public servant or crime fighter), applies to where you live and explain why. Please give examples.

A police officer is tasked to ensure law and order within their locality by protecting the population as well as their possessions, stopping crime, decreasing the fear of criminals and improving everyone’s living conditions. They do this by obeying the law. A police officer’s responsibilities also include conducting investigations into crimes and arresting the perpetrators. Indeed, that’s typically what people imagine as they imagine police (Piccirillo and others. 2022). A significant portion of the job of a police officer is to be on patrol and attend to routine instances like fender benders, in order to stop criminality. Being visible in the community makes residents aware that there’s a police presence around which could discourage criminals from engaging in crimes (Chenane Wright and Chenane 2021). Police officers assist in moments of crisis in responding to crisis situations. Assisting the community addition to their other duties police officers are required to help the communities they are a part of. Cont…