{"id":3752,"date":"2020-11-03T23:10:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T04:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.167.168.176\/~phillips\/kerriansnotebook\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:28:27","slug":"kn-p-156-motivation-for-becoming-a-law-enforcement-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2020\/11\/kn-p-156-motivation-for-becoming-a-law-enforcement-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"KN, p. 156 “Motivation for Becoming a Law Enforcement Officer”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Police Officers have as many different backgrounds as the general population these days. Depending on where they live, candidates can come from poor neighborhoods as well as better ones, arrive fresh out of high school or (increasingly) college graduates, and they have all types of ethnic backgrounds. Except for the male\/female balance, the mix is becoming more representative every year of our culture as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as educational, economic and ethnic backgrounds differ, so do the reasons for applying to the academy. Take a look at a few of them:<\/span><\/p>\n

Help the Community\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Some of the candidates reveal in their preliminary interviews that they just want to help make their towns safer. Growing up, they may have witnessed crime in their neighborhoods and now want to protect or defend law-abiding citizens. And, it\u2019s not uncommon for younger members of police families to want to carry on the family tradition.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By becoming a police officer, they will be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n