Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law

Law Enforcement
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Law Enforcement
The recent decades have seen the law enforcement officers faced with a changing landscape, one that is more in tune with professionalism. Officers are expected to act and conduct themselves at the highest level of professionalism to make sure that they give the citizens the best services. One of the basic requirements that the prospective candidates have before they get to join the law enforcement agencies, is their education qualification standards (Summers, 2009). The US Bureau of Labor Statistics requires that the police candidates must meet a certain threshold of educational qualifications for them to join the police force. This is a prerequisite that establishes some level of standard in the forces such that, relative to the various requirements in the field. Officers have to be able to understand the law and social elements, in their quest to bring about law and order (Summers, 2009). This means that the educational background is one of the standards that indicates that the police have the ability to understand various aspects related to the job.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the police officers candidates have to be in a position to meet a set general standards among them; being a citizen of the US, have a valid driver’s license, be at least 21 years old, have no priors and most importantly have a high school diploma or an equivalent of the same at the minimum. Relative to the element of duties and complexity that different departments have, the educational backgrounds may rise accordingly according to the agencies. The bare minimum educational requirements only gets an officer into the law enforcement, but one requires higher education to be in a position to join special units and get promoted to higher positions within their agency (Summers, 2009). Other than the prerequisite educational requirement, the law enforcement officers are required to undergo basic training at the police academy. Other than the physical and stamina training that the recruits go through academic training on various aspects such as, civil rights, criminal psychology, accident investigation, constitutional law, local laws, state ordinances, mental preparation for hostility as well as working with the public (Summers, 2009).
The basic element behind having the educational background are longed in the need for the police officers to have the discernible abilities to understand basic concepts. It is crucial for the police officers to be educated to some level, relative to the basic requirement of the job. Dealing with criminals, the society, law and police best practices requires some level of education (Summers, 2009). This basically means that the, having someone that is educated also means that their level of understanding is much higher than that of a person that is not educated. The ability to deal with an ever changing landscape in fighting crime means that the police officers require educational background. It is also crucial that the police officers are educated relative to understanding the legal aspects of their practice. Police practices are lodged in the law and the officers need to understand the law and how it applies in the ...