Policing Today
Policing today is a dangerous, stressful, and at times a frustrating job. It started out as local enforcers of the rule of the Crown. Today, policing has become a job with many areas of to be promoted in, but the most important job is the beat officers. Romans 13:1-5 tells us to submit to governing authorities. God has placed those individuals over us to strike fear in the wrongdoers, but to the ones who do right they will honor. God has put them over you to punish the wrongdoers. You must submit to those over you and to keep a clear conscience. These verses clearly tell us we must submit to the authority over us, the police. When we do what is right, the police will honor us and treat us with respect. From the early days of policing to today, we have individuals who risk their lives on a daily basis to keep the peace. As our text told us, the early days of policing was corrupt at times, no one was supervised and they did what they wanted (Ch. 6). I think the worse was the thief taker who paid others to commit crimes, arrest them, and collect the bounty. But today’s system, we have a quasi-military style police force that is run like the military. As in the military, discipline is the number one concern for all police officers. The academy for me was an exciting time; I was finally going to follow in my father’s footsteps. I have found that either you follow in your father’s footsteps to be a cop or you simply don’t want anything to do with it. I believe as our book stated that the police mentality is very different from the rest of society, a subcultural in itself (Ch. 7). I found myself surprised to have the traits the author was describing about a police officer. I am a loner and even now, not in the law enforcement field, I still look for law violators. I think once you’re a cop, always a cop. Police work was very rewarding for me, but with the danger of the job, I was injured, forcing me to find another career. I miss the street beat, helping people, and