Police Role Descriptions in the Media

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There are many names that police officers are referred to nowadays, especially by the media. Police officers have several names; for the most part we think of them as protectors, rather than just patrol officers or beat cops. Society today has become what we know as a place of personal freedom; these freedoms enable us to label people as we choose. News media people refer to police officers as crime fighters, social servants, order maintainers, and crime preventers. This paper lists the names, and each one is analyzed. The writer determines whether or not the depiction is real or just an image.

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"Some people see police officers as "crime-fighters"; others see a policeman as a person that is always there to lend a helping hand. In my job, we are crime-fighters; we are the ones that do what has to be done. We work traffic, handle citizen complaints and fight drug trafficking. One news story that might depict what a crime-fighter is an article from www.PoliceOne.com, entitled "9 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized in Texas". This article tells how DPS troopers pulled over an 18-wheeler on I-40 near Groom and discovered a hidden compartment. "The trooper noticed some unusual tool marks and rivets that didn't match the other rivets in the trailer, and he suspected that this had been tampered with, so he got a consent to search from the driver. To make a long story short, the trooper got consent from the driver and found a hidden wall, which unveiled 9 million dollars worth of cocaine."

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