What makes a good policeman?

bella

honesty integrity and a the ability to swap between being a hard a*se and sympathetic. to be honest though there are a lot of people in the job not like this but take it from me they rarely get anywhere. you need to be able to look at a situation and not take a side. you need to be able to get a correct balance between facts and feelings and use them together, you have to think on your feet and be willing to put in the hours to suceed (and not worry about being hated when doing it all)

on thin ice

The Police:
I have been where you fear to be
I have seen what you fear to see
I have done what you fear to do
All these things I have done for you

I am the man you lean upon
The man you cast your scorn upon
The man you bring your troubles to
All these men I've been to you.

The man you ask to stand apart
The man you feel should have no heart
The man you call the man in blue
But I'm just a man, just like you.

And through the years I've come to see
That I'm not what you ask of me
So take this badge and take this gun
Will you take it?....will any one?

And when you watch a person die
And hear a battered child cry
Then do you think that you can be
All the things you ask of me?

I saw the above in a RCMP store, the author is not known but I am proud to be associated with the sentiments and yes I've been there, done it and got the T shirt.

Dr Zoidberg

Being able to take **** and not react
Being able to see someone's guts hanging out without puking
Being able to tell someone, "Hey, your (kid, mom, dad, etc) is dead" and hold your own emotions in check
Being able to stay on your feet for hours, in the heat, on hot asphalt, and not pass out
Being able to take getting spit on, scratched, kicked, punched, whatever, and keep your cool
Being able to see dead babies and still sleep at night

Etc, etc, etc.

Dawny

a point to the second answer in the list... yes the police have a screening policy in the uk. in order to pass you have to evidence
1 Effective communication
2 Community and customer focus
3 Personal responsibility
4 Resilience
5 Problem solving
6 Respect for race and diversity
7 Teamworking

if you can't evidence the above you wont get in. personally i dont think those criteria stop good people getting in the force. i'm a good person with extreemly high standards, and i'm also a police woman.

as for what makes a good policeman? i could say its about being honest, hardworking, fair and impartial, someone who takes their position seriously. and it is. but to be honest what makes you be able to come to work everyday and keep doing the job day in day out is being able to forget about the days crap when you go home and recharge for the next day. because its not as easy as you might think

Yit

Follow the way of the Honor Guard.

Truth, Honor, Respect, Integrity.

PEP

The same as what it takes to make a good police woman, i expect!!! You put a question on here earlier saying you wanted to be a copper. You're female... you counting yourself out, now?

Honesty, integrety, stamina, ability to be a negotiator but take no cr*p at the same time, to be brave, to be good at paperwork, to be flexible.

taketwo

Shoots an innocent man

copswife

honesty, integrity, loyalty and confidence. and it doesn't hurt to look good in the uniform, (like my hubby) :)

piercing integrity

A good Police Officer is the one who protects the community and is dedicated to making a difference.

Maintaining four principles: Honour. Integrity. Courage & Trust.

Enforcing law with excellence in policing.

It's a very dificult job and I respect them. When I meet one I let him/her know that they are appreciated... they are too - human and make mistakes just like everyone else. There is a percentage of evil in ever profession... it's life.

Stay safe. - Maryam

EDIT: 'on thin ice' you have brought tears to my eyes as I have personally asked RCMPs for autographs when I had the Honour to do so. I will never forget how happy they were to see how much I appreciated them.

Pia

Controlling his use of power, and authority over those he perceives as weaker.

Not doing to any citizen what he would not do to the Lieutenant in Charge

Sephus

I AM PROUD TO SAY I'M MARRIED TO A POLICEMAN AND AM IN LAW ENFORCEMENT MYSELF; YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, NOBODY WANTS A COP UNTIL THEY REALLY NEED ONE; JUST LOOK AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, NOT EVERYONE WOULD HAVE GONE INTO THAT BUILDING.
AND COPS ARE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, YOU HAVE GOOD ONES AND BAD ONES, IT'S JUST TOO BAD THE BAD ONES RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

on the wagon

lego

shiloh6662001

Strength and Honour !

?Master

Honesty, Integrity, A sense of fairness, A willingness to serve the public and to see that justice is done at all times.

bert

I'm still waiting to meet one, it may be the man or woman who comes in response to my 999 call regarding a burglary taking place over the road from me,they shouldn't be long now,I only made the call eight days ago!

rooogers

I tell you what, One who can still smile and know they have been to work, put thier neck on the line to secure a safer society for moaning, thick and ungrateful people like you....Dont believe me then look at the answers already posted.
Same old same old, if you cant do it moan about it!

Eddie

Compassion and humility.

Sally J

Honesty, Integrity, Empathy, Good Knowledge, Patience, Enquiring Mind, Desire to Help, Courage, Common Sense, Communication Skills, Understanding, Open Mind, Non-Judgemental, Ability to do Paperwork, Some basic Computer Skills, Individuality, Discretion, Fitness .................... there are so many attributes and if you could find ONE police officer with ALL of them, they would be BRILLIANT.

However, each officer has different skills to add to policing of this, or any other country.

sashtou

I have a great deal of respect for 'good coppers,' whom I had a lot of connections with through my work year sago. But it was the other kind I had very uncomfortable feelings about.

I used to go to an old fashioned Turkish Bath in London. Everyone was dressed in sheets after having been in the steam rooms, and they'd sit about playing cards in groups and talking. I was always on the edge, 'resting' and soaking up the atmosphere and sort of listening to the hubbub of conversations around me.

The one thing that dawned on me one day was that there were two distinctive groups there, 'Business men' and 'Police-(CID)-men,' and the sameness between both was that they both stood with one foot on either side of 'The Line.'

Mind you, that was a few years ago now and I have been out of touch with them as a body since.

One ex-CID officer i used to know through my work, he had this un-nerving ability to get me to believe that he and I were the ONLY two law abiding people this side of the coastline.

I later found out that he'd receive 'payments' from trying to fix Work Permits for girls who were employed by us from overseas. And you can guess what kind of 'payments' they were said to be!

That was, by the way, 'hearsay' talk.

Sash.

Gary H

Dunno, I ain't met one yet lol! Do you mean good from the view point of the force or do you mean from the view of the public, that the police should protect?
To be a policeman; i would think one has to have a brown tongue..lol...oh, and blinkers, so that they do not see too much!!

The Key Master

a big night stick?????

puffy

plasticine!

neil c

no such thing as a good policeman they are all bent and corrupt as fook

You show me a good copper now days?

Duque de Alba

A love of guns and an authority complex.

Pog mo thoin

Surely nobody has knowledge of a good policeman because nobody knows what makes a good policeman/policewoman - lets be P.C. !

jolenenicola

unfortunately the police have a screening process and recruitment criteria that filters out anyone who doesn't fit into the police's ideals, they only accept people that share the same in-trenched values that the force upholds.
they would never let me in, even if i wanted to get in, which i don't. I would not conform and agree with many of their unjust ways.
the ones who in my opinion would make the best police officers would not get in.
and to enable good policing, firstly good, fair and correct law and judicial systems would need to be implemented, rather than ones that support and benefit the ruling class while stigmatising the lower/working class...

Lee1985

When they bust real criminals and stop trying to make quota.

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