Justmehere
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This might be the dumbest question ever.
I'm trying to understand why people become police or corrections officers. I'm so thankful for those who do or have done this job, and the huge service they provide to our communities.
It seems like such and awful and horrible job, dealing with criminals all the time. It is something that takes so much courage and bravery to do. I'm wondering how people do it for as long as they do - one day to decades in the field.
Are people drawn to that line of work out of a sense of duty? Honor? Wanting to protect others? Serve the community? Get justice for victims? Make sure justice is served against perps?
This is what I assume, but I don't know for sure. Can anyone explain how they came to be police or corrections officers? To be in the line of work of dealing with criminals all the time? What draws people to that job and keep them in it for however long people stay?
Maybe I'm just being dense and stupid, but I really genuinely want to understand this more. I grew up in a town where law enforcement and the local prison was the biggest employer. I was just a kid though. I never have really understood why and how people do that line of work. This is not a question of judgement, but one of curiosity and wanting to understand the people in the community I grew up in better.
I'm trying to understand why people become police or corrections officers. I'm so thankful for those who do or have done this job, and the huge service they provide to our communities.
It seems like such and awful and horrible job, dealing with criminals all the time. It is something that takes so much courage and bravery to do. I'm wondering how people do it for as long as they do - one day to decades in the field.
Are people drawn to that line of work out of a sense of duty? Honor? Wanting to protect others? Serve the community? Get justice for victims? Make sure justice is served against perps?
This is what I assume, but I don't know for sure. Can anyone explain how they came to be police or corrections officers? To be in the line of work of dealing with criminals all the time? What draws people to that job and keep them in it for however long people stay?
Maybe I'm just being dense and stupid, but I really genuinely want to understand this more. I grew up in a town where law enforcement and the local prison was the biggest employer. I was just a kid though. I never have really understood why and how people do that line of work. This is not a question of judgement, but one of curiosity and wanting to understand the people in the community I grew up in better.