Police in the Media

Police In The Media 1.

Police Role Description in the Media

Lillie Johnson

CJA 333

Kevin Dzioba

May 14, 2012

Police In The Media 2.

Police In The Media

Misconceptions and misunderstanding concerning the role of police officers can be considered as a quality to the not true representation to represent dramatically by the media. This made up image given by the media has caused the public to be untaught and have false views of the roles of police officers as they help the public.

The role of crime fighter is placed as the main role of police officers by the public in general but, other roles to this profession like social servant, order maintainer, and crime preventer are just as important. This essay will examine the roles of police officers.

Rime fighter role due to the popularity and other factors that brings ratings like drama. Majority of these popular stories that describe the crime fighter role of police officers may be deceptive to make the story more interesting. The following is a bibliography of a article depicting the role of crime fighter in policing.

Minnesota Suspect Shot by Undercover. (2008). Retrieved 2008 from

http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?

Social servant is another role that police officers play everyday. The role appears to be played out more often than others because, of the action between the public and the police force in which a majority...