Directions: On police officer exams, many reading passages relate to legal definitions, laws, and police procedures. When reading these passages, you must pay special attention to details relating to exceptions, special preconditions, combinations of activities, choices of actions, and prescribed time sequences. Sometimes, the printed procedure specifies that certain actions are to be taken only when there is a combination of factors such as that a person actually breaks a window and has a gun. At other times, the procedures give choices of action under certain circumstances. You must read... Show more Directions: On police officer exams, many reading passages relate to legal definitions, laws, and police procedures. When reading these passages, you must pay special attention to details relating to exceptions, special preconditions, combinations of activities, choices of actions, and prescribed time sequences. Sometimes, the printed procedure specifies that certain actions are to be taken only when there is a combination of factors such as that a person actually breaks a window and has a gun. At other times, the procedures give choices of action under certain circumstances. You must read carefully to determine whether the passage requires a combination of factors or gives a choice, and then make the appropriate judgment. When a time sequence is specified, be certain to follow that sequence in the prescribed order. Answer questions below based on the information in the following passage. The job of police officer is a complicated occupation that consists of some activities that are highly visible to the public and other “behind-the-scenes” activities that most of the public does not think of when they envision the role of a police officer. Typically, the job of police officer is thought of as involving the highly visible activities that are often portrayed in the media. Particularly in movies and television programs, a police officer’s daily routine is portrayed as consisting mainly of making arrests, preventing crimes, and participating in the prosecution of those charged with crimes. However, a police officer’s role is more complicated than the media would make it seem. In reality, the activities listed above typically occupy only 15 to 20 percent of an officer’s time. The majority of a police officer’s time is actually directed towards less glamorous public service activities. Some of these activities may include providing directions to pedestrians, educating children about crime prevention, assisting firefighting personnel at the scene of an emergency, and directing citizens who may be mentally disturbed to social service organizations that have been established to assist them. Show less
Directions: On police officer exams, many reading passages relate to legal definitions, laws, and police procedures. When reading these passages, you must pay special attention to details relating to exceptions, special preconditions, combinations of activities, choices of actions, and prescribed time sequences. Sometimes, the printed procedure specifies that certain actions are to be taken only when there is a combination of factors such as that a person actually breaks a window and has a gun. At other times, the procedures give choices of action under certain circumstances. You must read carefully to determine whether the passage requires a combination of factors or gives a choice, and then make the appropriate judgment. When a time sequence is specified, be certain to follow that sequence in the prescribed order. Answer questions below based on the information in the following passage.
The job of police officer is a complicated occupation that consists of some activities that are highly visible to the public and other “behind-the-scenes” activities that most of the public does not think of when they envision the role of a police officer. Typically, the job of police officer is thought of as involving the highly visible activities that are often portrayed in the media. Particularly in movies and television programs, a police officer’s daily routine is portrayed as consisting mainly of making arrests, preventing crimes, and participating in the prosecution of those charged with crimes. However, a police officer’s role is more complicated than the media would make it seem. In reality, the activities listed above typically occupy only 15 to 20 percent of an officer’s time. The majority of a police officer’s time is actually directed towards less glamorous public service activities. Some of these activities may include providing directions to pedestrians, educating children about crime prevention, assisting firefighting personnel at the scene of an emergency, and directing citizens who may be mentally disturbed to social service organizations that have been established to assist them.
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