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Every Public Profession Need College Education: Why Police Need To have College Training

Ian Lalama Criminal Justice 1010 Gregory Butler Decem er 1! "01#

Lalama " In Todays $orld! college education is a %ey &ro&onent o' most serious &ro'essions( Pu lic o''icials such as )udges! &oloticians! la$yers! etc all are re*uired to have some 'orm o' a college degree and the same should e said 'or la$ en'orcement( This is a&&arent y ho$ the )ustice system is set u&+ a trial $ith a )udge that has around seven years o' college e,&erience -Bachelors Degree and most schools o''er a # year Juris Doctorite Degree.! a de'ense attorney -$ho! similar to a )udge needs a out the same amount o' schooling to earn a Bachelors Degree and Juris Doctorite Degree. that de'ends the accused and a &rosicuting attorney -same amount o' schooling as $ell. that &oints out the 'acts o' a case $hich may or may not e in the 'avor o' the accused( No$ in cases o' Jury Trials! I also elieve that the ma)ority o' Juriors should at least have an associates degree( -this eing $ith college e,&erience and education! &eo&le are more li%ely to ma%e more educated decisions. No$! $hy should it e re*uired 'or &olice to have college education/ The ans$er is sim&le+ Those $ith college education are more than li%ely to ma%e *uic%er! more critical decisions on the )o in any &ro'ession ut in a &ro'ession that involves the *uic% and critical decisions that are &art o' every day &olice $or%! college education $ould &lay a ma)or &art in this career( Ta%e 'or e,am&le that i' an o''icer that has am itions to ma%e his $ay u& on the 'orce to a detective! ca&tain! comissioner! etc has college education com&ared to o''icers that have the same am ition as the o''icer that has college e,&erience ut don0t have it them sel'( Who is more li%ely to have the advantage o' moving u& not only in the &ro'ession o' local la$ en'orcement ut most careers in general/ The ans$er is sim&le+ The o''icer $ith the college education( This o''icer not only has the e,&erience o' the &ro'ession itsel' ut also the %no$ledge and the reasoning to a&&ly these s%ills and %no$ledge to ene'it the title o' detective through a more

Lalama # logical and deductive reasoning sense than that o' the o''icers that don0t have the college education( No$ that is not to say that the o''icer $ith college e,&erience has su&erior intellect than that o' his &artner ut it does say that this o''icer has the drive to im&rove his chances o' getting a higher title as having college education sho$s that this o''icer has the motivation to see something to the end in the sense o' having stuc% through his college days to receive a degree -$hich an 11 should su''ice 'or the most &art.( 1ccording to research statistics in "010! only 1 &ercent o' 2(3 &olice de&artments re*uire a 45year college degree and only 6 &ercent o' 2(3 &olice de&artments re*uire any college at all( This is understanda le in the sense that there is a contuning need 'or &olice o''icers! ho$ever in this same study! it sho$s that 76 &ercent o' &olice o''icers $ith college degrees use rutal 'orce! $here as 86 &ercent o' &olice o''icers $ithout college degrees use rutal 'orce( This 10 &ercent increase o' rutal 'orce et$een those $ith college education and those $ithout could e ecause o' the 'actor that those $ith college education are more li%ely to 'ind a resolve $ith out use o' 'orce due to 'act that these o''icers $ith college education are more li%ely to use rational thin%ing that leads to this resolve than those $ithout college education $ho may or may not e a le to come to a reasona le resolve $ith out using 'orce due to not having the same level o' critical thin%ing as the o''icers $ith college e,&erience( This is evidence on $hy college is ene'icial to &olice o''icers in the as&ect o' eing a le to have a sense o' critical thin%ing to come to logical conclusions( I' even an 11 $as re*uired y most de&artments! the result could end u& in a decrease o' the &ercentage o' &olice rutality o' in the nation and although a streach ut could 'easi ly reduce the media0s and &u lic0s ad im&ression o' the &olice and &olice misconce&tions and name calling such as+ Pigs! 'lat'oot etc(

Lalama 4 In conclusion! although not re*uired y the national ma)ority o' &olice de&artments! college education has many ene'its 'or &olice o''icers( These ene'its include a greater chance o' rising u& in la$ en'orcement! the a ility to use critical thin%ing to reach more civiali9ed conclusions com&ared to those &olice o''icers $ith college education( College education is not only a %ey to success on the &olice 'orce ut to most &ro'essions as $ell( Those $ith college education have a greater chance to succed in today0s &oor economy due to the 'act that they are more %no$ledgea le on to&ics o' their education ac%ground(

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