Why Do I Want To Be A Law Enforcement Officer Essay

Finding your calling in life can be one of the hardest things to do, for some it is obvious from a young age on what you want to do. For example, my mom has gone on a spree of jobs in her life and she has only recently found something that she actually wants to do. My dad on the other hand knew from a young age what he wanted to do, he liked to tinker and straight after he got out of highschool he knew that he wanted to be a mechanic, and he has stuck with that career path for more than 30 years now. I am currently undecided on what I want to do for the rest of my life, however one of the careers that I am looking at is a law enforcement officer.
Law enforcement officers recently haven’t gotten the best reputation in the media and among citizens.

Much of my family is or was involved with military of law enforcement, so consequently they have a different perspective on events that happen than other people. Things like “police brutality”, where an “innocent” black kid was fatally shot for “doing nothing wrong”. What I believe is that, if the kid was “doing nothing wrong” he would not have been shot if he had followed the officer's directions, and obviously he was doing something wrong because the cop confronted them, they were acting suspicious, therefore , I see, these “police brutality” cases as just hollow arguments based off of lies just to give the American people an enemy, something to unite the community as well as boost ratings for news networks. The media then proceeds to blame officers, or implies that officers are the bad guys, even though they do not have all the facts and they only provide one side of the argument. I think this is very unjust and I want to be able to change the perception of officers and their connection with the community, so that we can truly be united as a