Police officers have an enormously challenging job. They often have to interact with people who are at a low point in their lives. They operate in varied social and cultural environments. They are increasingly called on to act in many different roles, not only pursuing offenders but as the first contact point for a broad range of vulnerable people who may also be offenders or victims. The situations in which they have to work are frequently far from straightforward. Those situations regularly involve a significant level of contention and aggression. They are the people we expect to run towards danger and discord rather than away.
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