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  • Essay / Why I Want to Become a Police Officer Essay - 1385

    IntroductionI have been dreaming of owning my own business for quite a long time now. Since I was 16, I've wanted to start a business of my own so I could run it the way I want and have a brand that people love to use. Throughout high school, I tried to choose classes that would only help me start my own business. During my senior year of high school, I asked myself many difficult questions to answer, such as "where do I want to go to school, what should I major in, and should I take a year sabbatical”. Long before I decided to start my own business, I wanted to become a law enforcement officer, more specifically a game warden. A game warden is almost like a forest ranger who patrols forests, lakes, rivers and hunting grounds. Basically, they patrol the woods and make sure people don't fish in the lakes, poach animals out of season, and stay safe during the winter while ice fishing or snowmobiling. It seemed like the perfect career. I love being outside, I love fishing or hunting and snowmobiling is something I've wanted to do for a while. I discovered this career while attending a junior police academy this summer in Concord, New Hampshire. I originally wanted to become a state trooper, but in the old days my dad always told me stories about how he could catch criminals even though it seemed impossible. I've seen all the recent concerns about police using too much force or shooting someone when there was no need to shoot them. I wanted to change the public's current opinion of the police. I really wanted to bring back the police motto “serve and protect”. I just feel like over the years the police have gotten a bad rap because they made a few mistakes using too much force just because they were trying to be