‘What do you think the key role of the police is, and what skills do you think are needed in order to execute that role’? 4 references Clear structure (introduction and conclusion, establishing the...

ROLE OF THE POLICE
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Key Role of Police    3
Skills Needed to Execute that Role    3
Conclusion    4
References    5
Introduction
The police is a department of service personnel, who are entrusted with the duty of maintaining law and order within the area of their enrollment. They are serviced by the government of the country and operated at various levels of the administration, such as at the state level or by the local authorities. The present essay is an analysis of the most important role of the police and the key set of skills that they require so that they can execute the identified role.
Key Role of Police
The key role of the police is to enforce the law and order of the place, where they are posted. According to Nix et al. (2015), police officers are appointed to any location, mainly for the safety of that place and safeguarding the legal regulations of that area. The enforcement of the law in accordance with the legal system of the place relate to the cessation of the criminal activities that take place there. This implies that law enforcement has a direct relation to the reduction of crime in the concerned area.
However, as argued by Armstrong (2017), law enforcement is not for the cessation of criminal activities, necessarily, as the overall safety of...