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Working the Beat, Police Take a Beating. Gordon Hickey and Robin Farmer.

by Hickey, Gordon; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 71Institutions. Publisher: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Crime | Police -- Assaults against | Police -- Attitudes | Police -- Job stress | Police patro | Psychological abuseDDC classification: 050 Summary: "They're punched, kicked, gouged, dragged, run over, slashed, stabbed, spat on, bled on, bitten by dogs, bitten by people and shot. They suffer heart attacks, broken bones, sprains, dislocations and just plain abuse. When a police officer is killed in the line of duty, you'll read about it in the paper. You'll also read about it when a police officer kills or even shoots someone. What you often won't see is that officers of the law, sworn to keep the peace, regularly take a beating and worse." (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH) This article describes the physical and emotional abuse suffered by police officers.
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Originally Published: Working the Beat, Police Take a Beating, Feb. 29, 2004; pp. A1+.

"They're punched, kicked, gouged, dragged, run over, slashed, stabbed, spat on, bled on, bitten by dogs, bitten by people and shot. They suffer heart attacks, broken bones, sprains, dislocations and just plain abuse. When a police officer is killed in the line of duty, you'll read about it in the paper. You'll also read about it when a police officer kills or even shoots someone. What you often won't see is that officers of the law, sworn to keep the peace, regularly take a beating and worse." (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH) This article describes the physical and emotional abuse suffered by police officers.

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