Alcohol Abuse Advice

(www.youtube.com Companion Video If you think this way your in trouble ! Police Officers have the Highest Rates of Divorce, Alcoholism, Domestic Violence, and Suicides . Although it is difficult to get accurate statistics, studies consistently show this fact. Depending on the study: Their divorce rate is 60-70% higher than the national average Their alcoholism rate is 2 times the national average Their domestic violence rate is among the highest of all professions Their suicide rate is 3 times the national average. When you become a law enforcement officer, the one thing you cease to represent is yourself! Your goals, your agenda, your opinions, and your ego are irrelevant to the accomplishment of the police mission. And the moment you start thinking that you do represent yourself is the moment you set yourself up for an ethical failure. In our system of government, civil authority originates with the people. The people, in turn, delegate some of this power to the government by virtue of the Constitution. Some of that delegated power is the power to legislate. Some of that legislation confers authority onto the Office of Sheriff, or perhaps the Police Chief or other executive in your case. As leaders, we then delegate our authority down the line to the officer on the street or the deputy in the jail. Since these entities have the right to impose obligation on others, we refer to them as authorities. They are what we represent, not ourselves. We have a human tendency, I …