Reading

Exercise 1 Read the text.

Manyѝlawѝenforcementѝagenciesѝencourageѝapplicantsѝtoѝcompleteѝ eitherѝaѝtwo-yearѝassociateѝprogramѝorѝaѝfour-yearѝbachelor'sѝpro- gramѝinѝaѝcriminalѝjustice-relatedѝarea.ѝKnowledgeѝofѝaѝforeignѝlan- guageѝandѝbeingѝphysicallyѝfitѝwillѝalsoѝhelpѝyou.ѝOnceѝyouѝareѝacceptedѝbyѝaѝlawѝenforcementѝagency,ѝyou'llѝreceiveѝ12ѝtoѝ14ѝweeksѝofѝ trainingѝinѝaѝpoliceѝacademy.ѝTrainingѝincludesѝclassroomѝinstructionѝ inѝconstitutionalѝlawѝandѝcivilѝrights,ѝstateѝlawsѝandѝlocalѝordinances,ѝ andѝaccidentѝinvestigation.ѝRecruitsѝalsoѝreceive,ѝtrainingѝinѝpatrol,ѝ trafficѝcontrol,ѝfirearmsѝusage,ѝself-defense,ѝfirstѝaid,ѝandѝemergencyѝ response.ѝContinuingѝeducationѝisѝaѝnecessaryѝrequirementѝforѝpoliceѝ officersѝandѝdetectives.ѝManyѝagenciesѝpayѝallѝorѝpartѝofѝtheѝtuitionѝ forѝofficersѝtoѝearnѝaѝdegreeѝinѝcriminalѝjustice,ѝjusticeѝadministrationѝ orѝpublicѝadministration,ѝandѝpayѝhigherѝsalariesѝtoѝthose,ѝwhoѝearnѝ suchѝdegree.ѝ

Vocabulary

Exercise 2 Say whether these statements are true or false.

1.Lawѝenforcementѝapplicantsѝcompleteѝeitherѝaѝyearѝassociateѝprogramѝ orѝaѝtwo-yearѝbachelor'sѝprogramѝinѝaѝcriminalѝjustice-relatedѝarea.ѝ

2.Knowledgeѝofѝaѝforeignѝlanguageѝandѝbeingѝphysicallyѝfitѝisѝaѝplus.ѝ

3.Aѝpoliceѝrecruitѝreceivesѝ10ѝweeksѝofѝtrainingѝinѝaѝpoliceѝacademyѝ

4.Trainingѝincludesѝconstitutionalѝlawѝandѝcivilѝrights,ѝstateѝlawsѝandѝ localѝordinances,ѝandѝaccidentѝinvestigation.ѝ

5.Itѝisѝnotѝnecessaryѝforѝpoliceѝofficersѝandѝdetectivesѝtoѝcontinueѝeducation.ѝ

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