Understanding the Human Service: A Focus on the Role of Police Officer in UK

UNDERSTANDING
HUMAN SERVICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The field of human service is dynamic and this can be termed as interdisciplinary
practice of serving. Human service focuses on overcoming adversity thorough strength-based
approach. Human service is the approach to meet human needs through inter disciplinary
knowledge base which focuses on prevention and on maintaining a commitment to improve
the overall quality of life of service population (Bouranta, Siskos and Tsotsolas, 2015). The
human service profession is the one which promotes service delivery systems by focusing on
quality of direct services continuously improving accessibility accountability and
coordination among professionals and agencies in service delivery. The purpose of human
profession is to assist individuals and communities to function as effectively as possible. This
essay will outline the understanding of the human service.
MAIN BODY
Police officer is one of the human service professions which can be defines as a
profession who is a warranted law employee of police force. As a police officer, there are
several roles and responsibilities which are performed by a police officer, some of these
includes- detection, reporting crime, assistance to general public and maintaining public
orders. Asa police officer, they can work into different sectors, which are law enforcement,
public safety, civil; service, public service and protection of private property.
Since 1730's local improvement act of provision for paid watchman in local
authorities to 1964 and current scenario police act police areas was established where larger
area is covered by 1 greater police this field has been developing and is a diverse field of
knowledge. The idea of professional policing was given by sir Robert peel when he was
working as home secretary in 1822. Peel metropolitan police act 1829 started a full-time
professional and Central organized police force which was known as metropolitan police for
greater London. The metropolitan college was directly accountable to home secretary (Brown
and Alexander, 2020). Police officer you must maintain law and order protect public and
property prevent crime improve quality of life. A police officer is responsible to protect
public from crime support victims and witness crime the providing reactions to local public in
the humming tree. Responsibility improve the quality of life ides perpetrators of crime
supports in maintaining public order through combat time organized crime. Police officers