My cousin is training to be a police officer, also known as a cop. They are a member of a police force.
That's cool, sounds like an exciting job.
Yes and officers are generally charged with arresting criminals and preventing crimes.
I've noticed that, they seem to do a pretty good job of that most of the time.
Some cops are trained in special duties such as child protection, counter-terrorism, and VIP protection.
I would've thought that was more of a special forces kind of thing.
While most wear uniforms, some officers wear plain clothes in order to pose undercover as ordinary citizens.
See that sounds so exciting but yet so risky.
Police officers are sworn to an oath to protect the public from criminals as well as other duties.
Unfortunately there is a fair chunk that don't follow that very oath.