The Criminal and the ColleagueThe treatment of people should be held to heavenly standards, regardless of whether they are criminals or colleagues. We should consider aspects of human personality before making a decision and talking to people. This essay is an attempt to show how the Christian belief that humanity is created in the image of God affects how law enforcement interacts with people. The Criminal As a police officer you are exposed to the worst situations and people at their lowest moments. One of my assignments as a State Police officer in the Forensic Services Unit, like the TV show CSI, is registering sex offenders under Megan's Law. These sex offenders range from rapists to child predators. In carrying out my work I do not judge them for what they have done, even if it would be easy to fall into this trap. The fact of being Christian first and foremost allows me to look beyond the offenses (sin) of those people and to treat them with respect and professionalism. This is because every person is created in the image of God, whether they are a convicted criminal or a law-abiding citizen. “If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother, he is a liar. Indeed, he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he gave us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother." (1 John 4:20-12, New International Version) It is critically important that as Christians we live our lives not only according to a heavenly standard “The standard is that a believer should conduct his lie in this earthly world according to the principles of God has bestowed upon him the heavenly world.” (Towns, 2007, p. 62) Therefore, we must treat others using the same standard...center of the card......error for those who do good, but for those who do evil. Do you want to be free from fear of those in authority? Then do what is right and he will praise you. Because he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do evil, fear, for it is not for nothing that he bears the sword. He is the servant of God, an agent of wrath to punish the wrongdoer. (Romans 13:3-4, New International Version) It is not only our duty to the public we serve; Serving God in the war against evil has a much higher responsibility. Works CitedBiblestudytools.com. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/Etzel, G., & Gutierrez, B. (2012). Human personality. Practice: beyond theory (). Virginia Beach, VA: Academx Publishing Services, Inc. Towns, E. L. (2007). Fundamental Christianity: What is Christianity? Chattanooga, Tennessee: AMG Publishers.