A policeman A policeman´s job is to protect the public, make sure people obey the law and make people feel safe. A policeman can arrest a person who they think has committed a crime, search a person, stop cars and direct traffic, ask for a person's name and address, make a person come to court. Being a policeman can be dangerous. Policemen are sometimes hurt by criminals, so that is why the police have to carry the equipment needed to defend themselves. Some policemen are armed with a gun or a baton that they can use to defend themselves or other people that need help. Police officers have to respond to emergencies as quickly as possible. Some policemen walk and the others times they use a police car. Sometimes they patrol on bicycles, motorbikes or on horses. In Mexico a policeman earn around $9000 per month, but this amount depend on state that they´re working. Be a policeman is a hard work because you aren´t arresting criminals all time, you have to be prepare to attend any situation like in the next story. A woman waited for the train in Madrid´s Station, when all of sudden she fainted and inevitably she fell to the railway. People were scared but nobody knew what you had to do. So a man jumped into railway and he carried her to reach safety. The driver of subway saw the man when he was helping the woman at the same time that people were doing signals to stop the subway. Fortunately the subway stopped at time and the woman was attended. The man who saved the woman is a policeman and after this he turned into a hero. He name is Rúben, he´s 38 years old and he works in Supreme Court.