Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

Doing mentorship with my mentor consists of ride alongs which can last from eight to ten hours. (Technically you can have different officers depending on the time you go on the ride along meaning I will not only have one mentor.)

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?   

I found this mentor through mutual friends and was able to contact them through that. I convinced them to be my mentor by asking nicely if they would be willing to be my mentor. Other mentors I currently have I met because of my families various connections to law enforcement.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person?

My mentor and I are fairly new to each other and it is a bit uncomfortable but still comfortable at the same time. This does not really relate to time spent with them because during ride alongs there is very little talking.

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

The interview went well from my point of view. I felt that the answers that were given were very precise and honest. I felt that it was a little rushed because at the time of the interview we had a very little time to talk because of scheduling differences. To change that I will try to do it at a time when we both have more time to talk.

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
I currently have a mentor. I have to schedule my interview with him however I am planning on calling him soon to see when he would be free to do the interview.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.  
The investigative part of police work has been really fascinating from what I have researched. I read the Californian guidelines on how to investigate a sexual assault crime and how to preserve and collect evidence and it was just interesting to read.
Another part that I've found interesting is the history of certain police departments like LAPD. Also things like what has happened to certain officers, I am planning very soon to read a book called The Red Dot Club, which is about officers that have been shot and their stories.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?
I'm planning to keep looking at both the history and investigative part of police work to help decide which of the two parts of the subject I would like to further look into. 

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.
How has the history of policing shaped the way it is now?
Or
Why is investigating crimes important in police work?

 

 

 

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

 

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan to work on constructing an investigation from the mock trial from the information given to me. I planned on writing reports on the crimes the mock trial was based on (The trial of the Big Bad Wolf). I planned on staging a crime scene from the information in the packet we received. I also planned on going over the report from the mock trail and the one that I will write. I plan on making the evidence rather than buying it as well.

 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I plan on taking as many pictures as possible. I will log in hours and log any research I do for the component. I plan on making the evidence and detailing how long it took me to do so in my log. I will be relying solely on pictures logs I make for the evidence I did the project.

 

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This component will be looking into the investigative side of law enforcement. It looks at the process of the an investigation, how it must be documented and how reports must be written. It also looks at how much detail I can go into when constructing this investigation.