Third Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
I plan to interview a female officer with the LAPD, Officer Choice. She works for the LAPD.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?
N/A as of right now.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
Did you learn of large changes in policies in the LAPD while training? If so what were they?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).
How do you suggest I get a closer look at how things have changed and law enforcement?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ
What do you think of my EQ?
Do you think it is a good perspective to look at the history?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
I currently doing my mentorship at the Walnut Sheriff Station.
2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?
My contact is Deputy Daley and he is my primary mentor however this does not mean he is my only mentor. He is a Deputy at the Sheriffs station and has a background in law enforcement. 
3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).
I have done 2 ridealongs which are both 8 hours to that adds up to 16 hours.
4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.
During ridealongs what I can do is very limited, I mainly just observe and listen to what my mentor has to say to me. We do work well together and are able to talk. I plan on continuing to do my hours with ridealongs because it is a genuine learning experience.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?I worked a bit on my Independent component over break.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
I learned that certain interrogative techniques that we've been so use to seeing on popular TV shows actually don't work when interrogating people. I also learned that lie detectors have no scientific backing and actually do not work but are more of "theater show" to scare criminals. I learned this from an interrogation teacher from Faulkner University, Lou Harris and an article from Psychology Today "Do Lie Detectors Work?" by Nigel Barber, Ph.D.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?
I plan to talk to the officer about their experience working in law enforcement and their opinions on certain events that are relevant to law enforcement today. I'm also gonna talk about to them about different protocols that have changed from when they started in law enforcement.