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.

Blog 11: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?I'm proud of how the lesson went in general. I felt I was able to present my information about my topic in an entertaining manner for the audience and I felt that it was engaging to the audience for most of the time. I felt my research did show throughout my presentation and that that was well communicated.
 
2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.
I feel I would deserve an P on my lesson, I feel I met all of the requirements needed to earn an P and that I could have done better but I did the best I could.


3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?
Looking back I think I could have used my prop more (my holster) and I feel that I should have given a better explanation as to why I chose to mention the source that I did. Other than that I feel that the I have very little I would change about my presentation. By knowing all that I would use that for my lesson 2 by going more into depth on sources that I have and why I chose them.

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.