Case Study: Officer Dixon

Gilmartin begins by describing the typical rookie officer. Most are energetic, idealistic, enthusiastic and very driven. Quickly this enthusiasm can change from one of positivity to one that is very cynical and emotionally charged. These behaviors and thoughts over time if not corrected become exacerbated leading to noticeable mental and physical changes. The author, Gilmartin, uses personal experiences and other real life stories effectively so that many officers can relate and identify with the topic of the book.

Police officers offer civilians a sense of protection, guidance, and trust. As we make our daily commutes in every day life, we look at these uniformed individuals as a symbol of safety and take comfort in the idea that in the case of an unexpected turn of events, officers will be sufficiently qualified to take initiative and adequately respond under stressful, dangerous, and complicated circumstances. We, as civilians expect things to automatically unfold in this manner, but how then can we be sure that these individuals are capable of handling such a delicate task? This module's case study explores the experience of an applicant named Doug regarding the main components of the police officer selection process, which include Screening and Evaluation, Written Exams, Polygraph Examinations, Physical Agility Tests, Medical Examinations, Psychological Evaluations, Background checks and Oral interviews, some of which may or may not be used at the

All my life I have been fascinated with police work and firefighting. As a result, I have spent a vast amount of time volunteering at local fire departments working closely with local law enforcement personnel in emergency situations. Although I have wavered for years about whether to pursue a career in law enforcement or firefighting, I have always known that one way or the other I am going to be involved in emergency services. While local police enforcement is interesting, I have always wondered what it would be like to be a State Police Trooper. With that in mind, I secured an interview with Delaware State Police Trooper, Master Corporal (CPL/3) Douglas Brietzke.

I sat down with Randy Hoover, a veteran and retired state trooper now conducting private security for a retirement village in Tennessee. I’ve known Randy from going to the same church and having him as my youth counselor while I was in High School. I didn’t really fully know Randy until I sat down with him and asked him about his career. He has always been a mentor to me and always made sure life was good to me. Having been given the opportunity, I sat down with Randy to see what the average day of a trooper is truly like. Since being involved in law enforcement is my current career interest I found him to be the perfect candidate. After talking with him, I came to the conclusion that the life of a law enforcer is very different

For my internship I was with the Spirit Lake Police Department. They are located in Spirit Lake Iowa and they’re a city police department. They have a total of ten people working in their department. The Spirit Lake Police Department hierarchy is one Chief; Jeff Hanson, two Sergeants; Shane Brevik and Scott Colt, 6 Officers; Josh Kilpatrick, Nathan Roth, Daren Diers, Jesse Miller, Hunter Clayton, and Ryan Vos. They also have an office secretary Sanja Erickson. They also have a K-9 whose name is Cairo his handler is Sergeants Brevik. They also normally have a lieutenant but Rodney Baker retired back in May so they’re in the process of promoting one of their officers to that position once there new officer Ryan Vos comes back from the academy. The schedules that the Spirit Lake officers have are 4 days on and then 4 days off. They work a 12-hour shift (Six to Six). They

Officer Timothy Oddsen was denied his first and Fifth Amendment’s rights, which is for one a violation of the amendment constitutional right. Although, Officer Oddsen broke the law he still have constitutional rights. By depriving officer oddsen for food was in humane. Officer Gail Quade was denied medical attention. Although officer Quade eas accused of provided false information about the unauthorized party at the police academy for wrong and a violation of code of conduct and I am sure of departmental policy.

Interim Chief Davis is an African-American male who, has work as law enforcement for almost 19 years and is in his second year an Interim Chief for the Lake City, Florida police Department. Officer Brown informed that she heard comments between her coworkers about Officer Davis “not liking women.” A Sergeant from Lake City, Florida Police Department, John Blanchard, who work around the same time as Officer Brown, “testified that he heard Davis "say

Officer Lawson embodies the Core Values of the City and department. She definitely exhibited the values in the areas of; service, respect, professionalism, and teamwork, in her commitment in service to the community and citizens. Officer Lawson has been recognized in these areas by citizen comments and supervisors.

Deputy Chief Buck is responsible for 77 police officers, to include 8 supervisors, and 7 lead Police Officers. He supervises four twelve hour shifts, a training department and an administrative department. His supervisory duties include, but is not limited to: development of guidelines and SOP’s, coordinates major plans involving other Directorates/Offices on security issues; resolves problems concerning work relations, and integrates program objectives into total organizational programs, supervise police investigations, handle public complaints, organize police response to request for service, the enforcement of federal and state laws to protect life and property, management of police equipment, safeguarding of sensitive information, preservation

My second ride-a-long was with Officer Helms. He has been an officer with the Barstow Police Department for five years. He has always wanted to be an officer. He like that he gets to encounter all types of situation and individuals. He enjoys working with a smaller agency because he gets a more hands on experience when there are bigger cases. While I rode with him you could tell he is very passionate about what he does. I got to ride with Officer Helms for about four hours. The first thing Officer Helms asked me if knew how

Officer Osmin Machado advised that he arrested Mr. Smith for driving without a valid Florida driver license after conducting a traffic stop on him. Officer Machado advised that Officer Martinez transported Mr. Smith to TGK, because he, Officer Martinez, was the transporting officer for the shift. Officer Machado advised that Officer Martinez requested that he respond to TGK, because Mr. Smith complained of chest pains and was not accepted by TGK personnel. Officer Machado advised that he responded to TGK, and followed Miami-Dade Fire Rescue who transported Mr. Smith, to Jackson Memorial Hospital. Officer Machado advised that while Mr. Smith was in his custody, Mr. Smith did not complain of any illness or pain to his chest, or provide

Officer Brookins keeps up with her reports and follow up on a daily basis. We have been short staffed over the past year and very busy on days and swing shift making it difficult to do much self initiated activity and traffic. Now that we are hopefully going to be adding additional officers, I will be encouraging officers to do more traffic enforcement, walking patrol and other self initiated activity.

It is my desire to provide this letter of recommendation for Officer Patrick Oulton as he seeks employment as the Acting Training/Standards Officer. As Officer Oulton’s immediate supervisor at at YKCC, I’ve worked closely with him over the past two years, Training, Coaching, Mentoring, and Guiding his Institutional Training. Officer Oulton has demonstrated excellent communication skills and consistently exceeds expected standards. On a personal level, he’s charismatic and well-spoken, both qualities that have served him well in his role as a Floor and Booking Officer; Correctional Professional.

Petty Officer Le is a self-starter who continues to provide positive and immediate impact to U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunication Station (NCTS), Far East and our supported commands throughout the Far East. From the day of her arrival at NCTS Far East, she has demonstrated initiative being the first Sailor in her work section to attack and complete the newly developed Nortel MSL-100 telephone switch watchstander, job qualification requirement (JQR) and is currently training three senior Sailors across the region in there undertaking of this same JQR.

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