Blog 4 - House Advisory Prep

 

1. Write a short explanation of what you are hoping to accomplish through your senior project topic. You will be sharing out on what you've written here with your house advisory and classmates on Friday, 9/11.
• Throughout the course of my Senior Project which is, Law Enforcement, I am hoping to accomplish many things with it. First of all, the main reason why Law Enforcement is my Senior Project Topic is due to the fact that in today's society Law Enforcement Officers are viewed matter, criticized and looked down upon. Many believe that Law Enforcement Officers abuse of the power that is given to them and don't do what's right for the community. A goal would be to prove all the people with those types of mentality wrong. In the 3 years that I've been in the Explorers Program I've had the opportunity to have one-on-one conversations with many Police Officers as well as retired ones. I've learned so much about them and I've also had the chance of riding with some. While on patrol I get to see the many things that others don't such as the stress that they undergo and the critical decisions they make in a blink of an eye. It is their duty to keep the community safe and help anyone who needs it. Law Enforcement Officers out their lives on the line for citizens whom they don't even know. They take their job seriously; even though, there are some Officers who do abuse the power they have it does not necessarily mean that all of them fall under that same category. In today's society everyone receives a label no matter of their so called "ranking in life". It's all about how you act in life or your physical appearance which is how one is judged by others. Officers receive the label of "pigs" which does go back to many years. This is an example that everyone is given labels and the amount of authority or their profession would not matter. One last thing that I plan to accomplish through my Senior Project Topic is to give other individuals the basic knowledge about the way Law Enforcement truly works and the different divisions a department may offer. For those who are interest but don't know where to begin their research, my topic will give them the necessary tools to understand a lot better what Law Enforcement is about. Many believe that once you go into the Law Enforcement career you will always be a Patrol Officer which is not true. There are opportunities throughout your career that will allow you to rank up which is the same thing as receiving a promotion. Another way to become something "greater" is to specialize in something specific such as Narcotics, Undercover, Gangs, etc. In order to become an Officer who is qualified and ready to be an expert in a specific division they must be a Patrol Officer for a certain amount of years. It is important that one knows exactly what they are getting themselves into when pursuing a career as dangerous as Law Enforcement.