Blog 12 - Holiday Project Update

Sense of humor is something needed everyday to get by. 

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?

• What I did over break with my senior project is that I went on more ride alongs and I now have another mentor who is willing to help  me when my other mentor is unavailable. My new mentor has background experience in flying helicopters for the Police Department, in the SWAT team, and being a patrolittle officer. 

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 several things from riding with a different officer and one thing that he emphasized was "to never lose your sense of humor" because it is something that will always help you in difficult times. Every officer has their own way of handling calls for service and dealing with threats. There will never be specific steps on how to handle certain things because something can always happen and that is why we all have to "expect the unexpected ". 

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 who I rode with during the winter break and if not possible I plan to talk to an Officer who is a Pomona Police Explorer Advisor and a former Explorer Cattain for the Pomona police Explorers. If neither of them are available then I plan to interview a Deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's  Walnut/ Diamond Bar. The reason why I plan to interview Officer Cooper is due to his unique way of handling calls for service and talking to residents of Pomona. Officer Cooper possess unique qualities that make him stand out from others. Officer Nguyen is another possible candidate to interview due to his motivation of becoming a Police Officer and the challenges he achieved in order do what he wanted in life. Interviewing a Deputy will give me a different perspective because Police officersaid and Deputy Sheriff's are different in different ascpects.