Blog 16 - Independent Component 2 Approval

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Please review the component contract in the senior project packet. The Independent Component 2 is an opportunity for you to add a dimension of creativity and/or an additional outlet for research. The goal of the component is for you to explore your answers in more depth. On Friday, April 22, 2016, you will be turning in the following to your blog to prove completion of this component:

• Blog post answering specific questions posted by senior team
• Log of hours clearly delineated as Independent Component 2 on senior project hours spreadsheet (with total number of hours included)
• Evidence of the 30 hours of work (e.g. transcript, essays, tests, art work, photographs) as digital artifacts

For this blog post and approval, please answer the following questions.

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• For the 30 hours of Independent Component 2 I plan to take a college class that is about Law Enforcement at Mt. San Antonio Community College. Classes for Spring semester begin on the last week of February and tomorrow, Tuesday the 9th of February I will be attending an orientation to make sure that the class that I will be taking is allowed. I also plan to go on different ridealongs with several different officers who are not my mentors. I do believe that every officer has a different way of handling certain situations when they are put under stress and I do believe that we all think different. In one ridealong I can complete up to 11 hours so my goal is to go on 10 ridealongs with different officers and shifts as well as different squads. I also believe that riding with officers who have 1 to 2 years of experience is important because they are still learning just like me. But riding with officers who have been in the department for 20 or more years will be essential to my project. Depending on the class that I take the times and days to meet will differ so I will not know what days or class I will be in the class until I actually register for it.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectations of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• In order to meet or show the expectations of 30 hours of evidence I will have to take pictures of my work in class or make a professional paper where my professor and the different officers I rode with must sign it. If I take pictures of the officers and I when I am on my ridealong I will not be able to post them but I will be able to show my House teacher on the side.

3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• This second independent component will help me explore my topic in depth because I will actually take a class on Law Enforcement and there will be new and different things that I will encounter and learn about. By riding with different officers I will learn their ways of giving their service as well as their answers when I ask them my essential question of, "How can a Police Officer make safe and ethical calls in high pressure situations?". By riding with different officers it will allow me to see different perspectives and be able to distinguish newer police officers with those who have been in the department for years now.

4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent  Component 2" log.

• Completed

Your answers to the questions should be supported with details and examples for the senior team to understand what you plan to do. Once we review your Blog Post 16, your house teacher will discuss with you the approval of your plan. If it is approved, please start working on it. If it is not approved, your house teacher will explain why. It is your job to address the concerns so you can get your component approved. Additionally, any changes requested must be addressed to your house teacher well in advance of the completion date for full credit on the assignment.

Research is important to this Senior Project!