Blog 19 - Third Answer

Ethics are build as one keeps growing up and experiencing life situations.

Content:

Just like you did for answer 1 and 2 post your:


1. Essential Question

• How can a Police Officer make safe and ethical calls in high pressure situations?

2. Answer #3

• The third answer to my essential question is Character. By character I mean the Police Officers integrity, motivation, dedication, etc. An officer's ethics are not created as they grow up. In fact, they are built when they are born. Several factors affect an individuals ethics just like the environment they are in, their parents behavior, and the way they are raised. in order to make safe calls a Police Officer must be able to refer back to their ethics in order to make a good or the best decision in high pressure situations. Not only in high pressure situations but also when being on patrol. 

3. Three details to support your answer

• If it is 102 fahrenheit outside and a vehicle passed by then suddenly it is stopped by a Police Officer. The Officer must make the call if to take away the vehicle due to the small infraction and leave the driver, who is a mother and has her three children with her; to walk home. An option can be to take away the vehicle and take them home or not take it away at all and give the driver a warning. 
• If there is an active shooter at a school and the first responder is only one Police Officer. Will that Officer right away go in and possibly die or wait for their backing units. An Officers morals affects the way they make decisions and think about how to control and solve the situation. 
• If an Officer is shot and is in critical pain; should his partner help him or continue with the situation that they were sent for which is to eliminate the threat. Officers are trained in scenarios that have to do with an Officer being down. There will always be more than 5 Officers in high priority calls. So, an Officer is never left behind and will always have the help that he or she needs. 

4. The research source(s) to support your details and answer

• Book "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell.  
• Horban, Jack E., Bruce J. Goorlie. "The Ethical Warrior and Warrior Creed" 

5. Concluding Sentence

• Ones moral values affects how to act, think, and solve a situation. When being under stress the mind tends to make decisions faster but one must choose if to go with the first decision made or continue thinking about the situation. Officer do not have a lot of time to make decisions that will always lead to the safer way out. Sometimes in this career lives are lost because split-second decisions are not made properly or the situation is not handled the way it should of been. The minute one is born the environment that surrounds us is a key element that affects the way we will be when we grow up. 

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. 

Blog 1 - Senior Final Lesson/Interview Reflection

 This career is not for everyone.

1. What three lessons were most helpful for you to see, and why?
• The three lessons that were most helpful was: Criminal Profiling, U.S. Military Intelligence, and Negligence Law. Criminal Profiling by Justine Solorio was helpful because it somewhat ties into what I'm looking to do as my Senior project and it also gave me ideas on how to present the topic so that my audience will be able to understand it. U.S. Military Intelligence by Daniel Bustamante was another helpful presentation because of the way he explained his research as well as vocabulary words was neat and organized. Throughout his presentation he had appealing pictures that related to the slide and his activity tied in well with the whole project. The last presentation that I found helpful was Negligence Law by Nathan Guevara, he had such an interesting topic due to the way he presented it. His presentation was one of the best ones due to the way he communicated with his audience and the activities that he had throughout his presentation.
2. List one thing that you learned about the senior project in interviews that will help you get off to a good start?
• When preparing for research checks that are every Friday, don't leave it to the last minute to do research. By that I mean, start early in the weekday to be able to finish before the deadline without stressing a lot.
3. What topic(s) are you considering, and why?
• I'm considering to do Law Enforcement because I have a big interest in that field and from my previous experience I can tell that everyday it's something new that a police officer has to work with. Another topic that I'm considering to do is CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. In the past I've practiced different scenarios that involve CSI. I find it interesting that a case can be solved through the evidence left behind, it's like solving a long and difficult puzzle.  
4. What EQ do you think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this? (Please don't worry about any sort of formula...we want this question to come from your genuine interest).
• How does a police officer determine how to deal with a threat?
5. What are some ideas you have about finding summer mentorship?
• Well, I've been in the Explorer's Program since freshman year and I've had the chance to ask several police officers if they would be willing to mentor me throughout my senior project. So I'll be doing many ride alongs in my summer to obtain a greater knowledge and actually go in depth. If I were to choose CSI as my topic then in the department there is a special team who specialize in that field. Therefore, I would need to get in contact with them and ask if not all of them then one to mentor me.