Police Interview
Police Officer Interview
University of Phoenix Student This paper will compare and contrast the thoughts of two police officers from different police departments. In fact one officer has been actively working in the state of Nevada while the second has been inactive for several years now. Both officers are male, one African-American and the other Caucasian. Both officers feel very strongly about the importance of police work and were not very shy at giving their opinions. The interviews were not conducted in person but each officer was sent a number of questions via e-mail and asked to answer them to the best of their knowledge and return their answers via e-mail no later than Saturday, November 22, 2008. The questions and answers are as follows. As stated earlier both officers are male. Chief Chris Perry of the Nevada Highway patrol began his career in law enforcement in 1982 as a Trooper in Las Vegas. Chief Perry holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Las Vegas and extensive law enforcement training certification; including Northwestern University, US Department of Justice, Defensive Tactics Institute and Advanced Nevada POST certificates. Chief Perry reclined to give his exact age for this interview but did say that he is very seasoned and age has nothing to do with how efficiently he does his job. Chief Perry knew at an early age that he wanted to work in law enforcement. He was influenced by his father and grandfather before him. Chief Perry states that he was very impressed and proud of the work that the police before him did and knew that he too wanted to have that same feeling and wanted his family to be just as proud of him as he was of his father. When asked if he found what he expected he responded by saying “undoubtedly, I always wanted to give back to the community and what better way to do that than to serve and protect my community in law enforcement.” Officer Perry has moved up the ranks over the years and
University of Phoenix Student This paper will compare and contrast the thoughts of two police officers from different police departments. In fact one officer has been actively working in the state of Nevada while the second has been inactive for several years now. Both officers are male, one African-American and the other Caucasian. Both officers feel very strongly about the importance of police work and were not very shy at giving their opinions. The interviews were not conducted in person but each officer was sent a number of questions via e-mail and asked to answer them to the best of their knowledge and return their answers via e-mail no later than Saturday, November 22, 2008. The questions and answers are as follows. As stated earlier both officers are male. Chief Chris Perry of the Nevada Highway patrol began his career in law enforcement in 1982 as a Trooper in Las Vegas. Chief Perry holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Las Vegas and extensive law enforcement training certification; including Northwestern University, US Department of Justice, Defensive Tactics Institute and Advanced Nevada POST certificates. Chief Perry reclined to give his exact age for this interview but did say that he is very seasoned and age has nothing to do with how efficiently he does his job. Chief Perry knew at an early age that he wanted to work in law enforcement. He was influenced by his father and grandfather before him. Chief Perry states that he was very impressed and proud of the work that the police before him did and knew that he too wanted to have that same feeling and wanted his family to be just as proud of him as he was of his father. When asked if he found what he expected he responded by saying “undoubtedly, I always wanted to give back to the community and what better way to do that than to serve and protect my community in law enforcement.” Officer Perry has moved up the ranks over the years and