Police Interview Essay
For my information Interview, I went down to the local police department and asked them if I was allowed to interview any of them for a college project. I interviewed one of the cops whose name is Thomas Bartunek, and he is currently a patrol man at the Waldoboro Police Department. There were two cops on duty that day because it was thanksgiving and one was busy doing paperwork so I had to get in and out in case of a call. I told him I had to ask about 10 questions for a project and he told me he would answer them to the best of his ability. I started off by asking Thomas how he decide upon this career, and he informed me that while growing up both of his grandparents were cops, and he always looked up to them. So he wanted to follow in their
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He told me that most of the time he is driving around making sure everything looks good around the town. Deal with people that are having problems with others and having to fix it. Lots of paper work. Doing some training, and his favorite getting a lunch break and watching tv in one of the rooms. Which is great if a football game is on. I wanted to know more important things that might help me decided if I really want to one day be a police officer so I asked what he likes most about this job and what he liked the least. Thomas told me that he gets to drive around in an undercover cop car which is always nice and that thing can be different everyday so he likes the challenge. He also likes that fact that he is somebody who someone will call when they are in any type of danger, he feels like he is a superhero in some cases and it feels good knowing you could save a life or even make someone’s day. But somedays it feels like the day was the same as the last. Also the paperwork is something I dread doing because it’s so long and tedious. And one last thing that he least liked about his job is going to a crime scene where in some cases there is a dead body, knowing that if you could have been there a little quicker maybe you could of saved a life, but you never
He told me that most of the time he is driving around making sure everything looks good around the town. Deal with people that are having problems with others and having to fix it. Lots of paper work. Doing some training, and his favorite getting a lunch break and watching tv in one of the rooms. Which is great if a football game is on. I wanted to know more important things that might help me decided if I really want to one day be a police officer so I asked what he likes most about this job and what he liked the least. Thomas told me that he gets to drive around in an undercover cop car which is always nice and that thing can be different everyday so he likes the challenge. He also likes that fact that he is somebody who someone will call when they are in any type of danger, he feels like he is a superhero in some cases and it feels good knowing you could save a life or even make someone’s day. But somedays it feels like the day was the same as the last. Also the paperwork is something I dread doing because it’s so long and tedious. And one last thing that he least liked about his job is going to a crime scene where in some cases there is a dead body, knowing that if you could have been there a little quicker maybe you could of saved a life, but you never