What Is The Importance Of Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is something that I use throughout my work at the Regina Police Service as a Direct Entry Reporter. I answer calls from disgruntled, crying, scared or hysterical citizens regarding incidents that have occurred to them. It is then my job to direct them to other units, take their report, or call to dispatch officers. I personally use critical thinking throughout the call in order to determine what course of action to take. This involves looking at all of the evidence that is in front of me and determining how to best accommodate to the citizen in distress. Although I use critical thinking as a DEVR operator I believe one of my greatest challenges was working for the chip company Frito Lay for a summer as a relief driver.
This was a commission position, so the more I sold, the more money I would make in the end. The job required me to work 4 weeks with a full time employee and learn how to complete many tasks that are required in order to keep stores stocked. I learned how to stock the truck, drive the truck to the stores, and stock the shelves. After all of this was completed I was then required to tally all of the product that had been dropped off at the store location and then create an invoice for the store. This seems relatively easy when working with another employee that has years of experience working the same route, with the same truck, every day, but that is not what I was required to do. As a relief worker I was given a different route every week to two weeks and was given little instruction on how to do