James Konsdorf's Influence On My Life

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We all have that one person we look up to. Seeing that person succeed influences us as humans to do better in life. The person that helps motivate you and gives you advice to keep pushing through in life. The person that influences me and motivates me would be my cousin James Konsdorf. The person that I am profiling has been a great influence on my life and has given me great advice. My cousin would always say “It doesn’t matter how hard you’ve fallen, or how hard you’ve hit the ground get up and continue to pursue your goals.” I have learned many different things from my cousin, James Konsdorf. I grew up around him and I am always learning new things about my cousin. There was one thing I learned about my cousin that I didn’t know much about until I actually interviewed him. James Konsdorf is short standing about 5’ 8” he is slim with a muscular build. He is clean shaven and always looks clean and well dressed. He dresses in blue jeans and usually wears Hollister polo shirts. Adding to his style would be a Detroit Tigers hat. He is tan and always has a clean military fade for his hairstyle. He talks loud and always had a big smile on his face. James Konsdorf is very motivational, funny, and has a great overall personality. He is much more of a leader than he is a follower. James Konsdorf left his home town and his family behind to serve in the United States Navy. He joined the Navy’s military police force which is known as Master at Arms in the Navy. He started out as an entry rank as a Seaman Recruit which is an E-1. He eventually worked his way up the ranks and he left the Navy as a Petty Officer First Class which is an E-6. After James Konsdorf left the Navy he started school at Baker College. …show more content…
He was taking classes and not really sure what he wanted to do for a lifelong career. He attended Baker College for about a year. He then transferred to Saginaw Valley State University and started taking criminal justice classes. He decided that becoming a police officer is what he wanted to do in life because he enjoyed it when he was in the Navy. He then transferred to Oakland Community College and received an associate degree in criminal justice. After graduating with his degree he then joined the Oakland police academy. He worked hard and studied hard and eventually graduated from the Oakland police academy. Happy about graduating with his degree and graduating from the police academy James decided it was time to find places hiring police officers. He applied for the Clayton Township police department and was hired a few months after the interview. He worked with the Clayton Township police department for about a year then decided he wanted to work for a different police department. So he applied for the Cass County Sheriff’s department he had to do inside work for about two years then he became a deputy sheriff patrolling the streets. He worked for Cass County for about five years then started working for Wayne County. He told me that he really enjoyed working for the Wayne County Sheriff’s department because there was much more excitement. He said he was younger so he wanted to get out and chase people breaking the laws. He said working for Wayne County that’s exactly what he did. He told me he had his fair share of vehicle chases, foot chases, arrests, and just about anything that would get your adrenaline going. He said he cannot count the amount of times people have pulled weapons on him. During the interview my cousin explained to me that he had been shot in the line of duty. He was not the type of person that would walk around telling everyone that he was shot. From what my cousin described he was on a traffic stop on a side street that was known as a high drug area. My cousin was in his police cruiser trying to get some information about the individuals in the vehicle he had pulled over. My cousin already had back up on the way. The individuals stepped out of the vehicle and my cousin stepped out of his police cruiser and ordered them back into their vehicle. One individual opened

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