Being and older student with an established carreer, I was a little unsure on where to conduct my service learning project. In the class syllabus it states that the pupose of the service learning project is: “To connect course materials to policies and practices implemented through agencies to serve victims and survivors of interpersonal and power based violence. It is designed to encourage critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches to serving victims of violence” (Criminal Justice 403. n.d.). After reading the pupose of the assignment, I wanted to find an agency that would benefit my career and the community I work in. I have been a police officer for 18 years, and I love the profession and will retire
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I am a detective at the Kirkland Police Department and investigate the cases, but I do not have a lot of interaction with the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault after my investigation is completed. Once I finish my investigation and file the case with the prosecutor and or arrest the offender my job is done. Working with the family violence advocate will help me to learn about resources available inside and outside of the Kirkland Police Department such as CPS, child advocacy services and shelters. After I have completed my 20 hours of service with the family violence advocate, I hope to be able to give the victims more guidance to their question of “What happens now?” Along with me telling the victims to call the family violence advocate, I would be able to give them some reassurance of the resources and help available for them. I also see the family violence advocate in need of assistance with sending out letters to victims, follow up phone calls, filing of paperwork and data entry. All of those tasks are centered around working with victims of domestic abuse, child abuse, and sexual …show more content…
The majority of the population are white with a median age of 37.4 years old. 51 percent of the population are women (Community Facts, n.d.). The Kirkland Police Department family violence advocate serves all of the people in the City that are victims of domestic violence and or sexual assault. The advocate provides victim assistance, intervention, counseling and coordinates support for family/youth issues such as domestic violence and missing/runaway juveniles.
The biggest challenge I see serving with the family violence advocate is avoiding the need to overstep my boundaries by wanting to help out more by arresting the perpetrators. This challenge may also be an advantage because after my volunteer work I could put on my detective hat and then arrest the offender. This was discussed both with the volunteer coordinator and the family violence advocate. There were no concerns, and they both felt it was a win-win situation for me to volunteer with the family violence advocate.
Working for this agency will be a relatively easy task because I already work there. It will also be very rewarding and beneficial for me to learn about the resources for the victims in the community I work for and also to understand what happens after I have completed my
I am a detective at the Kirkland Police Department and investigate the cases, but I do not have a lot of interaction with the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault after my investigation is completed. Once I finish my investigation and file the case with the prosecutor and or arrest the offender my job is done. Working with the family violence advocate will help me to learn about resources available inside and outside of the Kirkland Police Department such as CPS, child advocacy services and shelters. After I have completed my 20 hours of service with the family violence advocate, I hope to be able to give the victims more guidance to their question of “What happens now?” Along with me telling the victims to call the family violence advocate, I would be able to give them some reassurance of the resources and help available for them. I also see the family violence advocate in need of assistance with sending out letters to victims, follow up phone calls, filing of paperwork and data entry. All of those tasks are centered around working with victims of domestic abuse, child abuse, and sexual …show more content…
The majority of the population are white with a median age of 37.4 years old. 51 percent of the population are women (Community Facts, n.d.). The Kirkland Police Department family violence advocate serves all of the people in the City that are victims of domestic violence and or sexual assault. The advocate provides victim assistance, intervention, counseling and coordinates support for family/youth issues such as domestic violence and missing/runaway juveniles.
The biggest challenge I see serving with the family violence advocate is avoiding the need to overstep my boundaries by wanting to help out more by arresting the perpetrators. This challenge may also be an advantage because after my volunteer work I could put on my detective hat and then arrest the offender. This was discussed both with the volunteer coordinator and the family violence advocate. There were no concerns, and they both felt it was a win-win situation for me to volunteer with the family violence advocate.
Working for this agency will be a relatively easy task because I already work there. It will also be very rewarding and beneficial for me to learn about the resources for the victims in the community I work for and also to understand what happens after I have completed my