Criminology The individual that I interviewed Adolpho Mariel is a current police officer, ex border patrol officer, and retired veteran from the army. My connection to officer Mariel is through a friend of my younger brother (he is the uncle of my brother’s friend). I have met officer Mariel before, interacting with him in birthday parties or celebrations where we have both been invited through my younger brother and his friend. I have never really had a conversation with him about his career as a police officer, I knew he worked in San Diego but I never dwelled on his job. The reason he became an obvious choice for this interview was because of his wide variety of experience in multiple fields that I am interested in. The fact that he can
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Did you find what you expected? Why or why not?
Officer Mariel stated that, “He likes the work”. Then he explained that he always wanted to work in the government sector, helping people out. He also knew what to expect because of his experience before being a police officer, being in the Army, and border patrol. His prior work helped him get accustomed to his police job more quickly than it would have been just joining the police force straight out of high school.
12) What are the worst parts of your job?
The worst parts of his job as he identified are the accidents. Being that Officer Mariel is a highway police officer, he is one of the first responders to major crashes on the freeway, and those accidents can be brutal. He describes how long it takes to clear the accidents and how much pain the victims can be in. In particular what impacts him hard in those situations are the children, as he relates them to his own. He states how crashes like that are not that common, but still occur enough to have an impact on him. There is also the paperwork which takes a lot of time and is a non-glamorous aspect of police
Did you find what you expected? Why or why not?
Officer Mariel stated that, “He likes the work”. Then he explained that he always wanted to work in the government sector, helping people out. He also knew what to expect because of his experience before being a police officer, being in the Army, and border patrol. His prior work helped him get accustomed to his police job more quickly than it would have been just joining the police force straight out of high school.
12) What are the worst parts of your job?
The worst parts of his job as he identified are the accidents. Being that Officer Mariel is a highway police officer, he is one of the first responders to major crashes on the freeway, and those accidents can be brutal. He describes how long it takes to clear the accidents and how much pain the victims can be in. In particular what impacts him hard in those situations are the children, as he relates them to his own. He states how crashes like that are not that common, but still occur enough to have an impact on him. There is also the paperwork which takes a lot of time and is a non-glamorous aspect of police