Reflection Of Internship With The Gloversville Police Department

Register to read the introduction… His attitude is totally different from the rookies. He often wrote his reports very poorly while the rookies who didn?t have any authority wrote theirs in great lengths and detail. I believe that they would do this because they wanted to gain the respect of the other Officers. The Officer who has been there for eighteen years did not have to do this because he already had the respect from other higher authorities. The attitudes towards the Officers calls also varied between the rookies and the older Officers. The Rookies would take their time and take it seriously while the older Officers would joke around and laugh at the people.

Through the internship I went to the Sheriffs Department three times. I also went once with my Police Management class. I learned a lot from this. I never knew how much information goes through them and how big of a responsibility they have. My Aunt works there as a dispatcher and told me that about fifty percent of all calls should be dealt with by animal control or social services not by the Police. Through the internship program I have seen what she was talking about. More than half of all our calls dealt with disconduct or family …show more content…
When dealing with people I learned that my strengths were talking to people and calming them down. One call was a fight between two men about a female they both liked. When we both arrived to the call the guys were out in the street pushing eachother. The Officer pulled them apart and started talking to the one. The other guy came over to me and started talking to me about how he and this woman were together and how he was going to ?kill? the other guy. I tried to explain to the guy that it would not be worth it. I told him that if she cheated on him now that she wasn?t worth getting back. The man agreed with me and calmed down. The Officer told me that I did the right thing in this and said that he would have done the same.

One of my major weaknesses as you know is writing. My handwriting itself needs major improving. The words themselves are fine. When writing traffic warning tickets one of the Officers made a joking comment ?man your writing is worse than mine?. Next semester I am enrolling in a writing class that will hopefully improve my handwriting skills. Besides the writing I feel that most of my skills are good. If I become an Officer myself I believe that these would only