I got the chance to experience firsthand of the closeness of the Officers at the department, there are three units in the Newport News office: the sex offender unit, mental illness, and general population. Each Officer is able to go to each other to ask for assistance on paperwork as well as trading shifts for intake. I have also had the pleasure to experience how helping the Officers are with the client. The start of my internship I was under supervision of Officer Baines, my first assignment was to witness a case opening. A case opening is the first initial meeting between the Officer and the client, the client has to answer several routine questioners which have been created by the department, and the client and the Officer create a relationship. After the questioners were complete, Mr. Baines asked the client, “What can he do to help he/she complete their probation
I got the chance to experience firsthand of the closeness of the Officers at the department, there are three units in the Newport News office: the sex offender unit, mental illness, and general population. Each Officer is able to go to each other to ask for assistance on paperwork as well as trading shifts for intake. I have also had the pleasure to experience how helping the Officers are with the client. The start of my internship I was under supervision of Officer Baines, my first assignment was to witness a case opening. A case opening is the first initial meeting between the Officer and the client, the client has to answer several routine questioners which have been created by the department, and the client and the Officer create a relationship. After the questioners were complete, Mr. Baines asked the client, “What can he do to help he/she complete their probation