Interview Police Officer

Police officers play a substantial role each and every day, allowing them to be key factors into keeping the community safe day in and day out. Many do not realize just how important police officers really are, and how not only tough but also demanding their job is. Everyday officers are faced with dangerous, frustrating, and heartbreaking situations. Therefore, once given the opportunity to interview a member of Law Enforcement, my initial response was to interview one of The Fitchburg Police Departments officers. The officer who I was fortunate enough to interview was Officer Leroy Jackson, or just “Leroy” as he likes to be called. I was extremely clueless before walking into this interview with Officer Jackson, but once leaving I can sincerely …show more content…
The event is the Summer Youth Police Academy which is program created to help the youth of the community who wish to become an officer or no more about it. Not only does this great event help with community policing, but it also helps build trust amongst the officers and also the younger generation. The academy is a five day event, which is created to be a mini police academy, only being offered to kids in grades seven and eight. Jackson stated proudly how great of a turnout the city has each year with the middle school kids, who are extremely eager to learn the ins and outs of being a police officer. It is really nice to see officers who are giving up their free time on a nice hot summer day, in order to help and influence these young children. When asked about what this “mini police academy” obtains, according to Jackson these middle school aged kids are not only put through psychical activity’s through marching and physical training, but also they are taught everyday respect and discipline. This is certainly a great program, and it would be nice to see every community creating academy’s in order to help get kids involved with its police officers. Also Jackson discussed another initiative in order to connect the children of the community to its officers, by creating The Reading Trolley. The trolley provides a way for children to get to and from the public library, …show more content…
Officer Jackson stated his own personal opinion on them was that they are a great innovation, and would help officers in a substantial way. He also stated there were many times while he has been on duty when he wished he had a body camera on him, saying it not only is a sense of protection for officers but the civilians as well. Although Officer Jackson and the rest of the police department are in favor for this new worldwide innovation of body cameras, whether or not the city can afford this innovation is the question. Jackson spoke strongly when he stated how long it took the department just to receive new patrol cars with everything up to date, leaving him skeptical on whether or not the department will ever receive body cameras, but he is