An Interview With Police Enforcement - 1391 Words

The number one career that I want to pursue is in law enforcement. Unfortunately, it did not show up on my list of occupations produced by my Self-Directed Search results. My number one goal is to obtain a career as a Deputy Officer and then work myself up to detective. Since working in law enforcement is my number one goal I decided to interview two different Sheriff Deputy Officers. The first Sheriff Deputy Officer that I interviewed was Deputy Benzor from the Los Angeles Sheriff Department. The interview that I conducted with Deputy Benzor was an informal interview that occurred while I was doing a patrol ride along. This was probably the best time to conduct an informal interview because during the patrol ride along I got to†¦show more content†¦There is always something going on somewhere and as officers they are always ready to respond. When it was about 2pm we stopped at subway to have lunch and I though this is the best time to get most of questions answered. He men tioned that one thing he does not like about his job is that he has to work during the holidays. This prevents him from spending quality time with his family during the holidays. In addition, I asked him what was it that he did in order to prepare for the filed. He mentioned that the academy training really helped shape him and prepare him for the job. Before attending academy training he mentions that he did a lot of physical training in order to be physically prepared for the academy. At this point of the ride along/interview I was amazed and this amazement was like confirmation that this is the career that I want to have. I did not ask him if he had any suggestions of someone else in the field I can speak to. The reason why I did not ask him was because I already had someone in mind I wanted to speak to. The second Sheriff Deputy that I interviewed was Deputy Joanna Gomez. The reason that I chose to interview her is because she is currently my background investigator. I am curren tly going through the process of being hired with the Los Angeles Sheriff Department and I thought she would be a good person to interview. Deputy Joanna Gomez