Blog 23: 2014 Interview

1) Who did you interview and what house are they in?

• Ana Landeros/ North House-Edwards

2) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

• Fashion Advertising because its something she finds interesting and has some proficiency in. 

3)  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

• Work with a seamtress and gain knowledge on the field.

4) What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

• A lot of activites and info on how to do her own 2 hour.

5) What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

• No questions, but I told her just to keep up with her research binder and not to stress over any component. 

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1) How can an officer best handle a life-threatening situation?
2) Would you say that good communication skills is a key part of law enforcement?
3) How important would you say that effective communications is?
4) Can you tell me of a time when communcation helped you out in a situation?
5) Can you tell me how to improve on the type of communcation skills you use as an officer?
6) In your opinion what is essential to handling a life-threatening situation, your training from the academy or effective communications? Why?
7) Besides good communications and utilization of academy training, what would you say is essential to an officer handling a life threatening situation and why?
8) How often do you encounter a situation where better communication could have completely changed the outcome?
9) What is effective communications to you as a police officer?
10) Do you believe that being skilled in the equipment that is given to you as an officer is essential to handling a life threatening situation? Why?
11) Where would you say that that skill in proper use of your equipment comes from?
12) How does one improve in becoming more efficient in use of police equipment?
13) Can you tell me of a time where proper use of police equipment saved someones life or kept a situation from becoming worse?
14) Between inadequete training in equipment, poor communication skills, and ineffective use of training, what places the officer most in danger?
15) What would you say is the most difficult type of person for an officer to communicate with?
16) Besides the officer, who else would you say benefits from an officer who can communicate well?
17) In your opinion, what would you say gets officers in the most trouble as far as a situation and why?
18) Would you say its accidental or something that some officers are more prone to?
19) For the officers that are prone to these type of situations due to their habit or nature, how would you assist them in fixing that?
20) What is the first thing and the most key thing you do that helps you analyze a life threatening situation before and as it transpires?

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

How can an officer best handle a life-threatening situation?

What skills, traits, or experience help keep an officer calm during an emergency?

What are some of the most deadly emergencies that an officer can face while in the line of duty?

What type of training, if any, does the police academy offer to prepare trainees for future service?

What are the dangers of not being able to keep calm during an emergency?

How often would you say you hear of or witness an officer who isn't prepared to respond to emergencies?

Do you know of any special techniques used to keep calm during emergencies, and if so what are they?

Do you believe that the ability to keep calm during an emergency can be taught? Why or why not?

What is the best way to prepare to handle an emergency?

What kind of mentality do you need to effectively and calmly handle an emergency?

What has worked the best for you in your experience?

Second Interview Questions

1. When did your tour as an police officer start and how long have you been on the force?

2. What college education do you have and how has it affected your performance in your line of work?

3. What type of training did you receive before your tour began?

4.  What responsibilities are entrusted to you as a Baldwin Park police officer?

5. Where do you see yourself as far as your career is concerned 10 years from now? 

Interview Preparation

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1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

I plan to interview Officer Jaycon Sanchez of the Baldwin Park Police Department because he is an officer who has been on the job for a few years now and has served with many other experienced officers.

2. What additional questions do you plan to ask? 

What drove or inspired you to want to become a police officer?
What would you say is the most enjoyable part of your job?
What does your daily schedule on the job consist of and is there any consistency to it?
Do you have any advice you could give me?