Blog 25: Mentorship

Literal:
Hours Log

Contact Info:
Officer Jaycon Sanchez
(626)827-3746

Interpretive:
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing I gained from my entire senior project are the life lessons I learned from the academy like how being respectful and good natured will take you far with most people, how going into the community and helping out, especially at a young age, inspires others and gives your life meaning, how going the extra mile no matter hard it seems is always worth it in the end, and how being calm and acting instead of reacting prevents you from making regretful decisions. These lessons are the product of my mentorship, my academy time, and my overall senior experience.

Applied:
How has what you have done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.

From my time at the academy to the weekly meetings at my post to the details I worked with my fellow explorers, I have been plunged into the world of law enforcement. Pratically everything there is to know about it I have been taught by officers with decades of experience. I have even been given the opportunity to apply that knowledge in both mock situations and in real life events. With my EQ being "How can an officer best handle a life threatening situation?", what better way to find answers for it then to take the closest role to an officer available to a civilian and be placed in the very situations they are. Everything from my foundation to my answers is attributed to my mentorship.
 

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 hours Check

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?

• I am still enrolled but about to graduate from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Training and Regional Services Center Explorer Academy. My mentorship is going to be continued at my Police Explorer post at the Baldwin Park Police Department. 

2. Who is your contact?

• I am about to graduate and become an explorer at the Baldwin Park PD Explorer Post and my primary mentor is Officer Jaycon Sanchez. 

3. How many total hours have you done?

• Not counting summer hours, up until 1/10/2013 I have 255 hours from my explorer academy, weekly post meetings, and any events I worked. My total overall is 299 and a half hours if I include summer.

4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

• The 255 hours I have accumulated are the result of my 18 week explorer academy, my weekly post meetings, and the 2 police details I have worked so far.  The 18 week explorer academy comprised of physical training and in class training in preparation for my duties as a police explorer. My weekly post meetings were a furthering of this while also serving as training for the competition I am going to on the 19th of this month. The 2 details included the Christmas event for Baldwin Park's youth and the traffic detail I worked at the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game. 

Blog 1: Summer Mentorship Component

Topic Area: Law Enforcement

Contact: Officer Sanchez

• Patrol Officer for Baldwin Park Police Department
• Post Advisor for Police Explorer Post 654 of Baldwin Park
• Cell: (626) 827-3746

Literal (Know)

Mentorship Log

Literal (Need to Know)

• What will be the most help to an officer wishing to make a career out of law enforcement?
• What characteristics and skills help an officer out in the line of fire?

Interpretive:

• The most important thing I took out of this experience is that law enforcement could definitely be a career I would pursue somewhere down the line in my life. Law enforcement encompasses some many different jobs types that the possibilities are numerous. Plus the fact that it all goes back to helping the community and keeping the peace is a bonus on top of the career perks. If I did pursue a career in law enforcement I would most definitely want to be a patrol officer and work my way up to being a detective one day.

Applied

• The summer mentorship with the Police Explorers really allowed me to gaze through the perspective of the officers that risk their lives everyday to keep others safe. Working with the Explorers practice the police scenarios was quite the experience.  Since law enforcement is a career choice I am considering in the future, it only makes sense that I make it my senior topic so that I can get a true taste of it through the Explorers and all the research I will do during my senior year.