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Police Patrol Officer #1058 |
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As a police officer, he enforces vehicle and traffic laws, conducts accident investigations, finds and questions suspects, apprehends criminals and works to prevent crime. During each shift, he is assigned a specific area of the city. Despite Iowa's fluctuating temperatures, this officer often patrols with his driver-side window down, so he can hear a call for help.
Career Profile:
This police officer studied criminal justice at an Iowa community college right out of high school. During college, he was an intern for several small town police departments in Iowa. He rode along on patrol, watched what the officers did at work and eventually got security jobs at special events in those towns. One of those police departments gave him his first full-time job and sent him to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy for training.
Police Patrol Officer #1058
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| What type of education is needed for this job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Why do you think you were hired for your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is the police academy like? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How much money do you make? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What kind of benefits do you get? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is the hardest part of your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Is there a lot of crime in your area? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Have you ever been shot at? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are you required to work crime scenes? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What classes are important in high school? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What are your work hours like? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you patrol in teams? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are you involved in court cases often? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Is there a correlation between race and crime? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you write tickets for loud stereos? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you need special training to work in the K-9 unit? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is most satisfying in your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are you ever bored in your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How are you different than the state patrol? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are you always on call? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What cases do you see the most of? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How does your ‘special forces’ team work? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you have to buy your own uniforms? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What do you look for when you patrol? | AUDIO | TEXT |
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