This past Tuesday was Week 7 with the Citizen's Academy and we again spent it with the Police department. The topics we covered were Domestic Violence and Building Searches/Room Clearing.
We again split into 2 groups.
My group went to do Building Searches/Room Clearing first. Officer Raatz, as well as his two Explorer cadets helped us out. They showed us how they search buildings for perpetrators and taught us a lot about SWAT tactics and search techniques.
Once we were finished with that, we met up with Lt Mohr and a representative from the Domestic Violence Center. They gave us lots of information on what qualifies as domestic violence, the formalities behind arrest and prosecution of domestic violence, and a lot of resources for those who are victims of domestic violence. At the end of our information session, we got to participate in a domestic violence-related scenario with Officer Greene and a female administrator who were role-playing a couple who had been arguing. We, as the officers, had to interview the suspects and determine who would be arrested/how the story actually played out before the police were called.
It was extremely informational as well as eye-opening.
Next week we'll once again be with the police department. It will be our last week with the police department before moving on.
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