Accomplishments

My original goals were:

My three goals for this internship are;

1. Gain experience in the career field of law enforcement

   - This area has definitely been accomplished through my time at the academy. During the internship i have gone one two search warrants and multiple suspect interviews. I got to see the investigative aspect of law enforcement. I got to the see the interaction of officers and individuals involved in their investigation. Being in the academy, I am learning proper officer training tactics and procedures and was able to watch similar tactics be performed by the detectives in real situations. 

2. Learn and understand how an investigation is operated from start to finish

  - I feel I have learned a lot about this procedure as it pertains to insurance fraud investigations. It starts with an insurance claim being investigated by special investigators who are not sworn peace officers. They lay out the case as best they can and then send it to the CDI to determine if there is enough evidence to pursue an arrest. The detectives then follow the leads and interview all those involved. Sometimes a case will go to the DA and sometimes they detectives determine there is not enough evidence to pursue an arrest. 

3. Learn how different departments work together within the Justice System such as different law enforcement agencies and the District Attorneys office.

- The realtionship i witnessed between the CDI and the DA's office was interesting to say the least. The Deputy DA assigned to help the insurance fraud detectives I worked with was incapable according to the office talk. The relationship was a tense one in that the detectives were not happy but at the end of the day they did the job to the best of their ability and made it work. I learned not everyone will get along or work together well abut at the end of the day the end of the day is to put criminals away.