Interview 3 criminal justice professionals from different areas of the criminal justice field in your local jurisdiction. Make sure you obtain the following information:
- The name of the interviewee
- The name of the interviewee’s department
- The interviewee’s specific interests in becoming the criminal justice professional that he or she is (this could vary depending upon the interviewee’s response)
- The interviewee’s department hiring requirements, for example initial testing, physical agility, background investigation (including the length of time for completion), or medical and psychological testing
- The interviewee’s description of what and where his or her initial training took place (i.e., police academy or related training facility)
- How long the training lasted
- The interviewee’s department’s probationary time and successful completion requirements
In essay format, write a report that includes the above information and focuses on the following as well:
- How the interviewee became interested in his or her particular field of criminal justice
- The career inquires he or she made that led them to his or her job position
- The hiring process that he or she had to partake in and the training required once hired
- The probationary time required for successful completion of his or training
- A critique of their descriptions and brief comparison of differences in job requirements
