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-  K9 Viking Warwick Police RI, his handler is Officer Aaron Steere. I believe every police department in Rhode Island should have police K9’s. The reason why they should have the K9’s is because they can help out in many different aspects.   These types of K9’s are not like our regular dogs! These police K9 dogs are certified in narcotics detection, patrol work, building searches, area searches, tracking, article recovery, and criminal apprehension. The schooling for the K9’s and handlers lasts 6 months. Also they are trained in handler protection.   For the dogs to know what to do their commands are in given in German/Czech.  Some of the police dogs come from Europe.  Many of these police K9’s are aggressive dogs compared to the one’s in airports where they are more passive.   The difference between aggressive and passive ones are that the aggressive dogs will scratch and bark when they find what they are looking for, the passive dogs are the ones that sit when they find their

Last night was our last citizen's police academy class :(. During our last night they gave us a tour of the police station! During the tour they showed us the cell block, special detective unit, breathalyzer room, and also where the dispatchers work. They even explained to all of us a little bit about what the dispatchers do and how they can tell which units are where.  After the tour we went back to the room for the  graduation, at this time they showed us the video from the night  when we did the role playing scenario's. It was quite funny to watch! At the end they provided us with our certificates and T-Shirt's. This was a great 8 weeks for sure and I had many new learning experiences!

On Saturday May 17th 2014 we had an introduction to firearm safety and demonstrations. At the beginning of the class they showed us how to properly load a gun and also pass the gun off to another person.They also showed us a video on keeping ours selfs safe while shooting that day. The instructors also showed us how to stand while we are shooting and they also told us how to hold the gun. During this time we had to wear the bullet proof vest and hear protection. This was also a great experience. We got to see how to shoot a gun and the training that the officers go through. 

On May 13th during the week 6 of our class we had an exciting class. The reason why it was exciting was because it was really hands -on. They provided us with real life scenario's that we had to do. We had to be the police officers and the police officers played the role's as the citizen's in the cars etc. During this time they gave us 6 different cases to complete. The first scene was a Disturbance. The second scene was Felony Car Stops. The third scene were Interview and Interrogations. The fourth case was Traffic Stops. The fifth scene was Crisis Negotiations. Last but not least was the sixth scene and this was a 911 Call. Also while we were completing these 6 different scene's the instructors were giving us and evaluation. This is where they made comments for us to let us know how we did. The reason why they did the role playing for us was so we could see what it's like for them when they go to different calls. Also they wanted us to handle different situations.

On the May 7th of the Cranston Citizen's police class, we learned about their BCI unit they have. BCI stands for Bureau Criminal Information. During this class they showed us their BCI crime unit truck they have. The crime unit truck is used for murders, and shooting when they occur. They use this because they have tools in this truck that they can secure evidence in. In this truck they have a nice (flat screen T.V.). Another section they showed us at this class was how they can measure we bullets went through. For the third part of the class they took us into the BCI lab and showed us how they get fingerprints off soda cans etc. We also got to try this for our selfs. For this we had to touch the soda can and then use the black dust to wipe the soda can with the brush until we could see the finger prints starting to come out.

Tonight at our meeting we had an interesting start. At the beginning of the class a guy came in and started yelling asking "who was that person driving the gray car"? After they took him out they advised us that it was mocked. They wanted us to remember what we saw and right down what we was wearing. Then the rest of the class session they provided with us information on their "peer support team they have and also the negotiation team they have. Tonight we had speakers from the Detective Division come up and speak to us about the interview and interrogation process. Overall tonight was a great class!! On Friday night I have my ride along, be on the look out for a post on my ride along!

During our week 3 of the class tonight we, learned about the Cranston Police's Patrol Functions department and also their traffic division. They shared with us the kind of work they do on their shifts and told us they have different beats to patrol. Also the school resource officer's spoke about their roles in the school that they are in. We got to take a look at the new police cruiser's that Cranston has!

Hello Everyone, Last night I had my second class of the Cranston Citizen's Police class. At the meeting last night we, did many hands on tasks. The exercises we did last night were building searches and Motor Vehicle Stops. With the building searches we watched first time how to conduct a building search then we had to do it with a partner. The building searches are pretty intense! After we did that my group went outside and we did vehicle stops. For this we had to pretend we were pulling a car over. They wanted us to get a sense of what they go through when they pull someone over.

Hello Friends, Tonight I had my first class of the Cranston Citizen's Police Academy class. The class was from 6-8 p.m. For the first class we went over introductions, the training division and then the last part of this class they had their k-9 officer and their yellow lab Bosco come tonight and talk about their k-9 unit. This way a very fun an exciting first class. They showed us how the dog can track items, find drugs, and look for people in buildings. The k-9's in police work are a very helpful resource to the police departments. However the k-9 that Cranston has doesn't bite compared to the German Shepherds that are primary used for the police work.   Looking forward to the next 5 weeks!!

Hello all fellow bloggers! It's been quite a while since I wrote a blog. I'm going to try to keep up with this blog going forward. Since my previous post a lot has changed for me. Since graduation from New England Tech, I went back to school for my Bachelors degree in communications. Currently I'm taking my last class online through Southern New Hampshire University. Right now I volunteer at Call 12 for Action, where I take consumer complaints and help consumers solve their problems. Another change for me, was that I joined a public speaking called Ocean State Toastmasters. I've been a member since February 2012. Since joining Toastmasters I have given 9 speeches. The speeches that I have given were on newsrooms, forecasting, and police k-9's. In the fall of 2013 I took the Warwick Citizen's Police Academy class. On April 1st, 2014 I will be taking the Cranston Police Citizens Police Academy class. On this blog I will be sharing what goes on in this class and