A Report On The Police Service - 1446 Words

I spent my third and fourth session of my practicum with Constable Dwayne Harrison and Constable Paul Davis. Both members of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service (LRPS) are in the patrol unit; responding to calls and investigating. Patrol work is broad, responding to calls that mostly consist of theft, mischief, and domestic. It defines the police as a public service and making the public happy to have someone to solve their problems. The first stop Harrison and I made was in the industrial area, in-response to a reported theft earlier that morning. After we met the owner, we went out to the back and into a freight trailer where two spools of copper wire were stolen. The investigation involved mostly questioning the owner about the†¦show more content†¦After reaching some dead ends while investigating some warrants, Harrison and I responded to a theft at a liquor store on the North side of town. Again, we investigated by asking questions and reviewing surveillance footage, but we took two statements this time. We took a statement from a worker at the store and another from a witness who saw the men described by the worker. Both of the witnesses believed that the group of aboriginal men that were originally in the store were in league with the other one that stole the bottle of rum. Harrison explained to me that he had no reason to believe that they were working together and the witnesses’ prejudice was the only commonality (This was implied, he did not actually say it). Forms of prejudice or discrimination are a part of dealing with public or investigating. In the school yard nearby, Harrison asked a group about the one man who stole the bottle but did not get any useful information. So, Harrison wrote up a report outlining what he did and that concluded it. During the time he wrote up his report, Harrison explained to me that it probably cost the public more in taxes for him to show up and ask a few questions than doing nothing about it. I knew policing is a public service, but sometimes the cost outweighs the means; relying on the principles of, â€Å"justice†. We responded to a stalking/domestic violence call later that afternoon. Harrison