Junior Year - Week Two

History of Policing was the new topic for our second week of school. We learned that the first forms of policing had come from Europe and policing wasn't always the way it is today. Policing was the form of protection from harm, animals, and eventually people. The streets were walked to patrol for safety and to protect the goods that were being sent into the country. But most were not paid police officers or police forces. Some countries you could buy your position as an officer, lieutenant, or chief. Other places that were more uniform had created a police force that had certain procedures or rules they had to follow. In Britain and Ireland the "Peel Principals" had been created to maintain trust between people and officers. We learned all seven of the Peel Principals and why they had been important to the country and how some form of them still exists today. We learned how the history of all these different countries had traced back to America and how the American police forces derived from ancient times. Along with deriving from different countries we learned that people we encounter as officers may not always be American and be able to speak English. So we started learning Spanish commands that would help us communicate and command a person in need who did not speak English. But beyond the criminal justice part of school here we started our forensics class during our second week. We saw a lot of chemical reactions and began problem solving skills that involved water, air and pressure. In forensics I learned that it is not always about how you find evidence and how it's collected but how you present it in class, that's considered forensics. Week two was the week we learned that we have to take everything serious that we learn, and how to present yourself as an officer.