Houston Police Department Essay
After I graduate from Sam Houston State University with a degree in Criminal Justice, and I want to become a police officer. I would like to work for the Houston Police Department. The headquarters of the Houston Police Department is located at 1200 Travis in Downtown Houston. HPD has many police stations located around the city of Houston with each station having their own jurisdiction. When I was in introduction to Criminal Justice we were assigned to go on a ride along with a police officer. I went on a ride along with Officer Sergeant Martinez of the Houston Police Department. The police station that I went to was called Northeast Police Station which is located at 8301 Ley Rd, Houston, TX 77028. I got to experience a day in the life of
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This gate required an access badge, so that only the police officers were able to get in. Once we walked up to the station we went in through the side door where all the officers enter using an access badge. As soon as we walked in Sergeant Martinez started to give me a tour of the station. The police station was not very big, but it did have many different rooms used for different functions. First I was shown where all the offices were located. They had large offices for the higher ranked officers in charge such as the Chief, Deputy Chief, etc., and then it had another room of offices that had about ten cubicles. Those cubicles were also only used by the higher officers such as the Captains, Lieutenants, and the Sergeants. Sergeant Martinez had an office and he showed me his desk, where he does all of his paperwork. The other general police officers did not have offices, but they did have a small computer lab down the hall that they could use to do their paperwork and check their e-mails. Next, I was shown where the roll call room was. In that room it had a few rows of tables and chairs set up like a classroom. It had a chalk board and a podium in the front facing all of the tables. This room is used for making announcements at the beginning of every shift. One of the higher ranked officers assigns and reminds their lower officers about their duties that need to be filled during their
This gate required an access badge, so that only the police officers were able to get in. Once we walked up to the station we went in through the side door where all the officers enter using an access badge. As soon as we walked in Sergeant Martinez started to give me a tour of the station. The police station was not very big, but it did have many different rooms used for different functions. First I was shown where all the offices were located. They had large offices for the higher ranked officers in charge such as the Chief, Deputy Chief, etc., and then it had another room of offices that had about ten cubicles. Those cubicles were also only used by the higher officers such as the Captains, Lieutenants, and the Sergeants. Sergeant Martinez had an office and he showed me his desk, where he does all of his paperwork. The other general police officers did not have offices, but they did have a small computer lab down the hall that they could use to do their paperwork and check their e-mails. Next, I was shown where the roll call room was. In that room it had a few rows of tables and chairs set up like a classroom. It had a chalk board and a podium in the front facing all of the tables. This room is used for making announcements at the beginning of every shift. One of the higher ranked officers assigns and reminds their lower officers about their duties that need to be filled during their