Last Day of Work

So today was officially the last day of work, I enjoyed my time there and met some cool new people. Although I'm glad its over, I will miss being there and the people. Today we ended the last day in an interesting manner. Yesterday we had a ceremony and a luncheon with the chief but due to some family issues he had to leave early. So today he wanted all the interns to come back to headquarters so we could have a meeting and talk. I never had an experience like this, to sit down with other kids and talk to the Chief of the Police Dept. Not many people will be able to do that, so it was quite an honor to be able to. The reason he wanted to talk to us is to ask and try to understand the youth point of view of the police. Now we all know how some of the teenagers are all anti-police and they 'hate' them, but since working with this program I have a whole new respect for them. I never hated the police or had a bad encounter with them so I never had a problem, or a disrespectful attitude or thought towards them but I know people who do. A lot of people forget that police are human too, of course they are going to make mistake and mess up here & there. Its understandable, they're not perfect. But I also think they're some crooked cops out there who do give police a bad name or over use they're power just because they have it. For the most part though, they should always be respected because they put their life on the line everyday when they wake up and go to work. Think about it, they risk their lives just to save the citizens. We run from the shooter and the bullets and they run towards it trying to put an end to it. I commend them for that. So many people say F them and all that other stuff, but the police is the first person they call when something wrong happens. The chief also wanted to know some ways that the civilians and police can find middle ground so that the communities can be better and the youth and police will be understanding of each other and a new respect for each other. Instead of stereotyping, which goes for both sides, that we would just be comfortable rather than scared or intimidated around one another. Throw events to show what being a police is really about instead of thinking its what we see on television. But to sum it all up it was a very enlightening and interesting conversation. Very insightful and I think it was wonderful for the Chief to do that, not many officers do. I enjoyed it and it was a great experience.