Professional Interview With Officer Doug Headlee From The York Police Department

For my professional interview I spoke with Officer Doug Headlee from the York Police Department in York, Nebraska. Officer Headlee is a 11 year police veteran with the YPD starting his career in February 2007 going into the Nebraska Law Enforcement Academy which is a 14 week academy class starting for him in May and finished in August. During the 14 weeks he would live on site Monday through Friday, would go home Friday night after dismissal and return Sunday night. The training academy was a new environment for Officer Headlee due to the fact he had no prior military experience and no family background in law enforcement. Before the academy he had a college degree in Fire Prevention wanting to be a Fire Fighter and had worked in the private

Whether that be with policy terms changing and you would have to conform to meet the new set of guidelines. Also speaking on the behalf that past and current events in not just York, but across the country would also change procedures on how some tasks are completed. He said that past events across the country and how they have been portrayed have played a huge part and put a big spot light on all forms of law enforcement work. It has also made an effect on how recruitment has changed in some areas being in positive ways but in others not so much. Officer Headlee became a police officer to be a public servant to help all who are in need, but believes that a lot of new recruits are starting to look at law enforcement as an undesirable career and coming into it was a mindset of what can this place do for me and not what can I do for this

There are good days and bad days and that is just how it is no matter where you work. The fact that some situations officers go into can be very tough not just for the victim or others affected but also for the officer it can be physically and mentally excruciating. Whether it could be a violent crime scene or maybe even a situation where children are involved. Headlee expressed the fact that officers do not get to pick and choose what type of call they respond to. They go through lots of training to have an open mind, be fair to all, not let the sex or race or even the opinions of a person cloud their judgment to treat the situation in a different way that would not help resolve the problem at hand. In a sense there is always a light at the end of the tunnel where you get to do something different every day, work with many great motivated individuals that also help keep you up on your two feet and serving the public to help keep people