According to Tom Cotton, police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they will come home at night to take it off. This is one of the inspirational and a true quote from Senator Tom Cotton. In today’s society, only a few percentage of people respect our law enforcement officers and those who go into the training knowing the risks of becoming the police officers are the brave ones. There is no denying these police officers will put their lives in front to save countless of other families. Today, in this research paper, I will be talking about the one of the courageous and brave female officer's that I have known for a quite long time. I am proud to call her my co-worker and the lessons that she gave me will carry for the rest of my life. I have interviewed a female officer name Misty Young, who has 20 years of experience in law enforcement. …show more content…
“The first time you walk into the police station as a new rookie officer, you feel like you belong anywhere but there” (Dees). I had three field training officers, and one of them was Misty Young. Officer Young taught me a lot of things about traffic enforcement, and when I talked her about the research paper that I am doing, she was excited and said, “ interview sounds good, I am flattered.” I asked officer young about how she got into police and what kept her going till now. Officer Young stated her whole family was in law enforcement. She came from Florida and joined the police academy when she was 21 years old. She told her dad was a lieutenant in the Dekalb County police. Officer stated she started policing in 1989 in Dekalb