Today was a great and more eventful, well for the most part. To start off the day I went to the Police Department (PD) and shadowed a detective there, I don’t remember his name, which is a shame, along with Ryan Maloney. We learned how to lift fingerprints from a smooth surface, that smooth surface just happened to be a cop car. We then took a DNA swab of the steering wheel; did you know they now have the technology to lift your DNA from wherever you touched an object. Pretty cool, not for criminals though. While I was there I saw a friend of mine, Deck Shaline, a policeman who works at the PD. We then listened to some jail calls from people who had been detained last night. A jail call is the call a defendant makes who is in custody, from the jail. Those were rather interesting… When I got back to the DA’s office I read a case file and then I evaluated the important key points and what I would have used at trail. Me and Christian then had an interesting conversation on game theory and how that played in on the plea bargains Christian offers. If you are unfamiliar with game theory check it out, it’s quite interesting.
What I'm Doing
For my internship this Fall, I will be interning at the District Attorney's Office, gaining experience in criminal justice. The internship will last from March 12th-30th. This internship will give me great experience so that I may pursue a criminal justice degree in college. Basically what I will be doing is following a case from start to finish and seeing what it will be like to investigate a criminal. I will also be taking tours of all the Durango Police Facilities including the Sheriffs Office, the PD and the Jail. I will be going to trials frequently to see the court system side of law, and how a trial works. I am super excited and can't wait until March.
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