Blog 5-Mentorship Reflection

1. Mentorship Question: I found my mentorship by watching my father do his job and learning what how he goes about doing it properly for the past five years. So one year ago I asked if I could tag along with him, to see his office and watch, even help him, do his work. He gave me his Sunday's
overtime to help him with filing and recording. That day is ingrained in my mind as the day I saw how detectives both monitor and prevent future crimes. Whether through using recorded prison conversations, or by listening in on a gang's conversation, the LASD has used it's information to the best of it's abilities.

2. When it comes to the resources, such as books on privacy and unlawful search and seizure, or a web article about the law on each form of eavesdropping or wiring, I've learned a lot from each of them. However, when it comes to which one has been the most useful in terms of my research on laws about laws on surveillance and recording, it has been MSI Detective Service's website. this site has provided me with the laws, either state by state, federal, and the proper procedures for Detectives and in terms that a civilian could understand.

August Blog

About an hour after our work is done, my mentor decided it would be worth it to show me all the hidden devices that are used or have been used throughout the intelligence divisions existence. recorders cut into a bibles pages are one such device, but my mentor had an extreme dislike for cutting holes into the new testament, so he and his partner took the covers off the bibles, leaving the pages intact and, creating fake pages with a false inside. Along with the new design came an easier way for the party to operate. afterwards, my mentor taught me about the difference between analog and digital receivers, and went into a brief recount of counter-espionage strategies.

Blog 4: Interview Preperation

1. I plan to interview my mentor who I've been working with for this summer. I chose them because I felt it would be a proper way to get introduced to the interview process. Also, my mentor is one of the seniors in their work.

2. On top of the required questions I plan to ask the following questions.

•  What would you say is the most tedious or frustrating part of your job?
•  How does your work affect investigations, is what you find admissible in court?
• Do you find yourself more bound by state or federal law?
• Is your work environment changing rapidly, with new responsibilities being placed on you?