Boston Police Department

By Jian

My internship placement was at the district E-13 police station in Jamaica Plain. I had a great experience shadowing officer Antoinette and officer Rodriguez. 

The Boston Police's mission is to work in partnership with the community to fight crime, reduce fear, and improve quality of life in our neighborhoods. 

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It was a great to see what they do on daily bases. It help me to get a sense of what a police officer does. Police officers put their own life on the line of duty everyday, they face different situations everyday. 

One advice that officer Rodriguez gave me was 'If this job is what you really want to do, you have to go through with it, because it motivates you.' After hearing that, it really made think deeply, asking myself, is this what i want to do?  And if it is what do I need to start doing to get prepared. 

Map of District E-13

The thing that really struck me was how hard the community and the police officers work together to improve the community.