Favorite Parts Of Being A Police Officer At UCLA Police Department
Lindsay Scherer enjoys the community interaction and autonomy inherent in her role as a UCLA Police Department lead officer, calling it a "huge honor" to serve her alma mater's community. This allows Scherer to "humanize" the police and show that officers "care about the community and want to help."
Community Interaction, Public Service, Leadership, Autonomy, Humanizing Law Enforcement
Advizer Information
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Job Title
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Lindsay Schirner
Police Officer
UCLA Police Department Department
UCLA, 2015
n/a
History, Art History
Government & Public Sector
Legal
Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. Serving the community and feeling honored to protect the UCLA community as a former student.
2. Autonomy in the role allowing for personalized community interaction and building relationships.
3. Humanizing the role of a police officer by showing genuine care and concern for the community.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your current role?
A lot of what I enjoy about this position is also what I enjoyed about teaching: interacting with the community and having that responsibility. It's a weighty thing, but I hold it as such an honor to be able to serve my community.
I was a UCLA student, and now I get to come back and actually serve and look out for the community. It's such a huge honor to be able to do that, and I really enjoy that aspect of it.
Being a lead officer in particular, I also enjoy the autonomy. I get to be on my own in a particular area and interact with the community. I really don't have a lot of oversight in how I interact with the community, I suppose.
I get to be myself. I'm not just a police officer; I'm Lindsay Scherer, a police officer, sure, but I'm Lindsay, and I get to interact with the community. I think that's so important in this role: to humanize us and show that we do care about the community.
The large majority of police officers are good and want to do good for the community. So, that's what I enjoy most: being able to show the community how much we care and how much we want to help them and be there for them.
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