Sergeant Ellis Interview

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I conducted an interview with a co-worker in reference to this writing assignment. Sergeant Erinn Ellis has been with my department for several years. She is currently in college finishing her master’s degree. I know that she had been writing several papers for college and in my opinion is currently of the best report writers at the police department.
Some of the writing that Sergeant Ellis currently performs is from her exams that she has to complete for her master’s degree. She also writes reflection papers and thesis papers for her assignments. At work she has to write several reports for all different types of calls. She has conducted several reports for vandalism, theft, burglary, assaults, and several other arrest reports during the …show more content…

She then began her higher education in college. She took multiple grammar and writing classes throughout her college experience. Currently she is still furthering her education and writing lengthy thesis papers and other assignment as she continues to earn her master’s degree. Currently she still continues to learn and become a better writer as she conducts her current duties at the police department.
Some of the things that Sergeant Ellis has wrote about other than police related were life course criminology and victimology. She has also conducted research and writing assignment on Gottfredson and Hirschi, Sampson and Loud, The Sampson and Loud paper was concerning a self-control theory. Erinn has also researched and wrote about Terrie Moffitt concerning life course persistent offenders and adolescent limited offenders to name just a few.
Erinn had discussed with me about one of her memorable moments throughout her writing experience. She stated that it was memorable because of the amount of time and work she had put into the assignment, which was very challenging for her. Erinn explained that she had to write a twenty-page paper and had to use 15 plus references on a peered reviewed article. The article was a topic about gender crime and

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