Friday, July 10, 2009

Interview with AM

I am about to interview a 40 year old, ex-police officer who has MS (Multiple Sclerosis). For privacy, I will only refer to him as AM (his initials), but, if you know me, I bet you can figure out who it is. Well, let's begin. M: What year did you retire?


AM: I left work in 1998


M: And what did you do as a police officer?

AM: I did a lot of things in the police business. I started out as a police planner before I became an officer, then became an officer in Portland, where I briefly worked the midnight shift and then worked a community policing beat for most of my time

M: Did you enjoy this?

AM: Very much. What I liked best was walking my beat instead of driving a patrol car.

M: Why was this?

AM: When I walked my beat I had an opportunity to spend more time getting to know the people and
organizations there, rather than just answering 911 calls

M: What did you do when you had to quit?

AM: I tried returning to my planning job in New Haven for a year, then I came to Portland to do the same thing,
and then finally go too sick

M: Now what do you do in your day?

AM: My number one priority is I have a very funky 11 year old kid

M: And what else?

AM: I also volunteer at the library which is something I did when I was a police officer, I even went to grad school in library work when I was in New Haven

M: What are your hours for the library?

AM: Typically Ten AM - Two PM Tuesday and Thursday.

M: Do you do anything else?

AM: It varies, for instance right now I'm taking a class taught by my temple.

M: Anything else?

AM: Nothing comes to mind at the moment

M: Do you have any hobbies or interests?

AM: I'm a big baseball fan.

M: Do you go to the games a lot?

AM: My dad gave me season tickets to the minor league baseball team in town

M: One final question. Would you ever consider guest writing for NCBM?


AM: Certainly, I used to write opinion columns for both the Yale daily news, and the Portland Press Herald.

M: AM, thank you so much for talking with us.

AM: My Pleasure


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