Sunday, April 1, 2012

Law Enforcement Intelligence

Hello Again!

Happy April Fool's Day! It's hard to believe today is April 1st! We have one more full month of school and then it's summer vacation. We had Major Day and Laker Live-In over the weekend. Major Day is when prospective students are invited to come to Mercyhurst and learn about the various majors the school offers. Each major holds a discussion/information session for those students who are interested. We had a great turnout this year.

Students who attend Major Day are also invited to spend the night (Laker Live-In). Each prospective student is paired with a current Mercyhurst freshman to spend the night with. The prospective student is then able to get a better grasp of life on campus - especially life in the dorm rooms. The school hosted a few musical groups last night as well as a comedian.

Well we are approaching the middle of the term and Easter Break is coming up! The first half of this term has flown by and midterms are approaching! I have on midterm on Wednesday and another the following Tuesday. Yikes.

This term I am taking a Law Enforcement Intelligence class and so far it is awesome! Mr. Grabelski teaches the course. He was a homicide detective with the LAPD. That is one thing I value in the Intel Department - our professors have real-world experience. They come from the field and what they are able to teach us from their own personal experiences is wonderful.

So far we have completed two projects and we were assigned our third one last Friday. For our third project we are analyzing a serial rapist case with ten victims. We have to analyze each victim's statement and pull out the important information and organize it into an Excel chart. We've done several examples in class and it is challenging but intriguing.

Our new Intel building is coming along! They have made tremendous progress on it so I thought I would post a picture I took a few days ago.

Thank you for reading!
Ryan

The new Intel building!






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