[0:01] [Music] [0:04] i've always felt like I wanted to [0:05] volunteer to help the community there's [0:07] a lot going on in Woodbury reserving [0:10] with the police department was a way for [0:12] me to feel like I could add value and [0:15] help the community so I've been doing it [0:17] for a few years and I really enjoy it [0:18] i've been with the program almost 15 [0:20] years and it actually goes back to a [0:22] critical incident that happened in [0:23] Woodbury and just through a strange set [0:26] of circumstances I wasn't even aware [0:27] that the program existed a sergeant [0:29] approached me and talked to me about [0:31] joining the program and I I took the [0:33] opportunity and I haven't looked back [0:35] since [0:37] we work side by side with law [0:39] enforcement officers we go out on shifts [0:41] and we take non-emergency calls for [0:43] service for example we help patrol parks [0:47] we actually help transport people to [0:50] jail it can range from a lot of things a [0:52] lot of community engagement even both [0:54] Javier and I are on the on the bike [0:55] patrol team so we in addition to the [0:58] usual reserve duties we also do a lot of [1:00] community engagement so we're out biking [1:02] in the parks in the summertime and you [1:04] meet up with kids and hand out stickers [1:06] and just you build good relationships in [1:09] the community and and hopefully [1:10] represent the department in a in a [1:13] highly positive manner we treat it like [1:15] it's a job so you go through a process [1:17] of job interview then you go through a [1:19] background check you go through a [1:20] psychological evaluation once people go [1:23] through those processes and they make it [1:25] through then we go into an academy for [1:28] it's usually like a weekend where we [1:30] give the basics of protocols defensive [1:32] tactics the tools that we wear on our [1:34] belt and then as part of that we also [1:36] have what we call reality based training [1:39] so we do a lot of training in terms of [1:41] what we may find out there how to talk [1:44] to people what are things that we should [1:46] be doing not doing how to deescalate [1:48] situations how to know how to call for [1:50] help then the new reserve will go into [1:53] what we call field training so they'll [1:55] do a number of shifts with a field [1:57] training officer for example until we [1:59] feel like they are performing properly [2:01] in all the different categories that we [2:03] have safety is the most important thing [2:05] because we are out in a police car we [2:07] are out in uniform we are out dealing [2:10] with sometimes people in unknown [2:11] circumstances and the officers are [2:14] confident in our training we're [2:15] confident in our training and and it's [2:18] one more thing for the community then to [2:19] know that as they see us that we have [2:22] the things the tools we need the [2:24] training we need to be able to do the [2:25…