[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] things that we have to do out in the [2:26] field and it's you know really open to [2:29] anyone who has an interest as 18 years [2:31] of age and up it's kind of wide open for [2:34] the type of people that we want we want [2:36] people who are [2:37] community-minded who have an [2:39] appreciation for what law enforcement [2:41] does in our communities and curious you [2:44] know it's just what you want to be part [2:46] of something you want to know what's [2:48] going on you want to kind of be involved [2:50] you want to build friendships lots of [2:52] lots of different motivators so the [2:53] commitment when you join the reserve [2:55] program is to be able to do at least one [2:57] shift a month friday or Saturday nights [3:00] you'll pick one of those and do at least [3:02] once a month and then we have a reserve [3:04] meeting that we do we get everybody [3:06] together once a month that is the [3:08] minimum commitment that we ask people to [3:10] be able to help us out and then [3:12] obviously being able to help us out with [3:14] things like Woodbury days and some other [3:16] community events people get out of the [3:18] program what they put into it and you [3:20] know we can put in many more hours if we [3:22] want [3:24] you wind up with a lot of pride in the [3:26] people we get to work with and support [3:29] the the law enforcement officers and you [3:31] see the professionalism of our [3:33] department and their ability to work in [3:35] very difficult situations sometimes you [3:38] just get a chance to to make some sort [3:40] of a a difference hopefully in someone's [3:42] someone's day sometimes it's a really [3:44] bad day for them and you come home from [3:47] an from a shift at what like sometimes [3:49] 3:00 4 in the morning and you kind of [3:51] sit back and go "Wow we we're part of [3:53] something tonight [3:55] [Music]