Budget Cuts

I thought for this post I would talk a little more about my office.   As you know, I work in the Crime Analysis Unit in the SPD.  I have three direct bosses.  However, my one boss Mike teaches me most of what I learn.  Before I started my internship, there were two other full time employees.  However, they both were offered higher paying jobs and left the Unit. Therefore, the CAU is shorthanded.  Because of this, they needed interns.  They budget cuts have effected their Unit because SPD would rather cut those positions that do not have employees than fire actual people in a different position. This does make sense; however, it has been hard on the CAU.

Because the CAU is short-staffed, they have hired two other interns besides me. In addition, we have a regular volunteer that helps get things done. The volunteer and interns often help enter crime data because without us Mike would be doing it on his own.  It is a lot of data! Moreover, on a daily basis this is my routine job. However, I do get to do other tasks that I will talk about throughout my other posts.