My first time visiting Nashville police academy I was so excited because I wanted to see what challenges they go through at the academy. And how the officer trainee overcomes those challenges. As a student who is pursuing a career in criminal justice and maybe in the future becoming a police officer, this was important to me because this visitation and observation would give me an Idea of what I will be signing up for. We arrived at the training academy at zero six hundred hours (06:00) in the morning and everyone …show more content…
Being in that place you could feel that it wasn’t an ordinary place. The academy has produced men and women who have gained a new sense of pride and purpose in life which is the most important thing a human being could have. While we were marching from the parking lot heading to the gym to observe the officer trainee I noticed my teacher officer overall saluting the place and the flag I felt like I was standing on the holy ground. I felt the presence of greatness of this place where men and women came and push themselves far beyond what they ever thought they could