: Re: How would one ask questions about the job of a rookie police officer? I'm writing a WIP novel with a rookie police officer. I'm concerned that the situation is incorrect / impractical / unbelievable:

@Odierno164

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Ask for an interview of the kind of person you want to portray.
You should probably tell them in advance what the interview will be used for.

There's a chance that a cop (or any other profession with responsibility for other people) would rather talk about his/her first experiences for a fictional piece than for an article about the profession.

Most people "know" that fiction is not necessarily accurate, and therefore; any feelings of doubt, neglect, lack of training that person may have had will appear more acceptable than if if it was, for instance, an article about "What it's like for new police officers in Nevada"...

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