I loved the interaction with the public (although maybe they didn’t always love interacting with me as I wrote parking tickets). I even loved filing paperwork and fetching records for the other detectives. It was an environment I had never experienced before in that I was a visible representation of the city, and I had to learn the art of interacting with people from all walks of life. People skills. It’s one thing for a teenager to work in a fast-food restaurant, but another to have responsibilities that can affect people’s lives. It made me grow up real quick.
