APPENDIX C

INTERVIEW PROTOCOL

Interview protocol will involve taking necessary precautions to safeguard subjects’ rights and interests, their anonymity, and complete confidentiality of information provided. To ensure this, subjects will have access to interviewer’s notes, tape recordings and copies of the interview. The subjects will also be given a completed copy of the project/thesis.

Because of the suspicious nature of police officers, tape recording the interview could be a problem. However, in this case, being a former police officer who is very much aware of the suspicious nature of police officers, no problem is anticipated. The nature of the research does not deal with the policies of the police department or city government, nor any unethical or illegal activity on the part of participating subjects. Subjects will also be assured that no information will be provided to the police department.

To ensure anonymity, interviews will be conducted at the subject’s residence or a place of their choosing.