For my interview I went on a tour with the Goodyear Police Department with Officer Bengt Erickson and we patrolled the streets of Goodyear Arizona for much of of my entire Friday night. Some of the things I learned by going on this trip and asking Officer Erickson questions are that most Phoenix area police department computer systems don't actually talk or sync with each other to provide better coverage and information sharing. There is a for-profit company called Cop Link that the Phoenix department can pay a monthly fee and join that allows for better information sharing, but Goodyear PD does not pay to use this system. To me, especially after analyzing community policing policies, this seems counterproductive and I feel that in a city as large as Phoenix, information sharing between departments would be an invaluable resource. I also learned that the city of Goodyear is split into 3 different patrol districts and they no longer use the term beat. The most interesting fact of the conversation was that Goodyear Police officers are given money and allowed to purchase their own firearms with the only restriction that the firearm must be a Glock and of .40 caliber and . 45 and they can keep them. Another thing I learned is