This is part four of a 14-part series following Nina Froggatte’s journey through police training at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, Hutchinson.
HUMBOLDT — The week ending April 14 was a long week for Nina Froggatte, because she spent most of it engulfed in classroom lectures. It was not until the end of the week that the coursework took her outside the classroom to work on crime scene investigation.
“We did not do a full crime scene, just some of the basic steps on how to get started on crime scenes,” she said.
The procedure included drawing diagrams of the room, learning how to secure a crime scene and collecting evidence. Since drawing is not her forte, Froggatte intends to design her diagrams on a computer, she said.
Froggatte has started to spend her evenings working out in order to meet the physical challenges of being a police officer.
“Now that I know what I have to do, I do not want to feel like I am going to die,” she said jokingly.
Monday’s test encompassed officer survival, mechanics of arrests, crime scenes, rules of evidence and law classes. The test administered April 10 was the hardest test so far, but she earned her highest score.
“One month done and two and a half to go,” she said. “I am ready to be back home. It is definitely hard to be gone all week.”
