I keep starting to write this blog, and then I get distracted. So, this is getting done now. I don't have much to report. Bob High sent me a lot of reports ... like he totally blew up my inbox. I have arrest reports and incident reports, and they're in digital format. Things are looking good.
Now I have to figure out what to do next. First things first, I need to figure out how to combine arrest and incident reports into one spreadsheet. They have a lot of different categories; they aren't really similar at all. I know we basically did the same thing in class, but I struggled then too. I don't want 5,000 categories of information when most of it isn't even necessary. I just need to sit down with both reports and decide what can be combined and what's most important.
The next thing is that I need to figure out how to transcribe this data. The fact that it's in digital format is beautiful. I had to download Snapshot Viewer to be able to see the reports (I hate not having a Mac), but after that, I was able to see everything and it was typed. I assume that will make transcribing easier. I'm not sure exactly how much we're supposed to do. I guess that after I get the spreadsheet made, I will try transcribing a couple of them myself and see how long it takes. After that, I'll need the police blotter to see how many reports a person would have to do each day, and then I can calculate how much time it would take and how expensive it would be to hire a transcriber. Honestly, that's a little more math than I want to do. I'm glad I have calculator or I'd have already called it quits.
Really, that's all I have to report for the weekend. I feel like this blog was really short and uninformative, but I don't have anything else to say right now. I feel like patience is key with everything we're doing.
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