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# National Police Week spotlight: Lt. Noe Hernandez

By DLA Public Affairs

                FORT BELVOIR, Va.  –              
*Editor’s Note: May 14-20 is National Police Week. This is a part of a series of spotlights highlighting members of the Defense Logistics Agency Police Force who work 24/7 to protect DLA people and property.*

**Your name:**Lt. Noe Hernandez

**Job title and location:** Training coordinator for DLA Headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

**What inspired you to become a police officer?** I enjoy interacting with and assisting our customers and people throughout the community. This field is also very challenging.

**When did you join DLA’s police force and what did you do before you got here?** I joined in October 2014 after working for the Army.

**Describe your typical workday in 2-3 sentences.** Being assigned to training is a little different than being a regular officer. A regular day for me is answering tons of emails and a lot of planning. Most of the planning includes dates and times for quarterly and yearly training for things such as active shooter exercises, weapons qualification, etc. 

**Describe the most dangerous situation you’ve encountered on duty. **Every situation we respond to can potentially be dangerous, from a duress alarm in an office or a couple’s dispute in the parking lot to an assault with a deadly weapon at the gate – all calls I’ve personally responded to here at DLA Headquarters. These are the kinds of things DLA police respond to on a regular basis.

**What’s the hardest part of being a police officer and why?** Constantly judging situations. Not everything you see is what it appears to be. Some things require a little more context than what you see or hear at that moment.

**What do you like most about your job and why?** Interacting with people from all walks of life. I feel it makes me a well-rounded person to meet and talk to so many people who are going through so much or have already gone through so much in life. I get to hear tons of real-life experience and receive so much good knowledge. 

**Do you have any funny stories you can share from your time protecting people and property?** While standing at the main entrance for DLA an individual told me that a chicken was running around the parking lot. It turned out to be surprisingly true. Someone had accidentally brought it in on their truck. 

**What’s the biggest security infraction you see employees make?** Piggybacking, or letting others in the door without scanning an ID.

**What are you passionate about outside of work?** Music.

 

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