Thomas Joseph Cragg
January 27, 2021
Professor Geter
CRJU 302-555
My Introduction
My name is Thomas Joseph Cragg. I am currently a sophomore at Bowie State University
who lives in Bowie, Maryland studying Criminal Justice with a concentration of Social Justice
and is also an Army ROTC cadet at the Bulldog Battalion on campus. I used to be a Computer
Science major during my first year at Bowie State University, however I wanted to choose a
degree that was more interesting and more in depth where I was more eager to be in due to the
career paths that I want to do after college which is to become a law enforcement officer and be
in the Army. The reason why I wanted to choose those two careers in particular is due to my role
model, my father who is a retired Marine, a retired Prince’s George County Police Officer, and a
current Deputy at the Prince’s George County Sheriff’s Office. He currently has an associate
degree in criminal law, a bachelor’s degrees in law enforcement administration, a master’s in
education, and currently pursuing his doctorate degree. My career vision is to just be like my
father as I always look up to him and I was always interested in the military and law enforcement
at a very young age due to him. I also currently work as a part time private security guard for a
small security agency based in the Prince George’s County area and it has also gave me
experience and knowledge that will help me when I apply for the police academy. I want to
become a better individual and make my family proud of being the first one to go to college right
after high school and be the first commission officer in my family. Therefore, I think that
pursuing such professions of a career will provide me the opportunity to what I want to do in my
life is to help the community I live in safe from harm and make it a better and safe place.