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Jun 16, 2010 00:33

Wow, I really didn't think it would feel so strange to be back here ( Read more... )

awkward, questions, intro

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invisicanuck June 16 2010, 23:41:25 UTC
Um good afternoon, Miss Beckett. My name is Matthew Kirkland. It's a pleasure to meet you.

I don't want to be a bother but Excuse me but May I ask what working in North America as an auror was like?

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noheatnikki June 16 2010, 23:54:45 UTC
Please, just call me Beckett. Nice to meet you.

I worked as an auror in New York City, which is a little bigger than London. The major difference between US and UK was that not long after I arrived in New York, the September 11 attacks occurred, which affected the wizarding world just as much as the muggle world. I was trained in hypervigiliance, and the auror force played a large part after the attacks in tracking down the assailants.

Americans also have a different idea of privacy than the UK. Where here we can interrogate suspects with slightly more persuasive methods, in the US there is a bit more focus on protocol and suspect's rights. Not to say that Brits disregard those rights, but it seems that Brits have more elbow-room in interrogation than Yanks do.

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invisicanuck June 17 2010, 00:31:27 UTC
Yes ma'am Alright, Miss Beckett. Thank you for answering my question so thoroughly.

More elbow room in the UK, eh? I thought it would be the opposite.

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noheatnikki June 17 2010, 00:44:47 UTC
You'd think that, wouldn't you? I have to say I was surprised at how stringent the laws are for interrogation in the US.

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invisicanuck June 17 2010, 06:27:00 UTC
Would you um... happen to know if it's similar in Canada?

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noheatnikki June 18 2010, 01:24:48 UTC
I actually don't know, I'm sorry. From the little that I've heard, different provinces operate differently, but most of the laws are very similar to the states.

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