reasons to become a police officer?
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To help the community, to give back, to arrest criminals, to drive fast and shoot guns.  Take your pick.
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There is a process (and eligibility requirements) for becoming a US citizen. Check out the Immigration and Naturalization web site.\n\nCounty web sites advertise jobs available in their departments, including police. Some counties may not keep their web sites up to date in careers. In some counties, Police departments may have their web sites where you can find this info.
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not necessarily, but a college degree (especially in criminology) will increase your chances of getting hired. however, you CAN apply for it, if you are at least a high school graduate. my uncle is a police officer, he didn't graduate college but he WAS in college -- he studied, then quit. \ntry taking some criminology classes in a community college -- so that you will gain information about the career. and good luck
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My son is becoming a policeman.  While college is not required (you can just go to the police academy), he has decided to do the college route.  He is taking the 2 year Criminal Justice program (graduates May 2007) and will then enter the police academy with an associate's degree.  He plans to return to college part time to continue on for his bachelor's degree once he is working.\n\nHe considered the service but has a pin in his foot so is not eligible to enlist.
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Theres really two different ways to join. First off, in order to be a police officer, a person must be over 21yrs old, and have 0 felonies. The first route is to attend a school that is state recognized. Some universities and colleges offer the 480hr program or the 620hr program. The differences between the two are the latter has more physical training and such. The other option is to attend a city sponsored academy. Most large cities require that officers attend their particular academy. The general rule is it is easier to transition between the college academy and the city because usually the time will be shorted due to your past knowledge. However, most smaller cities are more cautious towards recruits whom have attended city schools due to their specific nature in regards to city laws.
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Khanum, I was just checking your other Qs and found you repeated this one a few more times. Hope you get the job and then one day become instructor of the 'Police Cadet program' and teach them to behave! (LOL)\n\nWith your impeccable academic record, why not keep on pursuing higher education in Law and go for practice. The cop’s job would suit mediocre, I suppose.\n\nHappy Learning!
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I'm guessing that you are asking this in jest, at least I hope so.  Just in the unlikely possibility that you are serious, most police work very hard to help citizens and enforce the law.  \n\nIt can be a highly stressful job in that they generally must deal with the dregs of society.  Even so, most overcome this grim environment and are pleasant and attempt to serve every call.  Often the calls they receive must be prioritized with the most serious coming first, because some times there is just not enough police staff to respond to all calls.
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It is best to get a degree in Criminal Justice but is not necessary. To become a sworn officer in the us you must attend the academy for your state. You can do this 2 ways: Either you can pass the written, oral and physical tests to get an employment offer from a police department, or you can be "sponsered" by a police department in which case you will need to pay for academy yourself. To get a "sponser" the best thing is to go to a smaller community and talk to the city councel or go directly to the chief. They may be able to help you fight for sponsership with city councel. \n\nThere is only one way to get into the public sector of law enforcement... the academy. You are not a sworn US officer until you have completed it.
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Firstly, let me just say this to you sir: Try riding a motorbike.\n\nPeople are becoming anti the police because the powers that be are making the police anti the people, allow me to ellaborate. When I was a student I did student things like drinking and singing loud. A police officer in the city where I live now has the power to, and they do, as the simplest way of dealing with such behaviour hand out an on the spot fine for anti social behaviour, although they can be challenged when you wake up to find one of these on your pillow next to your fuzzy head I doubt you would. This has two main effects 1 - It effectively makes an officer judge and jury, with leave to appeal (for want of a better way to term this) 2 - It turns the police into that most hated of all human beings, an overgrown tax collector.\n\nNow look at some of the new powers that the police have in relation to youngsters- they can get a dispersal order for a particular area. Meaning that if you stop to tie a shoe lace and you are with a friend in the wrong area you can be picked up and taken home.\n\nNext consider that most hated officer of all and most often the only one the likes of you and me will ever come into contact with: The traffic officer, think of the sheer contempt they treat people with and the (often) blatently sneaky manner in which they do their job. \n\nNow throw in half a dozen media stories into the mix about people being 'framed' by the police and brutal attacks by officers and speak to some people who have had some involvement (in a legal manner) with the police, stir and bring to the boil.\n\nDespite what I say above I know that the police do a lot more than they ever get credit for but from my own PERSONAL experiences of the police ( I have had 2 motorbikes stolen, 1 car, been held up at gun point in a shop I worked at as a student, and been mugged) in all but one of the above situations the police just wanted to get a crime number issued and get out as quickly as they could. \n\nTo sum up I think people are anti police because they have low interpersonal skills, not very good P.R. and because they are simply becoming glorified tax collectors.
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Can you become an MP?  It would probably be worthwhile staying in the service longer if you can.  Can you start hanging out with MPs?  Do you have access to National Guard soldiers who may be police back home?  \n\nIf you can't become an MP, can you get into a job with some "nation building" capacity?\n\nDo you know what State you'd like to live in?  You could contact the state police academy there and ask for advice.  \n\nDo you know where you want to go to college?  Contact the Criminal Justice Department there and ask for advice.\n\nDon't know where you want to live or go to college?  Pick a couple places and as them.\n\nIf being a policeman doesn't work out, there are other security jobs you could do.  Work with a consulting company, be a private investigator, etc.\n\nAlso, you might as well try IOSCAR; it's free.  It asks you questions and suggests occupations based on your interests, knowledge, skills, and abilities.  It also has a lot of information on occupations and on the outlook for different occupations.\n\nhttp://www.ioscar.org/tx/\nhttp://www.ioscar.org/tx/ip/ipinstruct.asp\n\nGood luck!
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Introduce yourself and answer their questions.  You can prepare yourself by asking one or more policemen what questions they were asked.  Also prepare a short summary of your experience, and say why you would like police work.\nGood luck.
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Before I was a police officer: 3 times (for speeding) - received tickets on two of them.\n\nSince becoming a police officer: 1 time (for speeding) - no ticket, but a hell of a lecture.\n\nAll were completely justified. I was speeding. I used to speed a lot. Since becoming a police officer, I drive more carefully, but old habits are hard to break.
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There aren't a lot of options other than becoming a police officer.  If you want to go to the federal level just get a job and get your experience out of the way.  Make sure you get a foreign language, being fluent in a foreign language will help.  I am in investigations and never had to work the road, but these jobs are few and far between.  I don't do homicide and very little narcotics.  Your best bet is to "pay your dues" and work the road for a bit.
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they take bribes and arrest innocent people, so why would you want to be in the police. although police acadamy must be good cos they made 7 films about it
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JOIN THE POLICE ACCADAMY.
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Pretty much anywhere. Every job involves some type of reporting, documenting, literature. Making a report the number one thing that most police officers are weak at. Politicans/ Government will love an English graduate. Telecommunications need script writers for the anchor persons.  Everywhere. Lawyers need paralegals and legal assistants.  Do not have to limit yourself to teaching. Every career requires excellent writing skills, knowledge of the English grammar. The opportunities are endless.
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In the State of Florida there are certain requirements before you can be trained as a Police Officer. Applicants go thru a prolonged application process by a Testing Center in co-operation with the Criminal Justice Commision. Not only does the Officer Canadate have to pass a thourough investigation, but show that he/she does not have any issues in life pertaining to moral conduct. For example, if someone applies but they have a bunch of unpaid speeding tickets, they will not become a Police Officer; if they have unpaid child support, have committed a felony (detected or non-detected) even if you have'nt been caught for it. Before an Agency hires an applicant they use the polygraph machine;a lie detector. They also face a board of commanding Police Officers to test your judgement skills and knowledge. And yes there are some who make it thru because of thier charm or who they know, but are later on weeded out. Hope this answers your question.\n\nJohn\nCriminal Justice Student