If you wear glasses, not contacts and have asthma can you still be a police officer?
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Depends on how bad your vision and asthma is. As far as the vision goes, if you cant wear contacts, I'd recommend getting Lasik or RK surgery. Keep in mind though, if you DO get one of these surgeries done, most departments wont hire you until after you have had the surgery for a year. That shouldnt be a problem though, because most hiring processes take longer than that anyway.\n\nI cant help you with the asthma. You know your own limitations. I can tell you, as a former cop, and current federal agent, I wouldnt want a partner who was going to drop 100 yards into a foot pursuit. Bad officer safety issue. No offense. Have you considered other aspects of law enforcement that dont involve high physical activity?
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they give you glasses to wear for boot camp so you dont have to worry about having a lense pop out or get dirt in it.  Trust me you will spend a good amount of time in dirt, or sand.  You dont want you glasses or contacts going through that.  Use their glasses, they are free and you dont need to worry about them breaking.  Once a year the corps will give you a free pair of "civilian" glasses, they are actually a nice pair of glasses, but you dont want them in the field.
846346
You should be over age 21, no record of domestic violence, no felonies, clean driving record, no assault convicitons. Have good eyesight and hearing. Ability to run, climb, etc. Weight in proportion to height. No psychiatric illness. Decent credit record. You can take criminal justice courses at college. You can contact the academy in the state you want to work in and ask about putting yourself through pre-service program (pay your own way to become POST certified). Being POST certified makes you a better hiring candidate.  Starting out as a dispatcher can be good (you'll become certified for that too). Dispatching isn't easy though, so don't think of it as "the bottom:".  It's high stress and you MUST be able to multi-task to a high degree. Otherwise you need to be able to keep your cool, handle stress and confrontation, deal with mess (dead bodies, feces, vomit, all that fun stuff) and have good common sense. POST stands for Peace Officers Standards and Training. There should be a POST in your state.  If you want to work and train in another state go to their POST website and academy website.  There are also pre-service programs for dispatchers.
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It will depend on what HS was doing it,  most medium and large police departments have Homeland Security officers appointed in it.  All of the state police units I know, including some of the larger college police units all have homeland secuity officers also.\n\nIf the officer has been sworn in as a state, county or city police yes they may.\n\nMany times the vechiles have specific names and the officers assigned to varouis units, but this will not mean they don't have other powers of arrest.\n\nin general those that work at the Federal level would not be doing traffic stops
119671
If you have asthma you will not be allowed to join the military.
414347
NOPE!!!! All states allow officers to operate their radar or laser gun from inside or outside their car
520610
Yes, in most states they are POST certified as law enforcement but do not have police or power of arrest except on state property.  In some areas ( I know in GA) they have been used as police during the US Olympics when they were held there, and also have been used in some undercover drug work.
873656
yes but it depends on your prescription and your refractive and defractive go talk to a recruiter he can show you the REGS
119721
The last answer was absolutely right.  Legally, you cannot buy a contact lens without a prescription.  Contact lenses are medical devices that must be fit by an eye doctor, even if you've worn them before.  There is a reason that the prescription expires and that is essentially to make you see your eye doctor (so he/she can make sure that the contacts aren't damaging your eyes).
780698
It depends on how severe.  I know someone who applied to go to officer's candidate school, which may have different requirements than enlisting.  During the physical, they induced him with histamines and induced an asthma attack.  He was rejected when he had an attack.  I would ask a recruiter.  They will probably have you go through the physical and see how you fare and then make an individual determination.
985734
You cannot join the Army with asthma its an automatic disqualification
1183865
Yes if the officer is trained in using it. No if it's for photo radar.
291609
No I would not.  I would apply for the position of police officer and work my way thru the ranks from there.  Why be a flashlight cop when you have a degree?
463128
Your prescription is the power in diopters of your glasses.  No conversion necessary.  If you don't have your prescription, your eye doctor can use a special instrument to read the power of your glasses.
694437
if ur eyes r bad then u will not b able to become a cop.
1073780
No way to tell his prescription without seeing his glasses. You can't just pull a number out of your ass and give it to a reputable doctor and get glasses from it. He needs to see a doctor to get a prescription.
1099704
No. They might make you wear nose plugs though.