Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: L0nGb0w on August 12, 2010, 10:36:16 PM
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How many of you are current/retired law enforcement officers? I'm considering enlistment in the National Guard as an MP and pursuing a civilian career as a trooper or city officer, don't know much about the process of getting into it ( Need a degree or does it matter?, age requirements, etc.) and I'd like to know what an average day on the job is. I've done some research online, but none of it is from the perspective of someone that has been through it. I'm hoping I can get into it by passing some sort of aptitude test because I'm intelligent, and physically fit, but my financial situation makes it a near impossibility to start school for at least a couple more years.
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My neighbor is a Highway Patrolman. If ya don't get any answers here (which I bet you will), I'd be glad to get details and forward them to you.
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(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/TheAmish/our_badges.jpg)we don't need no stinking badges
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<--- LEO by birth date, not occupation.
:neener:
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Former Officer and Dispatch Operations Officer at relatively small town (30,000) in Northern Illinois. Kicking in doors and drunk people turned out to not be my gig. Radio was a bunch more fun.
And yes, I have been shot at.
ROX
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My neighbor is a Highway Patrolman. If ya don't get any answers here (which I bet you will), I'd be glad to get details and forward them to you.
Always remember to set up the speedtrap at the bottom of the longest downgrade. THAT is how you protect and serve
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Always remember to set up the speedtrap at the bottom of the longest downgrade. THAT is how you protect and serve
He's a good dude, and he lets more go than he actually tickets. I don't envy their job but I respect what they do greatly.
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How many of you are current/retired law enforcement officers? I'm considering enlistment in the National Guard as an MP and pursuing a civilian career as a trooper or city officer, don't know much about the process of getting into it ( Need a degree or does it matter?, age requirements, etc.) and I'd like to know what an average day on the job is. I've done some research online, but none of it is from the perspective of someone that has been through it. I'm hoping I can get into it by passing some sort of aptitude test because I'm intelligent, and physically fit, but my financial situation makes it a near impossibility to start school for at least a couple more years.
Look into the departments where you want to work- many will take you if you serve at least 2 years on Active Duty... an waive, in my case, the college requirement... However, where I am from, they also prefer NOT taking MP's as much as possible because MP's have already developed habits outside of what a civilian department wants, and so many find it easier to get established with military time in other combat arms MOS's- 11B, 11C, 13F, 13B, etc.
Same thing for age requirements, in my state, you must be 21 to own a handgun/carry, so you have to be 21 to be a patrolman. I know when I get out, I can walk on to my State Troopers department and have already made contacts there for when my time is up... Just remember, you'll have to do the bulk of the research because each department city-by-city even in the same state requires different.
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Always remember to set up the speedtrap at the bottom of the longest downgrade. THAT is how you protect and serve
It's funny that you say that because yesterday I was driving from Chicago to D.C. and through the Appalachian mountains highway patrolmen at the bottom of all the high grade hills and people were pulled over everywhere along that stretch of road lol. funny because sometimes the speed limit would go from 65 to 55 while going down the hill.
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Most important thing at the Academy? Pay strict attention when the Instructor is passing out the locations of the closet Donut shops on your beat.
<S> Oz
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It is sometimes better for you to just let the camouflaged trucks go...
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<--- LEO by birth date, not occupation.
:neener:
This is what I was thinkin too lol august 13