BlueSheepdog
10 Years Experience
Around the Way, FL
Male, 40
Cheating death and fighting communism: that is how a fellow officer once described our job. It was meant to be funny, but as time went on it seemed all too true.
I spent more than ten years in law enforcement, all of it on the street in uniform patrol. I've been a patrol officer, instructor, sergeant and lieutenant.
Do not report crimes here. Nothing here should be considered legal advice. All opinions are my own.
Reasons vary. Some jurisdictions require a police response. Other times, medical responders might request law enforcement due to potential problems or safety concerns. Police officers typically have some level of medical training, so they might be dispatched to the scene to help render aid until paramedics can respond. In some jurisdictions, officers are cross trained as paramedic/firefighters.
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I would assume so, but there may be statutory or case law that says otherwise. I'd suggest contacting a lawyer if this is more than a theoretical query.
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Nothing is going to happen if you don't do anything. Why contact the police if you don't want to cooperate with the investigation?
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Go to the department's website and find the recruiting information there. You can also call them for information.
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Chef
Has anyone ever found anything gross in their food on your watch?
Veterinarian
Who are the bigger hypochondriacs: dog owners or cat owners?
CBP Officer
Do you catch less marijuana at the border now that it's being decriminalized in some States?
Education and college degrees are not the same thing. Education is highly valued and has little to do with college. A college degree is an expensive piece of paper that shows you stuck around long enough to get one. I guess that could be called determination, but I'd much rather hire the guy who showed determination by humped a pack up and down mountains in Afghanistan, rescued idiot boaters as a Coastie or worked the catapult on a carrier for 12+ hours/day. Those folks have learned hard lessons and know how to make sensible decisions under pressure.
If Uncle Sam paid your way via ROTC, that is a reasonable approach. Assuming you are active duty upon graduation, you have a paid-for degree and a real education. If you instead dropped $100k+ at Yale to get a $40-50k/year job as a cop - well, I'd question your reasoning and problem solving skills. Even more if you went into debt to do it.
All other things being equal, a college degree is better on the application than not having one. But, all things are not equal. Few colleges teach anything about real life. Take a look at the professors in economics and business schools, for example. How many of them have run a successful business? How many of the law school professors have spent any time in a courtroom?
The sad reality is that college is a black hole in which money disappears, but little is returned for it.
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Call your local police department and ask for their assistance. They will know what to do.
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No idea - I didn't work at one of those departments.
I would sincerely hope that people were not promoted based on a test score, but when you mix government and unions and there is rarely any room for common sense.
Promotion should be based on ability. Most tests are only analyzing a person's ability to memorize a set of facts.
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