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.
There are a variety of variables in this situation. For example, you haven't seen your father for more than a year, yet you are still driving his car and he has been paying for your health insurance. Does this mean you are a minor and incapable of providing for yourself? Were these things required he provide you by court order? If so, he may be required to provide certain things to you by law and/or court order.
If you are an adult, I would suggest that you (1) get your own health insurance, (2) get your own car, and (3) don't talk to him if you do not want to. If you tell him not to call you and he continues to do so, you can change your phone number.
If a court order is in play, you and he need to abide by it.
Of course, none of this is legal advice. You should contact an attorney for advice.
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Ok. I hope you are not looking for someone to hand you a wad of money because you want something. That's not how life works.
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Maybe. Consider, however, that your lack of experience may have an impact on your credibility both with the agencies you are providing training to and to the courts when you and they are sued for wrongful use of force. (Yes - even when you do everything correctly, you will get sued and have to defend yourself in court.)
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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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Basketball Referee
Do you think the nets should be lower for girls?
Antiques Dealer
How easy is it to forge a rare piece, and are fakes a big problem in the antiquing world?
Fashion Forecaster
Are people in the fashion world as rotten as those in Devil Wears Prada?
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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Go to the department's website and find the recruiting information there. You can also call them for information.
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Probably not. Laws vary from state to state, but law enforcement has no duty to protect you. Law enforcement has a duty to provide general protection to a community, but not to individuals. Most (all?) states provide a sex offender database online that you can access to check things for yourself. For example, this is the one in Florida: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/
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