Pro and cons of being a police officer in the long run?

[datboiflexin]

Theres a saying and it may sound cliche, but it is true. The average person runs away from the gunshots, cops run toward them. Medics see alot of medical ****. Ive seen somenasty homicides and suicides. Medics come in for about 2 seconds see he is dead and leave. Cops sit there for hours with that ****. I sat at a suicide scene where guy blew his head off with a 1911 for hours. That stuff tattoos in your brain. Seeing a hole in someones head the size of a fist aint right. But someones gotta do it

do you think about it bro?

[Halp]

I don't really know about police in U.S. but here in Canada you have different work schedule. Depending on your shift it could be 7/7, 5/5, 4/3 and such (7/7 = 7 days of work and 7 days off). Starting at around 45k CAD/yr and after 5 yrs it's around 80k like another miscer said. Along with that you can surely get another job if you aren't too lazy instead of resting on your non-working days.

A big cons is that you will most likely lose your actual circle of friends because you won't have the same work schedule (example: you will most likely work on weekends and have your days off during weeks). With that beeing said, you will surely develop friendship with the other cops into your unit that have the same lifestyle as you do.

[JayZyzz]

Main con:
-You'll never be anybody. You'll never be known. You'll never make over 150k a year. You'll be doing the same job for the rest of your life.

They can make over 150k, cops in San Francisco start at around 100k, or so that's what I was told. If you become chief then you make a lot of money.

[frank112]

They can make over 150k, cops in San Francisco start at around 100k, or so that's what I was told. If you become chief then you make a lot of money.

And this is why most states are broke. Unreal pensions starting at way to an early age with no $ contribution made by the officers.

[Raxx]

Cops in thread...srs question thats asked too much...

what will get you out of that speeding ticket? what makes you let the driver go personally?




inb4tmisc is that way

[batman37]

Con: you might have to take a long run to catch the bad guy

See that I did there?

[viperman5000]

what are the odds of getting into a position where you're part of a select team (SWAT) /specialist team where you are a sniper? (yes have target shooting experience)

[Halp]

Cops in thread...srs question thats asked too much...

what will get you out of that speeding ticket? what makes you let the driver go personally?




inb4tmisc is that way

If you can assume that you were driving that fast, the police officer will have a better attitude with you. If you have a good reason to drive that fast, just tell it to him and he could possibly let you go away without any ticket. But if you have no significant reason and you were just in a hurry, you are the one who is to blame for it.

Take it that way; would you rather get a speeding ticket or hit someone that was crossing the street because you couldn't slow down since you were driving too fast?

[AJPa]

Main con:
-You'll never be anybody. You'll never be known. You'll never make over 150k a year. You'll be doing the same job for the rest of your life.

not if ur a dirty cop

[RhoidRage]

do you think about it bro?

Occsasionally. What puts me to tears is kids. Ive seen 2 newborn babies die in the last few months because parents dont put their kids in cribs. Nothing makes you want to hit the bottle more than giving cpr to a 6 week old baby. Kids are helpless and true victims.

Ever wonder what duct tape does to a toddlers skin around his mouth. It rips it off. Ever wonder how kids grow up after they were raped by their grandpa for years. We really do see it all

[FAH_Q]

what are the odds of getting into a position where you're part of a select team (SWAT) /specialist team where you are a sniper? (yes have target shooting experience)

Probably differs between depts. At mine its just a minimum of 1 year with the dept and then take the PT test and all that jazz.

[AJPa]

If you can assume that you were driving that fast, the police officer will have a better attitude with you. If you have a good reason to drive that fast, just tell it to him and he could possibly let you go away without any ticket. But if you have no significant reason and you were just in a hurry, you are the one who is to blame for it.

Take it that way; would you rather get a speeding ticket or hit someone that was crossing the street because you couldn't slow down since you were driving too fast?

i would rather hit whatever retard ran illegally in front of me, too bad the law is on the side of retards

[WIPump]

And this is why most states are broke. Unreal pensions starting at way to an early age with no $ contribution made by the officers.

uh no.. it's not what is making the states broke.

[futureMOUNTIE]

You're from Canada and yet talking about danger.
Gimme a fuking break.

Location: 3rd world country
Status: Mad jelly
Reps: Just got negged

[datboiflexin]

Occsasionally. What puts me to tears is kids. Ive seen 2 newborn babies die in the last few months because parents dont put their kids in cribs. Nothing makes you want to hit the bottle more than giving cpr to a 6 week old baby. Kids are helpless and true victims.

Ever wonder what duct tape does to a toddlers skin around his mouth. It rips it off. Ever wonder how kids grow up after they were raped by their grandpa for years. We really do see it all

fuaarrkkk bro

[liftheavy211]

Only down side to my job is the face that I have had many close calls example: being shot at, car chases through a busy city, almost stabbed, almost hit by cars while chasing people on foot....etc, etc.

Other then that I have a great retirement set up and pay is steady increasing and overtime is pretty much all over the place so I am able to provide a decent life for my family.

And I guess writing tickets....this is the only part of the job I hate. Its a con to me because unless I have to issue a ticket I hate being told that I need to write more. I give a **** ton of warning tickets

Do you think you got hired because you were a Marine?

[turk75]

I've been in the AF reserves for 3 an a half years now as a member of the SF (security forces) & plan on becoming a LEO.. following in my fathers footsteps i suppose.

I've seen some fk'd up stuff out in Afghanistan, but mostly just boring ass shifts & patrols etc.

Any other former military police brahs out there become a police officer? was it difficult making a switch to learning all new laws & procedures etc etc

[datboiflexin]

lol what is an LEO

[RJxEdge]

I want to go to the FBI. I am getting a bachelors in business, would I have to be a cop before the FBI

Or could a business degree get me a job in the FBI?

[Halp]

i would rather hit whatever retard ran illegally in front of me, too bad the law is on the side of retards

So you would rather kill someone, get a police record that will follow you for years, get treated as a criminal by your own family and circle of friends, be accused of reckless driving+manslaughter and face years of jail than pay few $ and lose points on your driving license? Srs..

[overunder]

I hear you guys saying the hours suck what are the hours? Is it like the fire department 1 week on 1 week off i dont see whats wrong with that.

[cretin90]

Occsasionally. What puts me to tears is kids. Ive seen 2 newborn babies die in the last few months because parents dont put their kids in cribs. Nothing makes you want to hit the bottle more than giving cpr to a 6 week old baby. Kids are helpless and true victims.

Ever wonder what duct tape does to a toddlers skin around his mouth. It rips it off. Ever wonder how kids grow up after they were raped by their grandpa for years. We really do see it all

That's horrible.

lol what is an LEO

Law enforcement officer.

[RhoidRage]

lol what is an LEO

Law Enforcement Officer. We love acronyms

[FAH_Q]

I hear you guys saying the hours suck what are the hours? Is it like the fire department 1 week on 1 week off i dont see whats wrong with that.

Differs between depts.

Mine is 7p-7a Week 1: M,T,F,S,S Week 2: W,T repeat

[VAPump]

Pro: I make a lot of money

Con: I now have something in common with WIPump

[RhoidRage]

I hear you guys saying the hours suck what are the hours? Is it like the fire department 1 week on 1 week off i dont see whats wrong with that.

Usually 4 tens or some variation. The hrs suck cause when youre new you work graves. Winter time on graves sucks. BRB driving in the snow tracks you made 2 hours ago that were untouched. You will also work part or allof the weekends until you get 7-10 years or go to detectives. Work holidays if it falls on a work day. In my 5 years, I have not been scheduled to work 1 Christmas, New Year, and Thanksgiving

[AyMonBarksdale]

Differs between depts.

Mine is 7p-7a Week 1: M,T,F,S,S Week 2: W,T repeat

Do you just always go to bed at 10am even on your days off?

[Brahsef]

I want to go to the FBI. I am getting a bachelors in business, would I have to be a cop before the FBI

Or could a business degree get me a job in the FBI?

A business degree will not get you into the FBI. LEO experience may help get further down the application process but its pretty saturated with people with LEO experience. They will hire you IMMEDIATELY if you are extremely fluent in a 2nd language (asian, arabic especially). I'm talking about where you can go interview people in another language using financial/technical language. Right now they are also hiring a ton of Computer Science people (for all the internet fraud, etc. that the FBI investigates). After that, they hire accountants and lawyers (white collar crime investigations). You still go through the same special agent training at the academy regardless of what background you have tho.

[bongowongo]

Awesome thread. Really insightful stuff.



How do you they prepare you for situations where you life is in legit danger, instances where your getting shot?

[seanb1979]

Starting around my area is approximately 45k as well. Where you from? Danger is part of the game.

lol they start at like $13 an hour where i live, and they require a college degree