Personal Narrative: A Career As A Police Officer

It gives me a leg up on other applicants for police jobs that only have a degree or military training. With both military training and a degree, the only competition for a job is someone with both military training and degree like me or someone who already is a police officer and is looking to move somewhere else. The job outlook for future police jobs looks good because as the population increases every year, the criminal element increases as well resulting in more police officers needed to deal with the increase in crime. This increase in police jobs also means there are more openings for advancement to higher level police jobs such as Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) or a police dog handler (K-9 Unit). Both of these police jobs appeal to me and would be the pinnacle of my career, only barely being beaten by becoming a SWAT Commander or a Police Chief. Getting either a SWAT or K-9 Officer job is going to be tough because these two higher level police jobs are the most sought after by police officers, especially those officers that are ex-military as in the case of SWAT. In order to get a SWAT or K-9 job, I plan on showing them I am the best person for the job. I am working on this even now by keeping up with my physical training by working out twice a day. I go to the gym for two hours in the morning and then in the evening, doing sprint drills

Detectives have made good salaries and wages. Detectives have made a median salary of $74,300 and the top of detectives have made about $93,400 in 2012. “The 10th percentile of detectives in Ohio made a yearly salary of $41,270, the 50th percentile of detectives in Ohio have averaged $62,460, the 90th percentile of detectives in Ohio have made $93,350.”(Learn.) The salary can be increased by putting in extra time in the career, because of paid overtime that most police departments offer to the people in this career path. The averages of salary are widely different in each state and are not close in differences of money.

So that I have a law enforcement background. My whole family is the police in Chicago, generations of officers. So that will not be hard to get in. After I am well into my career I want to eventually work for the FBI, and become a detective.

The application fee is just a start of $75 along with getting books for each class that can range from $700 - $1,200 depending on if you’re accepted. Meanwhile, tuition and fees add up to over $9,830. The cost of attendance for in-state students is about $26,346. Lastly on campus living can add up to around $11,456 on average plus meals and parking, $4,310.

The cost of Texas Christian University is known to be extremely expensive and difficult to get in to. Because it is a private school, the tuition is more expensive. Private Universities are not funded by because of the separation of church and state. Since there is no funding by The United States government, the tuition must cover most of the expenses of the University. Just for the simple room and board, students may pay up to $14,000 a year (TCU). Thankfully, there are an abundant number of scholarships available

The question you are asked by every adult at least once in your life time, “Where are you going to college?”, or in Texas, “U.T. or A.T.M.?” For most, it is a simple answer, but for me. Neither UT nor ATM would slingshot me into a career of Law Enforcement. Only Sam Houston State University will do.

I plan to attend Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. While attending Longwood I plan to major in Criminal Justice and to minor in Sociology. I chose to attend Longwood because I fell in love with the campus and because of the options I will have in the future. At Longwood my Senior year will be an internship which will benefit me after college. It will benefit me after college because I will have experience and will have skills which will help me find a job in the future.

As a child, I always wanted a career enforcing the law. Weather it was with the police department or criminal justice was undecided at that time. As I grew older I pulled more to the fence of criminal justice. Simply because I do not like the way the system is set up.

Every society needs a form of protection to help it grow and become the society it wants to be. One of the essential conditions for any society is the safety of a community. If it were not for the armed forces known as police men the law might be ignored. As a person goes to college they get to dive into the rich history of a police officer, they are also helping society while they are getting good benefits, there are also a few cons that come to being a police officer, and they get skills that you can use in everyday life and after they retire.

The purpose of law enforcement is to protect the lives and property of both the community’s citizens and people who visit and work in the community. There are many different levels of law enforcement careers such as local, state and federal agencies. There are also many different occupations within the law enforcement field. One of those occupations is a police officer. (10 Things You Need to Consider Before Becoming a Police Officer, Criminology Careers.com, August 2012, Timothy Roufa, Criminology Careers Expert). To become a police officer it takes more than just wanting to carry a gun and “catch the bad guys”. The hiring process will be long. After submitting an application, each candidate must go through a written test, a physical agility test, an oral interview or two, a “background” check of nearly every aspect of his life, including driving records, drug or alcohol usage, a thorough medical and psychological exam, and a polygraph test. Then after that, each candidate must go through an exhausting physical and mental challenge known as the Police Academy. If the candidates make it through the Police Academy then they advance to on-the-job training known as Field Training, which is even more difficult than the Police Academy. After all of this training and becoming a police officer, one would have to ask themselves if the job is worth it. Police officers are put into dangerous situations daily. After all they have to deal with drunks, the mentally disabled

Getting to be an officer is an amazing thing. There are so many wonderful things about being officer. I want to be officer because it's an experience of a lifetime.

On 11/21/2016, I, William Van Scoter, was working as a police officer for the Wichita State University Police Department, in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. I had the North Wichita Police Department (WPD) on my car radio and they were looking for a black male wearing all black clothes with red shoes. The black male was wanted for a domestic violence incident. I heard over the radio that WPD requested Officer Gable #152 to help locate the individual.

Having a black father and a white mother has always had some family members question my kinship to them. The older I got, the more my identification became reliant on one aspect of myself over the other. The African-American part of me became suspect in the eyes of certain family members with no real comprehension on my part as of why. I saw ignorance towards my whiteness, not only within society but within my own family, which resulted in the inability to perceive my blackness.

Originally I had planned to go to Waldorf University and major in criminal justice to become a police officer. I saw many two faced/unreasonable officers throughout my years of growing up that I wanted to do something different. I remember hearing about the cases on tv and thinking, hey, I can make a difference. I wanted to become a police officer to show people that not

Police officers are responsible for protecting people and property. Related job titles include Sheriffs and sheriffs deputy, detectives, and state police officers. However all of these job titles have similar duties for example they are all responsible for the protection of people and property. These job titles might be very similar but they do differ in many ways. Police officers patrol the city issuing citations keeping the peace and conduct traffic stops. Sheriff 's and deputies hold practically the same duties as police officers but do so for the entire county. A state police officer could also be addressed as a state trooper. These officers usually patrol highways and issue citations and are frequently called for comprehensive law enforcement services. Detective is the title that differs from the others the most. Detectives aren 't in uniform. They investigate crime scenes and find evidence for criminal cases. Detectives conduct interviews, observe activities of suspects, and also participate in raids. Although a normal police officer does not earn as much income as related titles it is still a very demanding and dangerous job.