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.
I don't know, but NY and NJ sure do like to tell people what to do. It seems just living is either illegal or nearly taxed to death in those states. You should probably check with the local jurisdiction.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "using her sister's officer position as a shield." Regardless, it would appear you need to find another girlfriend.
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Contact a family law attorney.
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Any number of things including: processing evidence, contacting witnesses, writing reports, picking up supplies, talking to a seargent, filling out school requests, showering after being exposed to blood or other bodily fluids, returning a phone call, sending out a subpoena, printing off reports for court, conducting a suspect interview, using the restroom, eating lunch, swapping radio batteries, entering stolen articles into NCIC, completing online or inservice training, submitting to a drug test, being inspected, picking up an item for delivery to another agency or court, etc, etc, etc.
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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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Possibly. Contact the recruiting division of the Maine State Police. They will answer all of your questions and assist you with the application process.
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