NO ONE truly knows what they are getting into when they get into police work. NO ONE. I didn’t, and none of my colleagues did. This is why most cops with ten or more years on don’t recommend people get into police work.
If I could stand outside a police academy and tell the new kids to run away, I would.
Please do not take it personal. If anyone meant this toward you, they can go pound sand.
But, living in a DC suburb, I can tell you the police force is far different that most places. The cities hire en masse and do not screen well enough. They are basically hiring mercenaries, who happen to know someone inside who get them a fast track to get hired. Then, solid men get pushed out for pissy things.
A good friend, who is an officer in a army reserve unit was also a police officer. His immediate superior was a woman who wanted her friend hired, but my friend got the position.
One day, he was in the locker scratching an area that itched. His sup came around the corner and saw him. He stopped immediately, but she wrote him up for sexual harassment. He got released immediately.
We do not know whether her friend got hired in his place.
Please do not take it personal. If anyone meant this toward you, they can go pound sand.
But, living in a DC suburb, I can tell you the police force is far different that most places. The cities hire en masse and do not screen well enough. They are basically hiring mercenaries, who happen to know someone inside who get them a fast track to get hired. Then, solid men get pushed out for pissy things.
A good friend, who is an officer in a army reserve unit was also a police officer. His immediate superior was a woman who wanted her friend hired, but my friend got the position.
One day, he was in the locker scratching an area that itched. His sup came around the corner and saw him. He stopped immediately, but she wrote him up for sexual harassment. He got released immediately.
We do not know whether her friend got hired in his place.