There’s a lot of truth to that. I had a problem child Marine during my last tour in Iraq. The kid had a temper problem and an addiction to exerting authority problem and he was the root-cause on a number of issues with the locals his CO eventually had to remedy, usually with cash payments because that’s how it was done.
He was administratively separated (but should have been court-martialed) shortly after the and of that tour. I found out a couple years ago that he’s been working as a deputy sheriff. I can’t imagine that imbecile with a gun and a badge. I have no idea how he passed a background check.
> I have no idea how he passed a background check. <
In my neck of the woods, deputy sheriff jobs are VERY political. Qualifications definitely take a back seat to who you know. That, of course, doesn’t mean that all deputy sheriffs are unqualified.
But it does mean that the deputy hiring process is - shall we say - rather relaxed.