Interested in law enforcement

hayanchansa 2 post s 5-May-2003 3:41 PM	I'm interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement (specifically with crime scene investigations, forensics, etc.---but I don't want to be kept in an office all the time, either), and I'd like to know some of the basics of getting myself involved. I know that a lot of it depends on the city and state you're interested in working in, but I'd still like to know the basic, general things. Any info would be appreciated.
vicki72 5 post s 9-Aug-2003 4:39 AM	In our dept. We have a few civilian positions in forensics but they are tough to get. Most of the people who work down there are sworn officers meaning you have to go through an academy and go on the street first. The civilians we do have all have Masters Degrees also.
Chappy 9 post s 10-Mar-2005 3:43 PM	Unless an individual is ALREADY in some sort of educational pursuit towards the potentiallities of going into Law Enforcement, just the mere idea that someone expresses he or she would LIKE to just does not do it. Those who are already in Law Enforcement, when they hear of someone who expresses such insterests form the ideas that the person just desires to find out about Law Enforcement to use that knowledge to COUNTER LEOs proficiencies. Therefore, if anyone truly desires to get involved, that person MUST do something of an absolute positive nature which indicates he or she IS TRULY interested in a career or some other phase of Law Enforcement. Merely so desiring just does not do it. My staunch and strong support of members of Law Enforcement, upon arriving here in the Metro-Boise Idaho area, also was questioned. The general "citizenry" dubbed me as a "damned cop lover" and the members of Law Enforcement didn't know what to think of me being "officer friendly" and formed the opinions that I had "a hidden agenda" because of being supportive. In the public, I am so STRONGLY supportive that one of the chiefs of an Idaho city was urging me to even get one of those Protective Vests to don whenever I would be in the public areas because he feared for my safety. When anyone is either supportive or desires an active role in virtually any profession, that person must continually express such desires and do things to so indicate the goals, for, if not, the opposite of the desired goals materializes. If you truly wish to go into some phase of Law Enforcement, it is flatly essential to do something constructive towards meeting those goals, and not merely so expressing.
RTPcop 1 post 31-Mar-2005 1:51 AM	Basics of getting yourself involved? Forensics, you say? Well, I would say there really are not generalities, only specifics (dictated by state & local law & policy) In NC, you need to have at the mininum, a High School diploma, US citizenship, and a "relatively" clean criminal record (NO felonies, some speeding tickets, etc is ok, but makes you less competitive) You will be competing against everyone else that is "interested" in any positions that happen to be open, there will be those who have made a "commitment" to that particular job field and will already be ahead of you in training, etc, so you are unlikely to get hired straight out. You might start by asking a career planner/counselor at a community college about the forensic career field and see where that takes you.
Chappy 17 post s 1-Apr-2005 12:16 AM	RTPCop said a good thing there and I am totally mutual to what he stated. If anyone is truly interested in a specific area of Law Enforcement, something "concrete" needs to be somewhere in your background, so, if you wish to become involved in something like forensics and such, it is flatly essential, then, to pursue some sort of training in that/those areas. As, merely indicating an "interest" just does NOT do it at all.

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