question for all current or past law enforcement.

[GPW]

16 years. It's not what it used to be. It should be a profession, not a job. Mine has been reduced to the later by an idiotic admin. and the attitude has unfortunately filtered it's way down to the street.
I have been #1 on the promotional list for 3.5 years now and hopefully will remain there for another test(took in June). There is no movement.
What I have found in 16 years of LE (in my dept)
-An increasing amount of people have taken the job for the retirement and civil service security rather than the job. The decline in professionalism begins.
-The "blue brotherhood" is eroding away as people are more interested in only themselves.
-One idiot in a uniform can make your day more difficult tahn a perp.
-Society is really quite messed up.
-Don't take it personally, you're not going to change the world.
-Your family life will suffer some until you learn how to leave work at work, and home at home. There is no gray area.
But as a former well respected Chief said
"It's a front row seat to the greatest show on Earth".
Good luck.

I was shot and we killed a suspect in 1999 even seven years later, I sort of developed a us vs. them attitude. It was best to move on and I am glad I did. Turned a hobby into a million dollar business in two years. Sometimes you got to know when to say hang it up, like the cop that can't climb a flight of stairs any more without O2...or can't see his shoes from a porky gut

 

[Laylas_Mom]

Tony: You will never work undercover drug enforcement. YOU ARE TOO DARN BIG !

+1...

 

[TonyMastodon]

+1...

Speed racer and heather... better stay out of seattle

 

[Laylas_Mom]

On a lighter note you get to deal with this sort of thing too...

Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies
18-Year-Old Tallahassee Student Puts Incident On YouTube

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Three police officers were called to a Tallahassee towing company when a college student attempted to pay his $88 fee in pennies.

Jordan Renken, an 18-year-old college student, recorded the incident and posted it on YouTube.

Renken's car was towed last month and he had to pay $88 to retrieve his vehicle. He decided to pay the fine with 8,800 pennies, but the towing company refused to accept the payment.

The clerk initially said she would count the pennies, but then said they had to be rolled. Renken said the company had to accept his "legal tender" and called police when they continued to refuse.

Three officers are seen on the video trying to rectify the situation.

Police said the company had to take the money, and the teen was given the keys to his vehicle.

Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

 

[TonyMastodon]

hahahah awesome.

 

[Chief RoadLoK]

29 years in, 3 years retired and lovin it..My Law Enforcement career didn't affect me me me me me me me me me me me me me me.

 

[outlawbusa]

On a lighter note you get to deal with this sort of thing too...

Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies
18-Year-Old Tallahassee Student Puts Incident On YouTube

Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

Now that's funny, but legal tender takes the cake.

I thought they were going to do away with pennies years ago. The economy just doesn't justify them any longer.

Anyway, reckon that'd be one of the funnier/time consuming incidents you could run across being in law enforcement.

 

[TonyMastodon]

Now that's funny, but legal tender takes the cake.

I thought they were going to do away with pennies years ago. The economy just doesn't justify them any longer.

Anyway, reckon that'd be one of the funnier/time consuming incidents you could run across being in law enforcement.

yea, it seems like if you took a call like that, it would be a nice little treat.

simple resolution since they legally have to take it (hes right about that).

 

[Florida Sport bikes Blog]

On a lighter note you get to deal with this sort of thing too...

Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies
18-Year-Old Tallahassee Student Puts Incident On YouTube

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Three police officers were called to a Tallahassee towing company when a college student attempted to pay his $88 fee in pennies.

Jordan Renken, an 18-year-old college student, recorded the incident and posted it on YouTube.

Renken's car was towed last month and he had to pay $88 to retrieve his vehicle. He decided to pay the fine with 8,800 pennies, but the towing company refused to accept the payment.

The clerk initially said she would count the pennies, but then said they had to be rolled. Renken said the company had to accept his "legal tender" and called police when they continued to refuse.

Three officers are seen on the video trying to rectify the situation.

Police said the company had to take the money, and the teen was given the keys to his vehicle.

Teen Pays Tow Fee With 8,800 Pennies - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

Corrections wasn't bad. The other part that was funny in the above video even the TPD cop hated towtruck drivers....and u could hear him say it in the video I watched.

 

[goblinsix]

Tony,

It's a noble profession. The big thing that you would have to do is put in time as a regular PO1 and build up your credentials and experience. Lot's of guys go into things wanting to be Vice or SWAT right out of the gate, and it's typically 3 to 5 years with most departments. It's all very do-able so long as you can get through the process without any choke-ups.

The process is usually a written exam, agility test, polygraph, panel interview (usually with 2 officers and 1 govt bureaucrat), the background investigation, final interview with the chief, and then your name gets added to the list for eligible candidates. There's a lot that can go sour in all of those steps. I had my heart crushed many times therein. But you can do it...hang in there and get it done !!!

JG