(UK question). I'm about to graduate from University with an unrelated degree and I am considering a career revolving around law enforcement. The thing is I'm too physically inept to become a Police Officer and acting a Support Officer or clerk doesn't appeal (selfish, I know, but it's how I feel).
I don't want to re-train as a solicitor/ lawyer primarily because I'd be closing in on 30 by the time I was qualified, but laos because I view the courts as where much of the law's infrastructure crumbles- are there any alternatives with reagrd to a career?
Thanks!
2006-12-27 01:57:24 · 7 answers · asked by DaveyMcB 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Become a super grass
2006-12-27 02:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by Carrot Cruncher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So, you'll be almost 30 by the time you become a lawyer. How old will you be by then if you DON'T read law? In other words, you'll forgo a good 30 or 40 years in a worthy profession for no good reason. Does that sound like an intelligent response to you?
There are many ways to work in law enforcement. Ever heard of forensics? One with a degree in the sciences might well find employment in a forensics laboratory. One might become a detective specializing in crime scene investigation, a psychologist specializing in what's popularly known as "criminal profiling" on this side of the pond, or a police photographer. You lot also have our admiration for the quality of your police public relations officers. And depending upon how the law views it, there's a lot of data mining that demands acute analytical skills. The raw data accumulated by those spy cameras I see all over London has to amount to an Everest; it demands dedicated and practiced eyes to quickly pick out the nuggets of gold from the mountains of chaff therein. So don't count yourself out of the picture in law enforcement just yet: there are many more opportunities like these, and all of them are equally valuable. You merely need to find your personal niche.
2006-12-27 10:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a social worker to help young people stay out of crime? Or be a prison warden (I met a man who did that and apparently it isn't as bad as it sounds and there are some pretty nice people in jail) or you could just start kick boxing or something and get into shape for being a policeman? Good luck.
2006-12-27 10:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider HM Customs or Immigration. Both are law enforcement agencies and many internal deparments such as surveillance etc.
Good luck
2006-12-29 05:25:16 · answer #4 · answered by commercium1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be an Evidence Clerk.
2006-12-27 10:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confess all your crimes and cease repeat offending then get a job down the gym
2006-12-27 10:53:19 · answer #6 · answered by Knobby Knobville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be a model citizen and report crime where you see it - you will be doing fine.
Good Luck!!!
2006-12-27 10:00:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋