What are the limits teenagers have in law enforcement employment?

Question

I had a friend that was 14 years old at the time and he said he was illegally a police officer. I had my doubts about this from the beginning.....but he kept insisting it was true and he provided me with so much info about it that I felt compelled to believe him.

Then he changes the subject and tells me the job is legal...being that I wanted to Become an FBI Agent, I figured some experience would be beneficial.

I do however suffer form depression form time to time...and he denied me of the job because he said people wit mental probs cant be cops.....i found out that ppl wit mental issues cant legally be denied the job of a cop without a personal psych eval by the police agency. So he was actually breaking the law by denying it to me.

I believed he was lying, but i wanted to confirm it. I contacted the local police and asked them. They laughed at me and said "wut do u think??"

Was he lying about being a cop?
His yahoo profile username is "Rabbit"

Answer 1

Did you ever hear the expression " Pulling your leg" ? That is what happened. Teen agers sometimes have a tendancy to exaggerate -- just a bit. If you are interested in Law Enforcement I suggest you learn to spell correctly, do a lot of studying so you can pass a verbal and written exam, in get yourself in excellent physical condition .

Answer 2

in most department, you have to be 21 and over to be an active police officer, either he was lying, or he is in the explorer program, that is offered for teenagers

Answer 3

Try and join an Explorer post instead.