Question for Police Officers ( kind of personal)?

Question

How did your spouse feel when you told them you wanted to be a police officer. Did they support you 100%? Or were they worried for your being, because law enforcement is a dangerous job. And if you have kids, do they want to follow your footsteps. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

My wife and I were engaged when I became a Police Officer, and she supported me 100%. However, she does worry sometimes, but she knows that I was trained very well. As far as the rest of the question, my child is just a baby still, so you'll have to ask me in about another 18 years.

Answer 2

Statistically, there are many jobs more dangerous than law enforcement. The latest figures I've seen, we barely made the top 10, taxicab driving was more dangerous.

Fortunately, I was a police officer before I got married, so that wasn't an issue. She has never express a concern for my safety, but I am fortunate to live in a smaller town where violent crime is not common, and backup is just a minute away.

I have two daughters, and both are interested in the medical profession, following their step mother instead of me.

Most the wives I talk to have more complaints about the hours of work than anything else.

Answer 3

There is a real problem with insurance and liability. Your insurance company will drop you like a hot potato if they find out you are using your car as a police car. Some departments have made special arrangements to insure personal vehicles under certain circumstances, but it is pretty rare. For many years, some big cities required their plain clothes (anti-crime, granny squad, burglary detail etc) officers to sue their own vehicles on the job. Guys in those units bought real beaters, that they drove around without insurance. It created a nightmare in liability, so that practice has completely disappeared. For years. in some areas, many detectives were encouraged to sue their own cars, and the departments reimbursed them for mileage, and installed radios etc. But again, the liability factor put an end to that practice. The last place that I know of that used personal vehicles as unmarked cars stopped in the late 80s. I have heard of some 'back-country' Sheriff's tricking out their personal cars as patrol vehicles, but that is pretty "hicksville" and not a good 21st Century police practice.

Answer 4

I used to be a cop, but then quit because I had kids and my husband wanted me to stay home so I did.I do worry about him, at times, but I know he'll be fine, he's a smart man, also, I have two kids ages 12 and 8. My youngest daughter wants to be police officer, and my other one wants to be a teacher, which both are really good job.

Answer 5

My wife doesn't worry...She knows I am tacticaly sound. So much so that it almost makes her mad at home... I know everyone (all the players), can't eat here/there, and always have to figure out what to wear to have a gun and flashlight with me. I get on her for not being tactical when going to and from the car even. I feel worse for her being in her job. She is a banker. She is not armed and has no security. Not that bank security is trained properly anyway...The bank employees are not trained properly either... Yes, they know what to do to a point... What after that? Her job is more dangerous than mine.

Answer 6

I am not a cop or a spouse of one , but my opinion is that unless they are in some burg with 1,000 people, it's a very dangerous job with little pay. If I was a spouse of one, I would make my feelings known.

Answer 7

While still married my former spouse did not attempt to sway me away from my profession. It's what I wanted and she supported me in that aspect.

My child will most likely do something that pays better. She's shown a desire to either get involved in graphic design and I recall her mention the desire to maybe become an attorney.

It's up to her!

Answer 8

I never worried about that i knew if she refused to support me i could always use my service revolver.