It seems like a pretty sweet gig. You get to be online all day, tricking perverts into getting arrested. Does this position have a name, and who should I contact at the local PD to get in on this gig.
Do you have to go through academy training or have a law enforcement background? I am a college graduate with a BA in history, not looking to help the police in a way that involves risking my life every day, but I'd like to help out and get a better understanding of local, state, and federal laws and how they are enforced.
Computer work seems like a good way to get training in the legal system and should help when I apply to lawschools. If the online sting guys have to be street cops, do you know of any other positions that would allow me to work at the department?
I know most departments (including mine) are strapped for guys on the street, but I haven't heard about any other job openings.
Thanks in advance.
2007-12-13 10:58:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Police do online stings too, and I know they happen almost daily in the neighboring county because every few days in the paper you hear a story about another idiot who drove like 200 miles to get arrested.
2007-12-13 11:05:13 · update #1
You have to be a police officer to do those stings in a Law Enforcement capacity.
That means going to the Academy, putting in time on the street learning the job, and waiting to get promoted.
The minimum time is 3-5 years before you get a job like that.
If you don't want to spend time in patrol, you won't be able to do anything else in the Department.
2007-12-13 11:10:11 · answer #1 · answered by Citicop 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're not cops, they're from a group called perverted justice. The website to join them is http://www.perverted-justice.com/index.php?pg=support
"Police do online stings too, and I know they happen almost daily in the neighboring county because every few days in the paper you hear a story about another idiot who drove like 200 miles to get arrested." Police do their own stings sometimes, but it's far more cost effective to agree to work with a proxy that does all the leg work and the police just have to do the bust. As far as not risking your life, every cop starts out in patrol. EVERY cop.
2007-12-13 11:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't start out doing those sort of busts. You start out as a police officer and work your way up to a detective or investigator with a state or federal agency. From there, you would specialize in something like internet crime or special crimes, etc... Tracking down pedophiles is only one thing cops do online- they also track down identity thefts and investigate other crimes in which the suspects use the internet or computers.
2007-12-13 11:13:30 · answer #3 · answered by Jenna A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A police officer would know the answer.
2007-12-13 11:02:40 · answer #4 · answered by EnglishDenis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this "gig" as you put it,usually requires you to be a police officer to begin with,psych eval,the whole nine yards.
2007-12-13 11:02:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the fake facebooks accounts will be deleted, but honestly not sure how or if police will handle it
2016-05-23 10:54:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure theres a line up
I went looking for a guy in his 50's for sex, but keep getting underage girls
2007-12-13 11:03:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋