How do you go about doing this? Is it possible? What would you have to sign up for?
I wanna grow up and be a police officer. And when my country needs me go off to war and fight. What am i supposed to do?
2007-12-29 17:24:31 · 14 answers · asked by unknown 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
National Guard or Army Reserves.
2007-12-29 17:31:33 · answer #1 · answered by Zac S 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are several ways to approach this. You can be a "part time" military guy and police officer. Part time means national guard and you could be selected for deployment.
Most police departments have a requirement for a certain amount of college credit hours and usually that is on the high end. However, most police departments will accept applicants if they are prior service applicants without the university credits and have an honorable discharge. Also, most prior service applicants must have four years of military service.
My recommendation, enlist in the military for military police or security forces depending on branch. Do your time, attempt to attend any specialty courses within your field along with college classes and then when your four years are up, head for the civilian police department. Some large city police departments have signing bonuses at $10,000 or more upon graduation of training.
Most large cities have a web site for their police department which usually states the requirements for applicants. You should be able to find the requirements for prior service folks.
Which ever route you choose, you will be serving a noble cause, they are not for everyone.
2007-12-29 19:07:12 · answer #2 · answered by Red 7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start with first things first. You can join the Army reserves at 18. I don't know of any place in the US you can become a Police Officer until you are 21. Join the Army request an MOS of Military Police. The Army will train you when you get done with your training you will be a shoe in for any police force in the country.
2007-12-29 17:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check with the National Guard or Army Reserve. Most of this depends on your age and health. If you do this right, you can be a full time police officer and serve as an MP in the Army through the National Guard on the weekends.
2007-12-29 17:32:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is what The National Guard/Reserves was supposed to be...until the GOP started using them as primary forces in places like Iraq. It used to be that if you joined a reserve/Guard unit you could live a normal civilian life, and be a soldier for one weekend a month, and a month, or so, during the summer, and other wise only served in a natural disaster, or other emergency...such as if we were invaded. Then the GOP decided it was cheaper-tax saving-to send partially trained, patially paid, part time soldiers to do the main fighting in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, if you join a reserve force, you are the first to fight. The days of part time soldiering at home are gone...possibly forever.
2007-12-30 04:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey,
If thats what you want to do you can definetely make that happen...I'm in the Army National Guard as Military Police...And my boyfriend is NYPD and in my unit as well... We are facing deployment in July.. but I knew my chances when I joined..I am actually looking into law enforcement as well..and the National Guard is great b/c where I live you need a certain amount of college credits to become a p/o and they pay for all that...Also in an MP unit you meet alot of civilian police officers who can give you pointers and even talk to their commands for you!!! What ever you choose to do..GOOD LUCK...
2008-01-02 10:41:20 · answer #6 · answered by cmelendez6604 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
31B1O. ARNG. You'll need a secret clearance or need to be able to get one so if you're a felon sorry about your luck. Just know that regardless of what your recruiter says MP's are the most deployed MOS currently. So plan on being gone (it's funner than you think). Also the USAR has no money...least funded branch of the military. ARNG has money and is nearly half of the force overseas. So the training is the same initially, after that consider the NG...the AR makes us look like special forces.
2007-12-29 18:02:34 · answer #7 · answered by je6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guard or Reserves, as long as you understand that you CAN be called up to serve active duty at any time for a minimum of 12 and more likely 24 months.
2007-12-30 00:48:11 · answer #8 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most mentioned the army reserve and national guard but the navy also has a law enforcement called a MA (master at arms).
our local highway patrolman is a major in the army reserve and was called to active duty for a year. the naval reserve unit i was in had 2 who were deputy US Marshal's and one who was a deputy sheriff
2007-12-30 16:23:01 · answer #9 · answered by John R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad English is not really a problem. Let me ask you. Are you bad at Cantonese and PuTongHua? Bad background, skipping school, drug use, and gang involvement is probably what will disqualify these guys. I doubt that they will actually become either of these. They probably want to because they feel mistreated by their parents when they were young and decided that they want more power. Power and wealth is what causes most people to go wrong. To become a policeman or a soldier is to them being able to control people under you. That is probably what they want.
2016-05-27 23:49:47 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋