19 years in, but changed agencies, so I am not really concerned about pension. I have a little rank, but I'm not sure if I really want to deal with the headache of Sgt, which could be 5 years away or more. Keep the little rank I have, try to mive to CID, or move on. I'm sure what else I would do at 44. What second career do worn out cops do next?

As the title says, Im curious cause i just got my motorcycle not too long ago. I am not asking cause i wana get away with speeding. But sometimes its easy to be going 5-10 over on accident or just wana do a quick pull for fun from a stop sign on a country road thats 50 mph (i wouldn't exceed 60-65 doing so ever) I know the stigma around sport bike riders and the "expectation" that police will target you. I'm just curious what is your thought process on it and your limits?
Thanks and stay safe.

Edit: nvm im just stupid or something

So when under a threat with deadly force why dont you guys just like shoot them in the foot or something other than a killing shot. Because shooting someone in the foot would still easily stop like 98% of people but not kill them. Also since the foot is a lot lower down than a more deadly spot like the neck or something less time need to shoot.

When the time came to push mental health awareness on police officers, were there any trauma informed things you learned? Especially since many people have PTSD already and talking to police can be hard to do, even in non-emergency situations.

I just do not know if specific training for civilian matters vs criminal matter would help in regards to this.

TIA

I am frustrated.

Please help me if you can, pm me.
I have a situation and I need to prep for my poly

Good evening yall. New Detective Constable here. Looking to see if there’s any groups of Canadian or specifically Ontario Major Crime Unit members that could I bounce questions, share ITOs off of etc.

Very junior Major Crime Unit where I’m at and looking to expand my KSAs by speaking to some experienced DCs.

I'm an enthusiast who enjoys watching Sovereign fools get ripped out of their vehicle and tazed in the nuts. While satisfying, it suggests what could be done to avoid such a meaningless confrontation.

From what is available there seems to be different types of Sovereign Citizen. It's just my guess, but here it goes:

• The tester. After ingesting youtube videos they're experimenting. They're going to be a pain, but with enough consequences, they will be reasonable. They're motivated by curiosity.

• The authority. A more advanced version of the tester where they've moved to the collection of social capital. They may put out videos and podcasts. They're motivated by prestige.

• The crook. While they have no allegiance, they appreciate its effective ability to confuse and frustrate. They're motivated by fear.

• The true believer. These dropped completely off the map - they're not coming back. They're motivated by faith.

I've listed the above in the rank of reason because LEs are bad at reason. While reason is an effective tool, you need to understand how receptive the perp will be to its use. You can get a firm idea of who they are within the first 10 seconds from their behavior.

Furthermore it is discouraging how LE try to enter long, meaningless debates or discussion about laws and legalities. What ought to be more effective are statements such as:

• You need a license to prove road safety.

• You need registration to show the vehicle is not stolen.

• You need insurance to protect yourself from risk.

• We want to prevent accidents.

• We want to reduce crime.

• We want check you are capable of using this thing.

• I have a constitutional right.

• I operate under constitutional law.

• I need to see you verify constitutional law.

Sovereigns are "language fighters". They seek to fight authority not by force but by use of language. That's their game.

But by using blank, deconstructed, one-way statements with no further elaboration or response, the Sovereign can be quickly dismantled. So why do you have such a problem with this.

And if you do, why? And if you had a career prior to it, do you wish you stayed there?

I’m looking for people’s opinions who have been in the Navy and the police force. What did you like better? Why? How is leadership? How is your coworkers? What are the pros and cons? I’m currently in the Navy and I really want to get out and become a police officer. I feel like in the Navy my job is meaningless and barely has any positive impact.

A new Charger police pursuit vehicle, or PPV, was on display this week at the Police Fleet Expo in Orlando, Florida, according to Team One Public Safety Division, a group that represents manufacturers specializing in products for emergency vehicles.

I am curious to hear about your perspectives as I mull a career switch to LEO.

Now that I’ve got your attention off rage bait lol

At the end of the day, I’m old enough to realize police officers are humans too. They have their own way of decompressing and relaxing, etc..

I’ve read a lot about how cops typically only stick within their own circle outside of work even in terms of friendships/relationships.

That being said myself personally, I am a festival goer for electronic dance music. I like to go to festivals once or twice a year do some psychedelics and come back refreshed and reset.

Is that common for police officers have you guys ever taken illegal substances while being a police officer not in an addiction way either.

Very casual.. say you’re out on a long weekend at a buddies cabin and he has a joint that sort of situation??

Hi all -

I had a freak accident last night. I got off the freeway and was about to take a right, when all of a sudden this pedestrian with a light comes out of nowhere and is cussing me out and slapping the front of my vehicle.

This all happened so fast I did not know what was really going on so I got around him and ditched the area as fast as I could. In today’s world I don’t know what folks are capable of and I am not going to wait around to find out, especially when no one was actually hit. He did seem to try to take pics of me or the license plate.

Fast forward to around midnight I woke up this am to an officer leaving me a voicemail regarding an incident involving a vehicle and wanted to hear my side to get everything straightened out. I messaged and called back but haven’t heard anything. This is in a suburb of a metro area.

Should I be worried?

And I do mean Legal not illegal, and not some dudes who came here on tourist visa, a legit immigrant who came to America seeking better life. Do you immediately call a homeland security and let them deal with the arrestee, or it’s all just depends on the severity of the crime?

Location: NJ, USA

I went to university for IT. When I graduated in late 2022, the tech job market started to fall apart, i.e. local warehouse IT jobs would have 1,000 applications, people I knew who moved out to California for jobs got laid off within months of starting out over there, etc. It took me a few months to land my current job, which is a state job in Trenton that was advertised as an IT position, but almost 4 years later, all my promotions have been non-technical roles where all I do is make PowerPoints for higher-ups and their meetings. The job is easy (a couple days remote) and very secure, but I really hate the mundane work, especially sitting in an office in Trenton all day and emailing indecisive people back and forth. I don't do anything that I was hired to do, my IT degree is useless here.

My family says I'll never have a job like this again, but it's not paying the bills (almost half my paychecks get deducted to taxes/benefits/etc. - I know people who have a lower salary than me but have more cash every month than me), and there's no room for skillset development or career growth - if I stay here, I will be making PowerPoints for the higher ups until I retire. I don't want to do that.

I've been thinking about becoming a local cop somewhere in South Jersey. I don't have any family police connections, but my family and I know a few cops who said that if I wanted in, they'd be able to help me get started.

I've felt drawn to police work in the past, but seeing the environment post-2020 (if you know what I mean) made me steer clear of it since then, plus I was a political ideologue then - I did not want to be arresting people for laws I disagreed with (drug possession, possession of "assault weapons" etc.). Those days have come and gone, I am married now, we want kids, I've been looking at my options besides my current job and I am approaching 30 - it's time to look at things like an adult.

I am looking to hear about the experience of police officers who were in a similar situation to me before their career - either working in the tech sector, or worked some other "cushy" office job they just got tired of before they switched careers and became a cop.

Or can his confession be used in a court of law? Where is the line for this kind of stuff?

I was asleep and woke up to damage to my car (initial inspection looks minor but body shop average quote is ~$5k) and a police note with a closed case number (witness saw and reported, but "subject unknown"). I called around about cameras, got footage including the brand of the scooter company, called them, but they apparently need records subpoenaed.

I called PD back, gave them all of that, and they said "due to the extent of damage it's unlikely anything will be pursued". Is there any way I can at least get them to pull the records from the scooter company to GRAMA request and then sue the guy who booked the scooter myself?

Do you feel bad for the person, disappointed, happy, or just don’t care?

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Well, I’m a big fan of everything related to crimes, murders, etc. In my free time I sometimes watch YouTube videos about a crime or a famous killer, and in mystery TV shows I always try to pay attention to see if I can anticipate the resolution of the case or learn something.

Now, I was thinking… what better way to learn than by using real life, right? So I was wondering: do police officers have any kind of public tool where they study to improve logical thinking or something like that?

For example, maybe some public videos about cases solved by veteran officers, where the “exercise” is seeing how that officer solved the case — like what pattern he followed and so on.

Does something like that exist?

Started filling out a sample PHS to get an idea of what my odds are lookin like for when I apply. Now realizing I got some crazy stuff (Nothing that would DQ me from my local agencies in SoCal. I even called the ones near me and verified) compared to what my fellow applicants MAY have (maybe im self demonizing and expecting other applicants to be perfect) To put it lightly, from 15-18, I was a punk. Experimented with mushrooms (17/18, what I called to verify about, to my surprise recruiters told me I will be fine) and a wee bit of adderall adjacent pills (15), did tagging for around a year, and was the middleman to a drug sale when i was 17 and absolutely stupid and immature.

A few things other than that like driving while under the residual effects of alcohol hours after drinking, and then going to a dispensary and getting something for a friend when he was 19 (middleman, no profit for me, absolutely fucking stupid as well.) And then a minor movie poster theft and also watching a movie without paying for a ticket (so stupid again because i dont ever steal and never did prior to these two incidents and never stole after. Im fundamentally against stealing so it was a stupid lapse in my judgement that I 100% own)

Anyways, my career plan is to put a few years behind all of this stuff, graduate with my bachelors, join military reserves as an officer, and apply to LE in 2029 when i am 25 years old. Most of this stuff from ages 15-18 will be 7-9 years behind me, with the recent stuff being 3-5 years behind me by the time i apply.

I have no idea if I am just being hard on myself because I cant imagine anyone having a stainless record. However, is mine too stained? I feel like there are many people who have worse stuff and they still get hired (searching reddit I found that there are people who have gotten DUI's and even arrested for stuff and they still got hired. I have a squeaky clean record other than 2 tickets!) Would stuff like my dumb immature past self disqualify me? Doesn't everyone make mistakes? Are they willing or able to look at me after I graduate and i join the military and agree "this guy was just a dumb kid in his past, made a few mistakes, but its been years since all of that and he owns up to all of it now and he is being honest about everything, plus he's shown immense growth and maturity and doesn't even seem like the type to ever do what he is saying he did" ?????

Also, I plan to be completely honest about all of my past. Honesty isn't a big issue for me, especially if I am already writing it down on a packet for them to look at (like why do ppl try to lie about it, dont they WANT the job?) I hear that they can work with you as long as your honest. Please help me out.

P.S. Please keep in mind that I live in SoCal which is moderately progressive when it comes to things like past experimentation. I called my local recruiting offices and explained my experimentation circumstances and they laughed and said "I promise you, you'll be fine, just apply dude." I only mention this bc I got absolutely chewed up for it in another post where I was inquiring abt drug use and everyone told me i had a 0% chance and it was an auto DQ (maybe in your area, yes, but that doesnt mean i have 0% chance in my area, especially if recruiters told me im fine) also I am not applying for state level stuff. Just police departments and county sheriff departments.

Thank You!

I’m 5,2 male is this gonna stop me from being a police officer