Career questions tagged police
Working as a police officer requires completion of an academy and a probation period. Careers within the police force range from a detective, crime scene investigator, or a school resource officer. For more information, please read below. Read more Show less
I'm interested in going into law enforcement are there any specific science classes I should take my senior year?
What sciences classes should I take my senior year?
Can a person with ADHD become a detective?
I'm 17 years old, and I've planned on entering law enforcement for years now, hoping to become a detective that works specifically on a special victims unit. However, I was diagnosed with both ADHD and ODD back when I was in 1st grade. I'm currently on medication for both. I've heard online that people with ADHD aren't legally allowed to own firearms, which is necessary for a police officer/detective. Is this true? Will this affect my ability to enter my dream career? I really don't want to have to find a fallback career after focusing on this path and curating all of my clubs/elective courses purely on law enforcement.
How did you decide what you wanted to do with your degree?
I'm majoring in criminal justice but am still undecided on what I should do with my future profession. I've considered investigations, policework/FBI, something in a lab... There's just so much! How did you decide what you wanted to do with your degree? #Fall25
What degree does law enforcement or the law need?
I’m an 8th grader and I would like to be in law enforcement when I grow up. Do I need specific degrees and if I do then what degrees do I need?
I am interested in becoming a member of the SWAT team. What do I need to do ?
I am a seventh grader middle school student and want to become a member of the SWAT team and how do I do that?
What are the career steps in law enforcement to become a detective?
I have the dream to be a detective, but I am not sure where to start. I have had thoughts of joining the NYPD, but how dangerous is that? I have also considered being a state trooper. What are the steps and how long, on average, would the process take before I could become a detective? And would I be able to choose the department I join?
What’s the best way to deal with burnout or stress in high-pressure fields like law enforcement?
I will be a freshman in college this fall, and while graduation is far away, I want to have a general idea of what I want to do so that my degree will be helpful in my career. I would like to become an FBI agent after graduating from college, and I know that the job, like many others, can take a strong emotional toll, and I want to be prepared.
What are the best steps to becoming a part of the cyber crimes unit in law enforcement ?
What is the day to day jobs of someone in digital forensics
How and what do you do handle situations with hostile or aggravated people involved with law enforcement ?
I'm a senior in high school going to study criminal justice in college.
What requirements do they ask for to be a police officer?
I need to enter an academy. What recommendation do you give me to become a police officer?
can you help me to be a cop?
I love to do cop things and watch cop movies like the rookie 911 blue bloods NICS and lots more. what can I do do be a cop?
how to get my grades up can you help me?
okay so... if I want to get my grades up what can I do? and... how do I get a better ACAP score in my school? and do I need to go to college to be a cop? sorry for so many questions just wondering!!!!!!! oh also have a nice day or night!!!!!!
Are you forced to work overtime in law enforcement?
In a law enforcement depending on what you want to do with it, do you have to work over time to conclude with something important of your job.
if i go to college and finish it and then i go to police academy and become a cop,am i going to be pid more since i finished college?
because i was told i should finish college and then become a cop and i know that sometimes people who finish college and then get a job they get paid more since they have a title and are valued more
Is this feasible?
My career plan is to go to police academy, become a state trooper, then if I get enough funds, go to U of I law school. Is this a feasible career path?
What are the prerequisites in order to become a Police Officer?
I am fairly certain that I need a 2 or 4 year degree but I don't really want to go to college.
Hey! It's me... again. Wath is the quality needed for being a Mounted Police Officer?
6 grade Anne-Sophie ( I prefer Anne-So)!
what are things you do differently then a cop
meaning like what does a Security do differently then a cop? how much is the pay. how far can your training go.
What Careers Might Be Good For Me?
I have been looking into different jobs that co-align with some of my interest, and looking at jobs that are pretty realistic for the future. I find events that have to do with crime to be interesting and something that I would want to look more into. Things that would be kind of hands on but still have a writing aspect to them are also something I would like in a job. I have thought about being a forensic scientist or a cop or lawyer, which all fall into a field of interest for me, but I was wondering if there might be any other jobs that seem to match up with the ones I have described. I was also wondering what people who have pursued these career paths have to say about them and what helped them to become interested and make their dreams of pursuing these careers possible.
What are the steps to become a police officer for me to know what I need to do when Im older?
What all do we need to do to be a police officer when I grow up
I am a Security and Protective Services student at Job Corps and want to go into the Vancouver police force upon completion, anything I need to know?
Job corps student
Im Completely lost within myself and my future college choice, please help!!!
Hi! Im currently a Senior in high-school, around the Dmv area. I have never really thought about what I wanted to have a degree in or in general what lies ahead of me. In the beginning of the school year i was thinking about majoring in Nursing specifically wanting to be a PICU Nurse. But later on realized My family can't afford to spend that much money but also wasn't planning on being in school for a long time. Then around like November, I was thinking about majoring in Forensic, and after having a not so friendly encounter with a Forensic Teacher in a different school, i felt unmotivated. But now I'm either thinking about joining the Marines/ Train to become a State Cop/or just go back to forensic. Especially since i have already applied to 2 Universities for Forensic Science and BioTechnology (Pre-Forensic Studies). I know it might sound cheesy but i just want to work to give me parents someone to rely on, Im the oldest out of my siblings and I don't know what I'm doing on CommonApp. Ive been just putting information I know and later on asking friends and my parents about other things. Im First-Gen and I very exhausted and overwhelmed. Please help!!