Could I Be a Police Officer If…?
Question by troy traskal: Could I be a police officer if…?
I was arrested in FL for possession of a controlled substance (xanax) and possesion of marijuana when I was 18. Went through over a year probation (on a program called “pre trial intervention”) without any violations. And quit drugs. And got a Bachelors degree in Criminal justice?
Also note I am a male, about 5 foot 8 inches tall, and about 160 lbs. And in good shape.
Do you think I could still become a law enforcement officer?
Please be kind. I realize drugs are bad and I should have never done them.
Thank you.
Best answer:
Answer by Count Zander
Yeah, unlike the army, the police force will take any guy they can get. In my town, there were two dead guys manning the police station.
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I as well took criminal justice, but saw many of my peers stuck with a degree they could not use because of their records. Im not sure of the agencie’s policy there in Florida but in NC most departments want you to be drug free for a minimum of 2 years. I can only suggest to contact a recruiter and discuss this matter with him/her. If you have kept a clean record since and have been drug free your career choice is at the discretion of the recruiter and the chief/sheriff.
@ Your Answer
Apparently by your answer it is obvious that common sense is not so common. You apparently know nothing of the Justice System. I for one am going thru the police academy on the 10th. With a record and prior drug use. I was charged and convicted of 2nd degree trespass, and have used marijuana ( NC has a 2yr minimum ), last time of coarse was in 2008. Everything is dependant on the severity of the crime and drug use ( amount wise ). You can have a dui charge on your record and still be a police officer. There is however a 5yr minimum in my state of N.C between the conviction and the time you apply. Judge Mathis, as you’ve seen on tv, in his teens he was a criminal stealing cars, so dont sit there and say that one little slip bars your from a certain job. Just plain ignorant
if you took up criminal justice then you must have already know the answer to your question if you can become a officer or not why would someone go through the exspense and time to educate them self on that without finding out if they can make a carrer of it first. comon sense would tell you to know your facts before you schooled. so you either really didn’t school criminal justice yet or did and is just profiling here.Which is it?