Can you become a police officer if you have a misdemeanor on your record?
Maybe. It depends on what the misdemeanor is, how recent it was, and the circumstances of the incident. If the offense is for domestic violence or some sex offense, you're done. Don't even try. If it's for a violent offense, such as assault and/or battery, you will need around ten years (this varies) of very clean living between the offense and your application. You will need to show that you realized your mistake and have the ability to conduct an honorable, law-abiding life. If the offense is a "moral turpitude" crime, such as shoplifting or embezzlement, you may be disqualified. This is a "maybe" situation, and while one agency might accept you, another one wouldn't. Once again, you'll need to show you can lead a law-abiding life for a good stretch of time. A DUI can be disqualifying for ten years or more. Complete abstinence from alcohol is recommended. An offense like minor in possession of alcohol won't be overlooked, but it's not as damaging as some of the others I mentioned. In every case, the agency doing your background investigation will do their best to get the original report of the offense, and to interview anyone connected with it. If there were any extenuating or aggravating circumstances about the matter, you want to be the one to tell your background investigator about it. If they find out on their own that the situation was more screwed up than you described it to be, you're probably going to get disqualified. Those stretches of clean living between your offense and your application need to be exemplary in every way. No arrests, no tickets, good work history, all bills paid, etc. If you have a conviction on your record, the bar is going to set higher for you.
Are corrections officers considered law enforcement officials?
In Tennessee the state correctional officers don't have any arrest powers. The commissioner placed this title to the department to chat the officers out of overtime pay.In Kentucky the state correctional officer don't have arrest powers. The minimal trained deputy jailers at the local jail have arrest powers. Regardless I've worked both states I carried a weapon with both departments. Any department that want you to wear the uniform and not a weapon. Find another department.
Can a person with bipolar disorder become a police officer?
I have recently been diagnosed bipolar, I have bipolar II traits but my psychiatrist is leaning bipolar I simply based on the length of my episodes. I’m a former Army soldier, and Military Police officer, I grew up in Montana, I’ve had high stress jobs and low stress jobs and I can handle all of those things without a problem because how a person handles something is part of your personality, whether or not you have discipline, empathy, situational awareness, and the like. If you don’t have these things you might have a personality disorder, not a mood disorder. It deeply concerns me that these two things are largely mixed together, even in the eyes of some professionals! Sure I have down days or weeks, and I have weeks where I can do two bathroom remodels and clean out my entire garage. At no time during either one of those phases has my personality changed, or my view on human life, or how I interact with others in terms of understanding them, in terms of empathizing with them, in terms of understanding their emotional state and what they mean, and how I would interact with them on a factual intellectual level. I don’t have a personality disorder. My personality does not change regardless of where I am in the mood swing. Some of these comments are distressing to me. I hope in the future and going forward that there is more of a general understanding out there about what types of mental illness are a danger to society and what types of mental illness are not.
Whats the police code for robbery in philadelphia ?
"Robbery" The PPD does not use "ten-codes" Old timers called a dead body a 5292 asa a slang expression. That was the way the 75-48 (incident report) was initially coded on a dead body call, not a Radio code. I don't the PPD has ever used anything other than "plain speak" on the radio. Ossifer: http://www.phillypolice.com/ I didn't find a ten code chart in here. maybe I missed it. If you can find it, send me the link. I have lived in Philadelphia for over 60 years, so I may have missed some 10 codes somewhere, but I don't think so. I have certain connections to PPD. Are you sure you mean Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA.
What are some slang terms used among police officers?
The most derogatory terms for the bad guys and citizens who are just pains in the rectum:A.H. = Adam Henry (A-dam H-enry) If you don’t get it…..sometimes you will hear it as “Jack Hole”…..now what starts with an “A” that ends with HOLE ?RICHARD CRANIUM= What starts with a “D” and is a nickname for Richard ? What is the non-medical layman’s term for the Cranium ? Do these clues HEAD you in the right direction ?
Can someone give me a biography of Muhammad Ali?
Its for a sixth grade reaserch project. I need stuff on his career and after he retired. Erm... No Wikipidia please. I tried it already. There are some truly stupid people out there....
Is it possible to become a police officer at age 40?
Sure. One of the cops I worked with was a barber until he was 42, then joined the police department. He did fine.The biggest obstacle for most older recruits is physical fitness. You’ll be training alongside people 20 years younger than you are. If you are physically fit and can meet the academy’s physical fitness requirements (a few phone calls or web site visits should reveal this information), you should have no difficulty.You should also be prepared to answer to people considerably younger than you are, once you’re through the academy and working. You will have sergeants and even lieutenants in their 20s and early 30s. Your field training officer will probably be considerably younger than you are. They will still expect you to take them seriously and recognize their authority.
Is there a height and weight requirement to becoming a police officer?
Today, the Justice Dept. and the courts have ruled that physical requirements are discriminatory. Usually the requirements say something like weight proportional to height. As long as you can pass the physical test you can be 3 feet tall and weigh 50 pounds.
Do temporary restraining orders appear on employment background checks?
It depends upon what the employer uses to get that background information. For less than $30. I can know more about you than you know about yourself. Most employer are too cheap to order that level of background search but the nature of things means that many employers do no searches at all.Here is why you think some information is shielded that is actually quite available. Consider a young woman who has an arrest for prostitution and later goes back and has the court record expunged. She thinks her life is now free of that taint. However when she was seeking a lawyer she reached to a girlfriend and emailed her questions about what to do about the prostitution arrest. Bingo ! Now that information is in the wild and any researcher can grab it and spread it all about. We are now in an era in which people must live with their past mistakes or conditions. When companies promise secrecy they still tend to sell your information. Ask anyone who takes a medication long term how much they are bombarded with companies seeking to supply that prescription for less than you might be paying. Even the big chain pharmacies spread your information about and they deny it. But if you take a script for insulin to your local drug store you will soon see if you don’t start getting a lot of phone calls from companies selling diabetic supplies.
Does a misdemeanor go away? How long does it take?
How long do you have to list it might be a better question. They don't go away. After a certain period of time they are simply not relevant. A misdemeanor a year ago is certainly more ‘serious' than that exact same misdemeanor ten years ago.How long does it need to keep being brought up? That depends on a particular job and its requirements and how the question is asked. But it's always there unless dismissed or expunged or pardoned if someone wants to dig that far and deep into the past.