He wants to become a cop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re just a GF but you’re acting like you’re in charge of him and you’re criticuzing him. If you don’t like him or his choices then let him go but don’t hold him back.

When did I ever say I was in charge? I’m just saying I don’t like it

You don’t get a say except to support him. He should dump you ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My boyfriend wants to become a cop and I honestly don’t like the idea of that. He’s currently a security guard for target and got the job because his friend told him they needed someone. He’s been there for 10 months. Now his friends (one of them quit target and the other works at target still) are security guards at private patrol companies and they want to become cops as well.
He’s been going to school for criminal justice but always said he wants to be a detective. I’m just worried because I know how hard and dangerous being a cop can be. He went to take an exam already and if he passed, they will email him and the next step is background. I guess I’m just posting to see if anyone has been in a similar situation with a loved one wanting to become a cop. Although it worries me, this might be something he enjoys to do and I want him to have a job that he likes to do.

Huh....how would YOU feel if HE discouraged YOU from doing something or pursuing a life-path that you were passionate about?
You don't get to decide other people's lives for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No future as a security guard. Being a cop is not easy - a high percentage of applicants wash out at the application stage, e.g, lie detector. Can provide for a family. Can be rough mentally, always watching one's back, especially those one must work with.

Wait until he starts pulling over attractive women trying to get phone numbers or to see what they are willing to do to get out of a ticket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My boyfriend wants to become a cop and I honestly don’t like the idea of that. He’s currently a security guard for target and got the job because his friend told him they needed someone. He’s been there for 10 months. Now his friends (one of them quit target and the other works at target still) are security guards at private patrol companies and they want to become cops as well.
He’s been going to school for criminal justice but always said he wants to be a detective. I’m just worried because I know how hard and dangerous being a cop can be. He went to take an exam already and if he passed, they will email him and the next step is background. I guess I’m just posting to see if anyone has been in a similar situation with a loved one wanting to become a cop. Although it worries me, this might be something he enjoys to do and I want him to have a job that he likes to do.

Huh....how would YOU feel if HE discouraged YOU from doing something or pursuing a life-path that you were passionate about?
You don't get to decide other people's lives for them.

I never said I discouraged him. I actually told him that he should go for it if he really wanted to. Everyone stop assuming that I’m telling him what to do. I’m not. This post was solely to express my concerns

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No future as a security guard. Being a cop is not easy - a high percentage of applicants wash out at the application stage, e.g, lie detector. Can provide for a family. Can be rough mentally, always watching one's back, especially those one must work with.

Wait until he starts pulling over attractive women trying to get phone numbers or to see what they are willing to do to get out of a ticket.

Oh, shut up. A high percentage of cops do not do this. There is good and bad in every profession. Knock it off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LEO here. Someone with a gun will protect you. Love the local cops.

Sure, I love them. Doesn't mean that I could be a cop or that I'd want my spouse to be a cop. No. Way. In. Hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No future as a security guard. Being a cop is not easy - a high percentage of applicants wash out at the application stage, e.g, lie detector. Can provide for a family. Can be rough mentally, always watching one's back, especially those one must work with.

Wait until he starts pulling over attractive women trying to get phone numbers or to see what they are willing to do to get out of a ticket.

Oh, shut up. A high percentage of cops do not do this. There is good and bad in every profession. Knock it off.

"A high percentage of cops do not do this" is not a ringing endorsement of their good behavior.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It can be dangerous, but probably not as dangerous as you think.

Let him get a couple years in, then push him towards federal law enforcement. Better pay, better benefits, easier work.

Disagree completely. It’s every bit as dangerous as you fear. Anything can happen at any time.
Cops are targets and there is very little fear or respect for the profession anymore.
OP, you’re right to be concerned. It’s not a good life.

bullshit. The majority of cops who get killed crash motorcycles.

Thank you https://www.quora.com/How-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-police-officer-in-the-U-S

OP is in Los Angeles. This is not a sleepy town where there's no action. Anyway, the job is stressful and dangerous. Your job is to go into high intensity, high stress situations and diffuse them. A wrong move in those high stress situations could mean you are killed, seriously injured, or someone else is killed or injured.

So you think that LAPD aren't primarily killed in non-chase crashes? Or you're just trying to glorify police

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It can be dangerous, but probably not as dangerous as you think.

Let him get a couple years in, then push him towards federal law enforcement. Better pay, better benefits, easier work.

Disagree completely. It’s every bit as dangerous as you fear. Anything can happen at any time.
Cops are targets and there is very little fear or respect for the profession anymore.
OP, you’re right to be concerned. It’s not a good life.

bullshit. The majority of cops who get killed crash motorcycles.

Thank you https://www.quora.com/How-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-police-officer-in-the-U-S

OP is in Los Angeles. This is not a sleepy town where there's no action. Anyway, the job is stressful and dangerous. Your job is to go into high intensity, high stress situations and diffuse them. A wrong move in those high stress situations could mean you are killed, seriously injured, or someone else is killed or injured.

So you think that LAPD aren't primarily killed in non-chase crashes? Or you're just trying to glorify police

Let's just say I've seen private sector employees joining LE but rarely do I see LE people jumping ship to the private sector. Not all private sector employees want to become LEOs, of course. But rarely do I see LEOs joining the private sector until they retire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It can be dangerous, but probably not as dangerous as you think.

Let him get a couple years in, then push him towards federal law enforcement. Better pay, better benefits, easier work.

Disagree completely. It’s every bit as dangerous as you fear. Anything can happen at any time.
Cops are targets and there is very little fear or respect for the profession anymore.
OP, you’re right to be concerned. It’s not a good life.

bullshit. The majority of cops who get killed crash motorcycles.

Thank you https://www.quora.com/How-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-police-officer-in-the-U-S

OP is in Los Angeles. This is not a sleepy town where there's no action. Anyway, the job is stressful and dangerous. Your job is to go into high intensity, high stress situations and diffuse them. A wrong move in those high stress situations could mean you are killed, seriously injured, or someone else is killed or injured.

So you think that LAPD aren't primarily killed in non-chase crashes? Or you're just trying to glorify police

Let's just say I've seen private sector employees joining LE but rarely do I see LE people jumping ship to the private sector. Not all private sector employees want to become LEOs, of course. But rarely do I see LEOs joining the private sector until they retire.

I mean there are a lot of potential reasons for that I am narrowly focused on this overhyped claim that being an LEO is particularly dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It can be dangerous, but probably not as dangerous as you think.

Let him get a couple years in, then push him towards federal law enforcement. Better pay, better benefits, easier work.

Disagree completely. It’s every bit as dangerous as you fear. Anything can happen at any time.
Cops are targets and there is very little fear or respect for the profession anymore.
OP, you’re right to be concerned. It’s not a good life.

bullshit. The majority of cops who get killed crash motorcycles.

Thank you https://www.quora.com/How-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-police-officer-in-the-U-S

OP is in Los Angeles. This is not a sleepy town where there's no action. Anyway, the job is stressful and dangerous. Your job is to go into high intensity, high stress situations and diffuse them. A wrong move in those high stress situations could mean you are killed, seriously injured, or someone else is killed or injured.

So you think that LAPD aren't primarily killed in non-chase crashes? Or you're just trying to glorify police

Let's just say I've seen private sector employees joining LE but rarely do I see LE people jumping ship to the private sector. Not all private sector employees want to become LEOs, of course. But rarely do I see LEOs joining the private sector until they retire.

I mean there are a lot of potential reasons for that I am narrowly focused on this overhyped claim that being an LEO is particularly dangerous.

LEOs are required to be armed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It can be dangerous, but probably not as dangerous as you think.

Let him get a couple years in, then push him towards federal law enforcement. Better pay, better benefits, easier work.

Disagree completely. It’s every bit as dangerous as you fear. Anything can happen at any time.
Cops are targets and there is very little fear or respect for the profession anymore.
OP, you’re right to be concerned. It’s not a good life.

bullshit. The majority of cops who get killed crash motorcycles.

Thank you https://www.quora.com/How-dangerous-is-it-to-be-a-police-officer-in-the-U-S

OP is in Los Angeles. This is not a sleepy town where there's no action. Anyway, the job is stressful and dangerous. Your job is to go into high intensity, high stress situations and diffuse them. A wrong move in those high stress situations could mean you are killed, seriously injured, or someone else is killed or injured.

So you think that LAPD aren't primarily killed in non-chase crashes? Or you're just trying to glorify police

Let's just say I've seen private sector employees joining LE but rarely do I see LE people jumping ship to the private sector. Not all private sector employees want to become LEOs, of course. But rarely do I see LEOs joining the private sector until they retire.

I mean there are a lot of potential reasons for that I am narrowly focused on this overhyped claim that being an LEO is particularly dangerous.

You are so ignorant and stupid, I am embarrassed for you. Please don’t breed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No future as a security guard. Being a cop is not easy - a high percentage of applicants wash out at the application stage, e.g, lie detector. Can provide for a family. Can be rough mentally, always watching one's back, especially those one must work with.

Wait until he starts pulling over attractive women trying to get phone numbers or to see what they are willing to do to get out of a ticket.

Oh, shut up. A high percentage of cops do not do this. There is good and bad in every profession. Knock it off.

"A high percentage of cops do not do this" is not a ringing endorsement of their good behavior.

Truth. I'm not a cop, but my job requires me to interact with a lot of officers regularly. I'm shocked by how many of them shamelessly have affairs.

[Anonymous]

I don't know any LEO that "glorify" the danger of this line of work. Those who do, LEO or not, have issues. An agency will likely send these people in for the fitness-for-duty evaluation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No future as a security guard. Being a cop is not easy - a high percentage of applicants wash out at the application stage, e.g, lie detector. Can provide for a family. Can be rough mentally, always watching one's back, especially those one must work with.

Wait until he starts pulling over attractive women trying to get phone numbers or to see what they are willing to do to get out of a ticket.

Oh, shut up. A high percentage of cops do not do this. There is good and bad in every profession. Knock it off.

"A high percentage of cops do not do this" is not a ringing endorsement of their good behavior.

Truth. I'm not a cop, but my job requires me to interact with a lot of officers regularly. I'm shocked by how many of them shamelessly have affairs.

Most cops think twice about doing something illegal. If you see a cop engaged in something illegal, a violation of the local, state, or federal law, you are encouraged to report him - or her - to internal affairs.