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Originally Posted by reverserboy
To be considered for my job. You'll have to be a HS grad but a 9th grade reading level won't cut it. They will want you to be older than 18.
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Yeah, the 9th grade thing never made sense to me either. You can't read/understand court decisions or the Crimes/Vehicle Codes for that matter at that level. But that's taken care of with more and more agencies requiring college. Additionally, drafting legal documents such as affidavits and criminal complaints can't be done well without a solid grasp of the mechanics of the King's English.
While you can be hired legally at 18, I don't know anywhere that does. Not to say it doesn't happen, but it's uncommon.
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Originally Posted by reverserboy
You will be subject to a background & credit check.
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Unless you're employed in law enforcement or maintain a Secret or higher clearance for some reason, it's probably not the same. I've always found some of the questions we have to answer regarding our background to be none of their business, but that's just me. Of interest to this forum- that includes make and model and serial of every gun I've ever owned.
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Originally Posted by reverserboy
Have a panel interview.
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Again, probably not the same. A panel interview for a police job is not stressful because it's an interview, it is stressful and challenging by design. Panel members typically present scenarios to the candidate, and then challenge their answers...even if the answer was correct. They're fast-paced, and designed to be intimidating.
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In any case, I wasn't trying to make anyone out to be uneducated or untrained. That's mainly because I would never be so presumptuous as to tell someone in another field what their qualifications should be or how to do their job. I simply wanted to show that qualifying for a police position, then surviving the hiring process and successfully completing the academy is not "too easy" as you put it.