» A Review - Police Officer Training
By: Morgan Hamilton
My son is a senior in high school
now. We had filled some financial assistance forms because we want to make
sure he will be able to have secondary education. Though, my son has not
decided yet what college he wanted to attend or what subject to choose.
Thus, I got really surprised one day when my son came from school and
declared he wanted to start law enforcement training. His best friend's
father was a police officer and my son has been secretly interested in this
job for years.
Unfortunately I didn't know anything about law enforcement training so I
needed to get more information about it. This is why I invited my son's
friend and his parents for dinner. That way we could talk with the police
officer and find out where is the best place to get law enforcement
training. It was interesting to learn there are so many specialty areas to
look into. The father of my son’s best friend had started with an eighteen
month course of law enforcement training in a college. After his course the
only job he could get with that qualification was as a patrol officer.
From the law enforcement training he completed he had learned the basic
techniques of being a police officer including weapons training. However, to
become a detective more advanced training was required - a four year
college degree. He took a part time job as a patrol officer and started a
four year criminal justice program at the university which would enable him
to get better jobs once he graduated. He also added that in the past police
officers could go with the eighteen month course of law enforcement training
but as nowadays the crimes are more complex it is recommended that all
officers have a four year degree in addition to basic law enforcement
training.
My son was listening to his best friend's father very carefully and
remembered the information he gave us. My son also conducted further
research. First of all, he needed to decide if he would start the law
enforcement training immediately and then take the college courses, or the
opposite - first college then the law enforcement training. He set up a
meeting with the local sheriff to discuss this.
The sheriff advised him to take the basic law enforcement training first
because with it he could work part time while being at college. He could
have flexible shifts as police officers are needed 24 hours a day seven days
a week, so he wouldn't need to cut classes because of work. Another reason
why it is better to start with the law enforcement training is because after
you complete it and start working you will have gained work
experience which will help you decide what area you want to concentrate on
later in your career.
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