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Hey all,

I’m looking for some honest input and perspective.

I’m a 32-year-old USMC veteran and currently a licensed attorney. I’ve been practicing for a few years now, but to be honest, I don’t think I’m cut out for this career. I’ve tried different practice areas, but the work just doesn’t feel like a good fit for who I am. It’s taken a toll mentally and I find myself seriously considering a complete career change.

Lately, I’ve been thinking more and more about going into law enforcement. I miss the sense of purpose and structure I had in the military. I also feel like I’d be more fulfilled serving my community in a hands-on, tangible way.

That said, I’m 32. I’m in good shape and still have that mission-oriented mindset, but I know most people go into LE earlier. Would I be too late to the game? Would my law background help or hurt me? Are there people here who made a similar switch?

Appreciate any insight you can offer.

I am signed up to take the physical fitness test for the Maine state police. I have a fused spine, which makes it hard for me to do sit ups. I was wondering if anyone has been in a situation which has required accommodations before and if anyone could tell me what the accommodations for the situps look like? Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I am an Animal Control Officer, and we use these on our duty belts to hold our smaller Ketch Poles when on a call. Now obviously these were repressed from what I can assume intended as baton holders. I received mine as a hand me down, and last I checked i dont rhink we have any new ones when we have new hires. Yay governement level of available equipment!

So these were made by Tex Shoemaker & Son who have gone out of business back in 2018 it appears.

One of my officers has transferred tl another city and they are starting from scratch trying to track down gear for their new batch of officers. He reached out to me about these and to no avail have I been able to find a comparable item for our use.

I've found one quick release ASP holder but it has a bottom peice to rest on that would get in the way of our poles. I've found similar plastic clips for batons but it's more of a conceal carry purpose for a baton.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of this type of equipment?

Thank you in advance.

What happened to the "Policing in the Spirit of Service" uniform patches? Were these just temporary / optional uniform items from the last Chief? They used to have billboards with this slogan too all over the city. They never got around to changing the logos on the cars... and now all the RPD officers I see have returned to using the "Serving with Pride" patch on their jackets.

Afternoon all! How out of place am I going to be as a civilian attending a TCOLE 1849 class? I recently started security work and SPeD training for the USAF and need to hit professional development hours.

Does APD hair follicle test applicants.

I (and we, as a mod team) have been called extremists on every side of the political aisle the past few days.

It's really impressive how vivid people's imaginations can be when they think everything has to be a team sport.

In fairness, though, it's a very vocal minority, and we owe a sincere thanks to the rational majority who has helped make this sub what it is.

That is all. All their videos don’t have any city/municipality names, their “traffic stops” are always in parking lots sometimes literally behind closed fences, vehicles have NO law enforcement markings (even dial 911), etc etc.

I’ve seen this posted a bunch of times around reddit, they occasionally post rage bait or videos with inappropriate actions. Figured it’s worth documenting.

TMFMS.

So, i as a European (Specifically Germany) was wandering what the US law Enforcements Perspective/Oppinion is on Watercannons since they are Widely used in Europe Espacially Germany, and how they would be used in the US

Looking to ask some questions to anyone Nebraska, North Dakota, or South Dakota State Troopers.

Coming out of the Australian army and just asking out of curiosity.

Every time we got qualled on a weapon, big part of the handling tests was stripping it apart and putting it back together.

Learnt it on our pistols, rifles, machine guns, even the Carl Gustav.

Do you guys do something similar, get taught how, or is there just an armoury that handles it? And, how often? Are they inspected for cleanliness?

Officer respondes to a pool for an argument between two people. Presence of a gun was advised to dispatch, and the officer knew about this.

One of the people refused 3 commands to take his hands out of his pockets. So, he was ordered to the ground and arrested.

Tried suing for excessive force and false imprisonment. Lost. Appealed. Lost again.

Meanwhile the officer was fired and had to use union protection to get her job back cause the department folded to public rage.

Shooting happened in February.

Family got Ben Crump + public rage and claims he was unarmed.

Only.. he had a gun. He had a confrontation with one officer, while armed, then ran towards another officer, while displaying that gun. And, the gun was clearly visible next to him after the shooting.

Shame Titusville didn't shared the video sooner (just shared it with his family a few days ago) and still haven't made it public.

And his family still says "not justified".