Ill try to be short with this but theres alot to say.. Please offer any advice or help as to keeping me on track here. thanks in advance for reading the novel.
1. i was 19 in 2001 and got a class A misd. in TX for poss. marijuana. upon hearing from the DA that it would be taken off my record upon completion of probation i took deferred adjudication. wrong. here i am in 2009, still on my record, and its a conviction.
so i am now barred from being employed by harris county sheriffs department for life, and also from the texas dept. of criminal justice as a jailer.
only other issues for me was getting pulled over and learning i had 2 fta's for traffic tickets i missed the court dates for (2 tickets on same traffic stop), ended up serving out my time instead of paying.
2. i joined the army in 06 and i am stationed in ny. squeaky clean record. several awards, more than enough training certificates, will be getting pinned e5 sergeant soon, and i get out in a year. i deployed and did hundreds of combat patrols, stopping oil tanker drivers and fingerprinting, photos, interrogating through interpreters to stop oil smuggling in northern iraq.
now that i am getting out, army wants me to stay. they have offered several enticements to get me to reenlist, including reclassification to military police officer.
also i have applied for a secret clearance, and upon talking with a few people, should get it.
so... now that i am getting out i am looking at options. my motivation in life is to become a leo. thats my first choice. and i usually dont stop until i get what i want. i am literally a few days from starting my quest by going to the civilian police department who patrol our military installation (military police still do but very sparingly, they are concentrating on training for deployment). i will be talking this over with them to look over my options.
a few years ago, the state police came to my unit to give some alcohol classes and to also recruit. i spoke with a recruiter who said my past was no problems as long as i had no felonies, and just like the army, i would just need a waiver to get in. he said military had priority as we are already trained to be the best, and that would more than make up for a few small mistakes in my younger years.
i dont know if that was recruiter talk or for real, and i have recently emailed my local state trooper recruiter and am waiting to hear back from them. unfortunately my state requires applicants to be within 6 months of completing army service contracts, so i cant apply for another 6 months.
im basically looking for any tips that i have a chance. ive already read all the threads on everything else and know what to expect, but i just find it hard to believe and accept that i can serve my country, even police my own military, and the state i was born in and lived in for 25 years does not want me to police it. just seems like there should be exceptions..
oh forgot to ad, i have a college degree as well.
what are your thoughts?
right now i think my best option would be to get hired on with the installation civilian police. i feel that being a army installation only police force, my odds are best with them. assuming it could work out, i would put in my time, maybe stay for a career, or put in enough time to have the experience for texas to finally overlook my shortcomings and let me serve my own state. this is a federal police force, and im already a federal employee, so im an inch in the door already.
if this becomes hopeless i can always use my post 911 gi bill and go back to school, or just become a DOD civilian and work on post here 8-4 for 20 bucks an hour, but my dream is really to become leo and make it a career.
you probably cannot tell from my typing (im used to outlook capitalizing and spell checking for me) but i am also very familiar with all sorts of office work doodads, excel, powerpoint, etc... so DOD office job is far from out of reach, i just dont want a cubicle.
1. i was 19 in 2001 and got a class A misd. in TX for poss. marijuana. upon hearing from the DA that it would be taken off my record upon completion of probation i took deferred adjudication. wrong. here i am in 2009, still on my record, and its a conviction.
so i am now barred from being employed by harris county sheriffs department for life, and also from the texas dept. of criminal justice as a jailer.
only other issues for me was getting pulled over and learning i had 2 fta's for traffic tickets i missed the court dates for (2 tickets on same traffic stop), ended up serving out my time instead of paying.
2. i joined the army in 06 and i am stationed in ny. squeaky clean record. several awards, more than enough training certificates, will be getting pinned e5 sergeant soon, and i get out in a year. i deployed and did hundreds of combat patrols, stopping oil tanker drivers and fingerprinting, photos, interrogating through interpreters to stop oil smuggling in northern iraq.
now that i am getting out, army wants me to stay. they have offered several enticements to get me to reenlist, including reclassification to military police officer.
also i have applied for a secret clearance, and upon talking with a few people, should get it.
so... now that i am getting out i am looking at options. my motivation in life is to become a leo. thats my first choice. and i usually dont stop until i get what i want. i am literally a few days from starting my quest by going to the civilian police department who patrol our military installation (military police still do but very sparingly, they are concentrating on training for deployment). i will be talking this over with them to look over my options.
a few years ago, the state police came to my unit to give some alcohol classes and to also recruit. i spoke with a recruiter who said my past was no problems as long as i had no felonies, and just like the army, i would just need a waiver to get in. he said military had priority as we are already trained to be the best, and that would more than make up for a few small mistakes in my younger years.
i dont know if that was recruiter talk or for real, and i have recently emailed my local state trooper recruiter and am waiting to hear back from them. unfortunately my state requires applicants to be within 6 months of completing army service contracts, so i cant apply for another 6 months.
im basically looking for any tips that i have a chance. ive already read all the threads on everything else and know what to expect, but i just find it hard to believe and accept that i can serve my country, even police my own military, and the state i was born in and lived in for 25 years does not want me to police it. just seems like there should be exceptions..
oh forgot to ad, i have a college degree as well.
what are your thoughts?
right now i think my best option would be to get hired on with the installation civilian police. i feel that being a army installation only police force, my odds are best with them. assuming it could work out, i would put in my time, maybe stay for a career, or put in enough time to have the experience for texas to finally overlook my shortcomings and let me serve my own state. this is a federal police force, and im already a federal employee, so im an inch in the door already.
if this becomes hopeless i can always use my post 911 gi bill and go back to school, or just become a DOD civilian and work on post here 8-4 for 20 bucks an hour, but my dream is really to become leo and make it a career.
you probably cannot tell from my typing (im used to outlook capitalizing and spell checking for me) but i am also very familiar with all sorts of office work doodads, excel, powerpoint, etc... so DOD office job is far from out of reach, i just dont want a cubicle.
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