This question is for any officers who are involved in the hiring process for their respective departments.
I am 37 years old and have met all the requirements for the BLET Rookie School at my local Comm. College. I am currently planning on starting school at the beginning of July. I know that I am a bit old to be starting out in Law Enforcement and that we are in a very tough job market right now. I'm not sure I should be considering this carrer path.
It's not only about age. I also have a rough financial credit history over the past 3 years. My wife took a 25% pay cut and I took a 10% pay cut at our jobs at the same time. We fought to keep our house at the detriment to our credit ratings and ended up loosing the house any way. I have a repo on my record as well as currently going through a foreclosure of my home. I also have about $50,000 of medical collections that I am fighting with the insurance company over them not paying when they should have.
I know that all departments do a credit check as part of the hiring/interview process and am thinking that I have NO chance of getting a job with a department with this type of credit rating right now.
What do you think?
Thanks for the input.
Robert
I am 37 years old and have met all the requirements for the BLET Rookie School at my local Comm. College. I am currently planning on starting school at the beginning of July. I know that I am a bit old to be starting out in Law Enforcement and that we are in a very tough job market right now. I'm not sure I should be considering this carrer path.
It's not only about age. I also have a rough financial credit history over the past 3 years. My wife took a 25% pay cut and I took a 10% pay cut at our jobs at the same time. We fought to keep our house at the detriment to our credit ratings and ended up loosing the house any way. I have a repo on my record as well as currently going through a foreclosure of my home. I also have about $50,000 of medical collections that I am fighting with the insurance company over them not paying when they should have.
I know that all departments do a credit check as part of the hiring/interview process and am thinking that I have NO chance of getting a job with a department with this type of credit rating right now.
What do you think?
Thanks for the input.
Robert
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