I am kind of reluctant to even post seeing how other people get degraded and belittled for their past mistakes.
At the age of 19 I enrolled into classes at the community college for criminal justice, I currently have 19 credits and ended up with a 3.8 GPA
At the age of 22 I stopped going to the community college and I decided to enlist in the army to better my chances of getting into SWAT at whatever department I was hired and would pick up on my criminal justice schooling with the GI Bill.
Just before my ship date I rolled my truck and was charged with a DUI, my leave date was then postponed after applying for a DUI waiver.
The judge gave me the option to choose two weeks jail time over probation so it wouldn't affect my new leave date. I obviously chose the two weeks
At 23 and a week out for my ship date I was charged with interference while out downtown celebrating my birthday and spent a night in city jail.
I told my recruiting officer what happened and was instructed to lie, in fear of fraudulent enlistment, the possibility of a dishonorable discharged, my recruiters want to fulfill his numbers I didn't go down that Avenue.
So here I am, age 27, recently talked to a friend who is a sergeant at a sheriff's department gave me a glimmer of hope. He opened my eyes to see that as of Oct 23rd 2014 my dui will be 5 years behind me and in March 2015 so will the interference ticket. 5 years is required for dui and misdemeanor charges before applying to many Departments. In those 5 years I picked myself up, handled the drinking where problems followed, I've repaired my credit, held a stable job, started a family, bought a home and haven't had any tickets or any negative interactions with police.
I'm anxiously waiting for March 1st 2015 so I can begin applying to local police departments, and finally, I'm asking for insight, what else can I do to better my chances, advice etc....
Thanks guys for what you do, I hope to join you guys if I can.
At the age of 19 I enrolled into classes at the community college for criminal justice, I currently have 19 credits and ended up with a 3.8 GPA
At the age of 22 I stopped going to the community college and I decided to enlist in the army to better my chances of getting into SWAT at whatever department I was hired and would pick up on my criminal justice schooling with the GI Bill.
Just before my ship date I rolled my truck and was charged with a DUI, my leave date was then postponed after applying for a DUI waiver.
The judge gave me the option to choose two weeks jail time over probation so it wouldn't affect my new leave date. I obviously chose the two weeks
At 23 and a week out for my ship date I was charged with interference while out downtown celebrating my birthday and spent a night in city jail.
I told my recruiting officer what happened and was instructed to lie, in fear of fraudulent enlistment, the possibility of a dishonorable discharged, my recruiters want to fulfill his numbers I didn't go down that Avenue.
So here I am, age 27, recently talked to a friend who is a sergeant at a sheriff's department gave me a glimmer of hope. He opened my eyes to see that as of Oct 23rd 2014 my dui will be 5 years behind me and in March 2015 so will the interference ticket. 5 years is required for dui and misdemeanor charges before applying to many Departments. In those 5 years I picked myself up, handled the drinking where problems followed, I've repaired my credit, held a stable job, started a family, bought a home and haven't had any tickets or any negative interactions with police.
I'm anxiously waiting for March 1st 2015 so I can begin applying to local police departments, and finally, I'm asking for insight, what else can I do to better my chances, advice etc....
Thanks guys for what you do, I hope to join you guys if I can.
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