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Hi everyone!
I know you guys are probably sick of these hiring process questions, but I wanted a bit of insight. I've been actively applying to law enforcement agencies for the past 3 years. I dipped my toes in the hiring process for the first time in 2012 and made a critical mistake, which I'll touch on in just a moment.
I'm currently in background with my "dream" department, a large sheriff's office. Unfortunately, in my younger years, I fell in with some bad apples and made multiple mistakes. I believe I committed roughly 14 undetected crimes, some as minor as curfew violations (2006) to something more major like my friend and I shooting at cars with a BB gun (2007). All these crimes span between 2002 and 2011. I've never been arrest or convicted for any criminal activity.
Here's a big YIKEs, the crime I'm most concerned about: When I was 14 years old, in 2008, I got my wisdom teeth removed. I got a prescription of Oxycodone 5mg. At school the next day, I expressed to my friend that the Oxycodone makes my stomach sick and I didn't like it. I assume she told her mother or her mother found out in some way. The following day, I went to her house and brought the bottle with me because I might feel more mouth pain. While we were hanging out. She approached me and wanted to buy the pills from me, she told me she had arthritis and didn't get enough meds for her pain. Initially, I refused because it made me really uncomfortable. Over the next 3 or 4 hours, while I was still there she kept bringing it up and asking me to sell it to her, which I kept refusing. Later on, I went home and my friend called my cellphone, when I answered it was her mother and she asked if i would reconsider. This should have been a red flag to me, I started to get scared, then I thought she must be in really bad shape from her arthritis. I told her I'd give them to her for free, just to help, since I wasn't comfortable with selling it. She drove to my house, I walked outside when she pulled up and when I gave her the pills, she forced me to take $50. I felt really guilty after that, but I never reported it to anyone. I don't mean to minimize the action I took, but that was the situation.
My most recent undetected crime was between 2010 - 2012 in which I engaged in 4 short spontaneous street races in the span of 3 years, the length being less than one mile. Also, torrenting movies online 2010-2013.
I first applied to LE in 2012 in a different state, I was still young and dumb. During the background interview, I got embarrassed and ashamed at all the actions I've committed and omitted information on a question. The detective noticed I was uncomfortable and asked if I was hiding something or if there was anything else, I was upset at myself for omitting, so I admitted to him that I omitted information. Understandably, I was disqualified from that department.
I continued on with school and earned my bachelor's degree in CCJ and have kept my nose clean since 2012. I'm 27 now and I've never done any drugs or anything like that in my life. I suppose, I've done a complete 180 since 2012. Since then, I've been dedicated to honesty and integrity and I'm completely dedicated in my career choice.
I've contacted the agency i'm applying with and they stated that the omitting information is not an auto dq, but they did make it clear that I must be honest, which I completely intend to be.
In addition, I volunteered with my (at the time) local sheriffs office for 5 years.
All of the above is just so you can get a bigger picture of what my history is like. I know it may be easy to say YIKES, I have shown a bad pattern in my younger years and I completely own up to it. These are all, of course, pretty bad marks in background.
The reason I'm posting is I'd like your opinion. Do I even have the slightest chance in hell that a department will give me a chance? On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being worst candidate. Where would you rate me?
Any kind of help would be appreciated. Thanks everyone.
I know you guys are probably sick of these hiring process questions, but I wanted a bit of insight. I've been actively applying to law enforcement agencies for the past 3 years. I dipped my toes in the hiring process for the first time in 2012 and made a critical mistake, which I'll touch on in just a moment.
I'm currently in background with my "dream" department, a large sheriff's office. Unfortunately, in my younger years, I fell in with some bad apples and made multiple mistakes. I believe I committed roughly 14 undetected crimes, some as minor as curfew violations (2006) to something more major like my friend and I shooting at cars with a BB gun (2007). All these crimes span between 2002 and 2011. I've never been arrest or convicted for any criminal activity.
Here's a big YIKEs, the crime I'm most concerned about: When I was 14 years old, in 2008, I got my wisdom teeth removed. I got a prescription of Oxycodone 5mg. At school the next day, I expressed to my friend that the Oxycodone makes my stomach sick and I didn't like it. I assume she told her mother or her mother found out in some way. The following day, I went to her house and brought the bottle with me because I might feel more mouth pain. While we were hanging out. She approached me and wanted to buy the pills from me, she told me she had arthritis and didn't get enough meds for her pain. Initially, I refused because it made me really uncomfortable. Over the next 3 or 4 hours, while I was still there she kept bringing it up and asking me to sell it to her, which I kept refusing. Later on, I went home and my friend called my cellphone, when I answered it was her mother and she asked if i would reconsider. This should have been a red flag to me, I started to get scared, then I thought she must be in really bad shape from her arthritis. I told her I'd give them to her for free, just to help, since I wasn't comfortable with selling it. She drove to my house, I walked outside when she pulled up and when I gave her the pills, she forced me to take $50. I felt really guilty after that, but I never reported it to anyone. I don't mean to minimize the action I took, but that was the situation.
My most recent undetected crime was between 2010 - 2012 in which I engaged in 4 short spontaneous street races in the span of 3 years, the length being less than one mile. Also, torrenting movies online 2010-2013.
I first applied to LE in 2012 in a different state, I was still young and dumb. During the background interview, I got embarrassed and ashamed at all the actions I've committed and omitted information on a question. The detective noticed I was uncomfortable and asked if I was hiding something or if there was anything else, I was upset at myself for omitting, so I admitted to him that I omitted information. Understandably, I was disqualified from that department.
I continued on with school and earned my bachelor's degree in CCJ and have kept my nose clean since 2012. I'm 27 now and I've never done any drugs or anything like that in my life. I suppose, I've done a complete 180 since 2012. Since then, I've been dedicated to honesty and integrity and I'm completely dedicated in my career choice.
I've contacted the agency i'm applying with and they stated that the omitting information is not an auto dq, but they did make it clear that I must be honest, which I completely intend to be.
In addition, I volunteered with my (at the time) local sheriffs office for 5 years.
All of the above is just so you can get a bigger picture of what my history is like. I know it may be easy to say YIKES, I have shown a bad pattern in my younger years and I completely own up to it. These are all, of course, pretty bad marks in background.
The reason I'm posting is I'd like your opinion. Do I even have the slightest chance in hell that a department will give me a chance? On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being worst candidate. Where would you rate me?
Any kind of help would be appreciated. Thanks everyone.
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