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Retired from the US Army a little more than a year ago, sat on my duff for a few months, then looked into becoming a police officer, after discovering the Defense Industry was downsizing and the ROTC jobs I'd hoped for weren't panning out.
Applied for two departments, passing the PT and written tests, made it all the way to the City Council interview in one - never heard back from them. Was shot down for the other, likely because I'm in my mid-40s, and folks don't want to train a middle-aged combat vet from scratch (of course they never say why you aren't selected - lawsuits and such).
Just as well, was picked up by a regional Security corporation and transplanted to Memphis, where as a branch manager I get to work with an outstanding group of individuals, including some great MPD folks who need some extra income and so do some great security work for us in rougher parts of town.
Looking forward to seeing what I can learn from the subject matter experts here.
Retired from the US Army a little more than a year ago, sat on my duff for a few months, then looked into becoming a police officer, after discovering the Defense Industry was downsizing and the ROTC jobs I'd hoped for weren't panning out.
Applied for two departments, passing the PT and written tests, made it all the way to the City Council interview in one - never heard back from them. Was shot down for the other, likely because I'm in my mid-40s, and folks don't want to train a middle-aged combat vet from scratch (of course they never say why you aren't selected - lawsuits and such).
Just as well, was picked up by a regional Security corporation and transplanted to Memphis, where as a branch manager I get to work with an outstanding group of individuals, including some great MPD folks who need some extra income and so do some great security work for us in rougher parts of town.
Looking forward to seeing what I can learn from the subject matter experts here.
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