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These things are becoming more advanced every day. There are actually currently international committees considering whether there should be treaties banning the use of military drones that can decide to fire without the input of a human operator! We're probably looking at the potential for a fully-autonomous...

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Retire before you become "that guy" at your department.

You don't want to be the bitter old guy who stays around just make everybody else miserable. You don't want to be the guy who's retired on duty, tucked away in some special assignment that the younger guys want but you just...

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A poor work history, DUI, and bad credit will all make getting hired difficult. Dropping out from both high school and college will not help. To a BI, you have issues of reliability and decision-making, neither of which is good for a candidate. The only thing that may help you with these issues is time...you...

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Personally, I don't foresee a second Civil War on the horizon. The harbinger of a civil war is almost always economic. There are plenty of other potential contributing factors (social, religious, political, etc), but the reality is that civil wars don't happen in nations where the people are living...

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I'd expand that by saying that cops need CONSTRUCTIVE feedback. There are too many "leaders" (that is, people in management positions...too few are true leaders) whose "feedback" consists of nasty group emails that destroy morale and do nothing to help their officers follow the right...

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What if the Left wins a major election and a true Socialist gets into high office? Who is in power could change in a single November day. There's a high likelihood that you would see more than a few hard-Right organizations acting very much like the hard-Left are today in such a scenario...extremists'...

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What are the fundamental differences between the two political parties? My answer to that one has always been simple...the only difference between the two parties is who they want to give your money to.

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10's are spectacular if you can work out the schedule (which can be a huge pain, depending on manpower requirements and staffing). 12's with a 3-day weekend off every other weekend are nice, but those 12-hour days can get rough. 8's are old school and most guys come to hate them once they get a taste...

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The only time I ever thought about it was when I was in Ireland, just to see how they do it across the pond. It never got past thinking...I was having too much fun on my dream vacation to think about work!

I can only think of one time when a non-candidate LEO rode just for the heck of it...

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ThinBlue404 is right. You seem to lack the proper mindset for law enforcement. This isn't a career that you get into because Plans A, B, and C didn't work out...this is a career that you either want to do with all your soul, or you don't cut it. A factory job is a backup plan, not LE.

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