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[tanksoldier]

Oh, it's crap for a career and not much for law enforcement activity... BUT getting to live in a national park is great.

There's a federal detention facility in Yosemite staffed by Parkies. Not a great LE experience but you get to live in Yosemite.

My dad wasn't there to be...

[tanksoldier]

In Colorado CPS can't remove a child without a judge's order.

Only law enforcement can do that, in circumstances where they find the child is at risk of imminent harm... mental or physical.

If a child has been made a ward of the state, in foster care or sometimes staying with...

[tanksoldier]

Of course you do... however, someone running at you with a knife needs to be shiot.

You don't face lethal force with non lethal force....

[tanksoldier]

The NPS has, or did have, their own training different than anyone else.

They won’t accept anything but their own academy, and for most seasonal jobs you have to put yourself thru it before you can apply... and for most full time positions you have to have some seasonal time under your...

[tanksoldier]

I thought that about Bikram for the first 2 minutes I tried it.

After that there was too much sweat in my eyes to see beyond my own yoga mat....

[tanksoldier]

You’re missing the point.

There is a guy exactly like you, but who has never smoked weed, been in trouble, whatever. Why pick you over him?

You have to make yourself as competitive as possible. Have more positives than that other guy: experience, education, whatever you...

[tanksoldier]

If this will work on a subject, you don’t need it...

[tanksoldier]

Any gun cabinet or “safe” I can put in my house provides almost no security anyway.

[tanksoldier]

I know a couple people who got hired with general discharges, based on the specific circumstance. OTH is going to be a no-go.

...and if you stop drilling you're AWOL for those UTAs. Believe it or not, depending on how the paperwork is filed, that can be a federal felony conviction.
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[tanksoldier]

Yep. I can't imagine anyone hiring after LSD use no matter how long ago.

It's known to cause lifelong flashbacks and psych problems in past users.

[tanksoldier]

If you don't take responsibility for your own actions you will NEVER put this behind you.

If you didn't run yourself or ask someone to do it, YOU wouldn't be fired. People don't get fired because some random co-worker ran them thru NCIC.



Like many snowflakes you've...

[tanksoldier]

I actually use a room with a locking door... a big walk-in closet.

[tanksoldier]

I'll be 50 this year and have a lot of miles on the clock. I can't do the high-impact workouts I used to do.

That said, I've done CrossFit and if my knees and shoulders were less worn out I still would be.

(To be clear, they were worn out by the Army... not CrossFit)
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[tanksoldier]

A slower call volume often gives you more time to be proactive, if that's what you want.

The crime in the suburbs is still there, it's a little different and better hidden but it exists.

For double the pay? Why are you still standing here? Go do it...

[tanksoldier]

China is now admitting over 800 dead, including the doctor who first raised the alarm.

[tanksoldier]

Yep, and its not like he's taking up valuable space.......

[tanksoldier]

Dude is a pompous jerk to be sure, but even a broken clock is right twice per day....

[tanksoldier]

Nothing I've seen would disqualify you here... but how are you more competitive than the guy who never smoked?

[tanksoldier]

Not at my department... and also no discretion regarding arrest for a DV incident.

An officer has discretion whether to make an immediate arrest, except in DV cases, and occasionally whether to FILE a report... but once the report is filed it goes wherever it needs to go, almost always...

[tanksoldier]

That may be specific to Oregon law, or the view of certain specific judges.

A peace officer out of his jurisdiction can always act as a private citizen, and using the emergency equipment available to hand to increase public safety while doing so doesn't change that....