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What It Takes

Aug 21, 2006 00:49

A lot of people from all over ask Coplife what kind of courses should they be taking to advance into law enforcement. A lot of people think I am full of crap when I tell them to avoid degrees in "Criminal Justice", which has become the new feelgood buzz in adult education. I place this misnomer of ekeing out a career in CJ based upon television, ( Read more... )

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Consider Your Audience billymack August 22 2006, 00:49:01 UTC

You missed something in the narrative. It should be:

UPON ARRIVING AT THE CALL THIS OFFICER SPOKE TO PARTIES WHO AGREED TO LEAVE AND THE DISPUTE WAS RESOLVED TO EVERYONE'S SATISTFACTION. PARTIES TOLD TO COME BACK LATER TO PICK UP PERSONAL ITEMS ( ... )

Re: Consider Your Audience eako2107 August 22 2006, 16:58:40 UTC

Excellent missive too. I wasnt aware that I could "observe" the dor of anything, but I have dealt with some foul DUIs too....

Re: Consider Your Audience billymack August 23 2006, 03:13:21 UTC

I was surprised too, but I looked it up in the dictionary. It' s a proper use of the word. It's amazing how much you learn from rookies ( ... )

Education for Law Enforcement billymack August 22 2006, 00:57:09 UTC

I actually found my constitutional law classes to be useful. I've been able to use some of my domestic terrorism class in some of the in-service training that I did. Unfortunately, we don't have enough right-wing groups around here to have a lot of fun with that stuff.

We have a guy in my military unit that's starting college. My supervisor there has threatened him with physical violence if he didn't change majors from CJ.

I would encourage aspiring officers to minor in CJ, but major in order: a natural science, accounting, computer science (or CIS). Psychology might be a possibility, but make sure that it's very heavy on the science side and/or practical therapy. The great weakness of social sciences is that the body of knowledge in them is mostly opinions shared in peer reviewed articles by PhDs. In social science classes, you learn to write about what other people wrote, which is useless. The most important thing you can learn in college is to analyze.