Law Enforcement

Anyone been equipped with naloxone/Narcan?

Do you genuinely wonder if it's possible to actually reduce crime in your area at this point or are you just in response mode?

Does your agency allow on-duty workout time?

What podcast topic do you most like to listen to?

Should police departments withdraw credit checks from the hiring process? It's insane to me that it has any merit.

What are 3 major issues police officers face today?

Sometimes it feels like my life is a serious of hard decision and broken marriages. People think that shows are totally dramatized but the psychological toll is not.

I want to go into law enforcement as a career but I don’t know what path to go: probation, K-9, police officer, forensics. What do you think is the best law enforcement career and why?

I think it's almost impossible not to have some level of "corruption" in prisons but how many have seen a seriously bad officer?

Has anyone stopped responding to non-injury crashes?

I Graduated college in December with a B.S. degree I. criminal Justice with hopes of becoming a crime scene investigator, I was told by the agency I needed experience first, so they recommended volunt… more

What made you go into the legal field?

What do you think is the most important role of the criminal justice system?

What do you see as the biggest future challenges facing law enforcement? Criminal investigator here and I want to get some on the ground perspectives.

Obviously some laws feel more important than others. Anything you are annoyed to have to keep after?

If you didn't go into the field would you have done military or something entirely different?

Off another another post here. There is a problem with with violence against police officers that seems to have been lost in the mix of violence by the few and I'm tired of it. I understand, but I… more

Is your agency considering adding breaching equipment to patrol vehicles?

Had to arrest someone I knew through a local community group - friend of friends and it was really hard. It may cause some disruptions in my husband's friendships…

Why do you think that police killings are up?

Do you think law enforcement was the right field for you or do you ever regret it?

Is your agency offering monetary hiring incentives for new recruits?

Police work is the most thrilling AND most boring job I've ever had: moments of pure adrenaline, and hours of interminable paperwork...

I've only come close to drawing my service weapon one time in my career. Officer-involved shootings are much less common than people think

I tell people I'm a cop because of my dad. What I don't tell them? He wasn't a cop, he was a drug dealer. I don't want anyone else to have to grow up how I did.

I love working in a sheriff's office, it has much more of a small-town feel than the police department I used to work in. Great decision to change locations

Been a cop for almost 35 years and I'm still amazed that people will lie with a straight face, right up until I show them the video of them committing a crime, then still say "that's not … more

I've worked as a security guard for years but always regretted not joining the police. Last week I made the first step and filled out my application for the police academy. Fingers crossed!

City council made a rule that we aren't supposed to say "suspects," we're just supposed to call people "residents." This whole politically correct nonsense is really going … more

I'm female and smaller than a lot of the other people in the police academy, my family keeps telling me to quit but being a cop is the only thing I've ever wanted.

Emergency dispatch is the toughest job I've ever had because I have no way of knowing how most of the calls turn out, and some of them really stick with me

Does anyone have advice on dealing with emotional trauma due to what they see on the job? It gets really hard sometimes, not gonna lie

I can't believe how many people will try to get out of tickets by saying they didn't know the speed limit, when their driver's license shows they've lived on the same street for 4 year… more

Caught a teenager trying to steal alcohol from a store. So I brought him inside and made him apologize to the manager, he was terrified. I don't think he'll be trying that again

It's frustrating how often I get called because someone is shoplifting, but the store declines to prosecute them, and I know they'll just go back to the same activities. SMH

What is the best gun insurance to have ?

It's been an awful day, and I need an uplifting story. What made you decide to join the police?

My favorite thing I've been able to do since joining the force was participating in a "community days" festival, got to hand out stickers to kiddos and it was awesome

I pulled someone over for speeding, she said she was on her way to a funeral; I let her go. An hour later, I pulled her over going the other direction, she tried the same excuse... 😂

I know several officers who have become detectives, or vice versa. Is this common everywhere, or just where I live?