Does my friend have any chance at LE work?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Does my friend have any chance at LE work?

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:48:02 AM EDT

I have a buddy who is pretty gung ho about becoming a cop, I dont know if i should tell him that he is wasting his time but from what i have heard about his background i think he is probably shit outta luck.

First he was arrested for DUI while on active duty the charges got dropped to reckless driving but still he was arrested and crashed his car while being drunk this was about 3 years ago.

He is prior military with a college degree but I think just this alone will bar him from being a cop at least for 10 years?

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:49:35 AM EDT

[#1]

If he is white and does not speak spanish...... he has no chance.

At least in FL

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:51:18 AM EDT

[#2]

I had one juvenile arrest for shoplifting and it was an issue at every oral board I went to. About 6 years passed before I tried to get a LEO job.
Trust me, he's gonna have one hell of a time getting a job with a DUI arrest, whether it was dropped or not.
I doubt he'll get a job, unless he worked on getting his master's degree and let a few years pass.

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:52:38 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
If he is white and does not speak spanish...... he has no chance.

~~At least in FL~~anywhere in the US

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:02:54 AM EDT

[#4]

Depends on the dept. Some say that a DUI arrest is automatic disqualification and some are more forgiving. Since it's only been 3 years, I think it might be a problem. MJD

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:03:44 AM EDT

[#5]

Mostly depends on the venue. He might have a good chance in some small out of the way town or county - after a few years with a clean record, he can move to bigger and badder towns.

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:04:24 AM EDT

[#6]

Generally, with some departments, disqualifying arrests need 7 years to pass before you can be considered again.

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:07:40 AM EDT

[#7]

what about one public lewdness count and one reckless driving?

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:11:20 AM EDT

[#8]

Sure he has a chance. Hiring standards vary from dept. to dept. I know of a documented case (not LEO) of a pilot being fired from a commercial operation for dui convictions only to get hired by the FAA as a pilot. Oh yeah, I might add he crashed the FAA King-Air.

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:23:13 AM EDT

[#9]

NO will be hiring soon. Won't be an issue there.

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:30:52 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
NO will be hiring soon. Won't be an issue there.

From the looks of things it wouldn't have been in the past either...........

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:31:13 AM EDT

[#11]

As long as he doesn't lie about it, he might have a chance

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:36:49 AM EDT

[#12]

I'm just curious about marijuana use. I have a friend that got the job in Fla. on FHP, and when asked during the lie detector, he said "35 times". Is this possible that they'll hire you with marijuana use history?

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:40:45 AM EDT

[#13]

Ive been pulled over by CHP and some of these officers look like gang members with uniforms ( tattoo dots on the finger). Ive met so many cops that claimed they were former gang members and I always walked off thinking how the hell they got their job. I guess the polygraph is to mainly test on character more then past, still bothers me that former drug dealers and gang members can be cops.

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:45:37 AM EDT

[#14]

Posted: 9/7/2005 9:57:00 AM EDT

[#15]

My agency will hire females who admit to methamphetamine use as recent as three years ago, but wont hire a male who has a drunk driving arrest.

Posted: 9/7/2005 10:00:03 AM EDT

[#16]

Tough call. The military and college would just about guarantee him a spot but a recent DUI usually is an automatic DQ. Not sure if one simply cancels out the other or not.

Will probably depend on the agency. And I have seen people hired with worse.

Posted: 9/7/2005 10:01:49 AM EDT

[#17]

What other stuff is a automatic disqualification?

Posted: 9/7/2005 10:02:48 AM EDT

[#18]

3 years? Probably not...

The state of Oklahoma won't even allow him to be licensed as LEO unless it's been at least 5 years and then, maybe.

Guess he'll just have to settle for Law school instead and become an attorney. They can have all the DUI's they want!

Posted: 9/7/2005 12:03:23 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Ive been pulled over by CHP and some of these officers look like gang members with uniforms ( tattoo dots on the finger). Ive met so many cops that claimed they were former gang members and I always walked off thinking how the hell they got their job. I guess the polygraph is to mainly test on character more then past, still bothers me that former drug dealers and gang members can be cops.

Come on man, don't you know you have to think like a crook to catch a crook? Sheeeesh. MJD

Posted: 9/7/2005 1:44:07 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
What other stuff is a automatic disqualification?

Dishonorable discharge, narcotics offenses (sometimes weed is ok) and any violent felony.

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