Quoted: I work for a private college and yes the scenery is very nice. From my experience the kids believe that real world rules/laws don't apply to them because it is "only college." Some Fraternities are organized gangs that deal drugs to raise money. They extort and intimidate other members of the campus community. Drug induced rapes seem norm and now "Tagging" has become popular. Tagging is when an unconscious (drugs or alcohol induced) female is stripped of her clothes, raped and then marked with permanent marker all over her body, redressed and dropped off somewhere. If I have to interview one more 18 year old girl that can't remeber the last 4 hours of her night out I am going to go crazy.
There are plenty of good kids trying to get an education but you generally won't meet them.
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The town where I live is also the town where my wife and I both went to college. There are two colleges in our town, one is a small state run coed college, and my school is a private, all-male, liberal arts college. Demographics are- my school- overall, very wealthy population (not me!), mostly WASP, 1000 or so students, highly conservative. Her school is higher female to male ratio, mainly WASP as well, but much more liberal. Main focus is on teaching, but with a rapidly expanding curriculum including recently added CJ. Drug and alcohol abuse is rampant at both, as probably is the case at any institute of "higher learning".
I was one of the (mostly) good kids you mention. I got to know the higher ups and many of hte officers at both departments, primarily through my involvment with the local volunteer Fire/EMS agencies. Also got to know most of the troopers and town cops, and some SO deputies. There's a lot of crossover between the various agencies. The chief of my school's department actually pointed me towards the agency where I applied and hopefully will get hired. I told him if I get hired/certified, I'll be happy to come back and work part time for big events if he wants.
+1 for politics, even at the public level. You're gonna have to let a lot more go than you're used to on the road. Of course, this depends on the school's attitude and the dept's chief. But when they start getting calls from the board of directors b/c so and so's daughter was arrested for a dimebag, don't think you won't at least feel the pressure.
+1 on the frat/drug connection. My school has a SERIOUS problem with illicit substances. Last year they busted a kid with 18 grams of cocaine, packaged for resale. That was a joint effort with the DEA. No, I did not exagerate my numbers. As a student, I've seen gallon ziploc bags full of coke at parties. Due to the large narcotic presense (yes they attempt to control it), alcohol is pretty much ignored. As long as you're not violently DIP, or DUI, you're told to pour it out and move on.
The colleges in my area have a really good inter-agency relationship with the other agencies. Most of the officers swap part time work between the agencies. If you're still local, you may be able to get shifts with your old SO. Depends on your situation, of course.
Dunno how the departments were armed, really. Never got around to asking about any long guns. They had Glock 22's and 23's in the holsters. Most part time officers were allowed to choose bewteen a wide range of POW's. However, as none of the agencies except the VSP in my area are big enough to afford/staff their own SWAT team, there is a regional conglomerate which draws officers and equipment from many agencies in two or three surrounding counties. This includes officers from the colleges. So I'm sure the equipment is out there.