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I have found in the past that my threads have been misinterpreted so I will try to be as blunt as possible with this one. Ever since I was a child I wanted a career that ‘made a difference,’ as cliché as it may sound, I did not want a pay cheque but felt a need to help alleviate the suffering of others in some way shape or form. Because of this I have been drawn to the 9-1-1 field (and later in life to NGOs and foreign development organizations). In High School I started to seriously consider a career in law enforcement and after talking to many officers decided to pursue a degree in the liberal arts and social sciences (I have taken lots of sociology classes). However, this has served as an impediment to post graduation career choice. Due to the very liberal education I received in the arts at university I have become a bit discouraged about the efficacious value of police work. Through the propaganda of the liberal arts I have been taught/told that the only way for bettering society is through systemic change (anything else is only a band aid solution to a deeper running problem). The problem is that this was almost always brought up in the context of ‘bashing’ conservative solutions like beefing up the police force, etc. My mind has been polluted to the point of almost eradicating any sort of personal responsibility for any sort of actions – for the blame is always “in the system itself”
I am coming to you, the source of experience… with this problem. I wish to learn what officers in the career think. I am finding it hard to compartmentalize a lot of my education outside of the classroom. I am not looking for debate, but am actually asking wishing to hear the other side of the coin - so please respond with honesty and sincerity (no getting off topic with personal bashing, etc).
I am coming to you, the source of experience… with this problem. I wish to learn what officers in the career think. I am finding it hard to compartmentalize a lot of my education outside of the classroom. I am not looking for debate, but am actually asking wishing to hear the other side of the coin - so please respond with honesty and sincerity (no getting off topic with personal bashing, etc).