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Originally Posted by MattD
That's why I am thinking about my options and yeah would like police or prison service - think alot of ex army guys go for those jobs too.
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Welcome aboard MattD. Sorry to hear you had that run-in with the law. I cannot speak for the rest of the USA, and I don't know where you're from but, in New Jersey, if you have an adult arrest record, you can almost certainly forget about any career in any type of law enforcement, including corrections. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm presuming it's probably pretty close to the same for the rest of the country.
The only exception to this would be, having a close political connection or political pull (I've seen some amazing things happen) and, if somehow you can get your arrest record expunged. Anyway, if you want to save yourself a lot of headaches, bad health and a stringent "tow-the-line" lifestyle, I would consider a different profession. Law Enforcement is too strict and it becomes more than a profession: It becomes a lifestyle that you have to live.