Have you ever been arrested?

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Welcome aboard MattD!

[MattD]

Thanks for the welcome!

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Well you've certainly got the experience

Not everybody is perfect!

[Wolferz]

Man, MattD, you're a cop magnet! And you want to go from military to paramilitary? Why? Are you that bored? You should speak with WernherVonTrapp. Maybe he can talk you out of it.
My Army unit supply sergeant was a prison guard at Joliet for a spell. He related some hair raising stories about his time there. I too have seen the inner workings of many jails and prisons. Not as an inmate mind you. Just a technical contractor at work. They're not pretty at all.

Prisoners can do all sorts of strange things when they're in stir. IE: I was sent on a repair consultation call (from a competing company) at the Kentucky State Pen to repair a cell block control system in the Maximum security cell block. The controls were set up to enable the guards to not only issue instructions through a speaker in a cell but, also to listen in through the same speaker that was mounted in the lighting cabinet at the top of the wall. Yes, a speaker can double as a microphone. After opening the cabinet I found the speaker wires stripped and tied together to negate any eavesdropping by the guard in the control room.
Now, consider if you will. This cabinet was mounted in the corner where the wall met the ceiling about ten feet off the floor and secured shut with security screws that require a special tool to remove. Somehow a prisoner had fished out the wires through those little holes in the speaker grate, stripped them and tied them together. The strange part is, the wires were placed back inside the cabinet. All of this would have had to be done while standing on a cellmates' shoulders without a patrolling guard catching him doing it. The holes in the grate were nowhere near large enough to pull a folded wire through them and none of the holes had been elongated in any way to accommodate the feat. After effecting the repair, I anchored the wire to the cab so it couldn't be fished out again. I suspect the residents got a big surprise not long afterward. Possibly in mid coitus

[Packlife]

4 times. An every 1 of them were always interesting. First time was walking w/ my sisters drunk boyfriend an I was arrested for breaking curfew since I was 17, while my sisters drunk boyfriend was told to go home, should I mention were were only 6 buildings away smh. I should explain I haven't been popular w/ the local cops from day 1. Next 2 times happened in 1 week from Saturday to the following Friday an it's way to long a story. The last time was for fighting. Plus I gotta add a "forced" visit to the station for a breathalyzer after a longggg night of drinking when I was 17.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by MattD

Thanks for the welcome!



Not everybody is perfect!

Rgr that

Once.
OK, twice.
OK! OK! Several times!
You happy now? Or do I need to whip out the 'Cod Piece' image?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by privateer

Once.
OK, twice.
OK! OK! Several times!
You happy now? Or do I need to whip out the 'Cod Piece' image?

No need

Bastid!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

No need

As Jim clearly always keeps a copy to hand.

Yes. He is pretty quick with that is he not?


I know what he'll be doing with that retirement time now!

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by privateer

Once.
OK, twice.
OK! OK! Several times!
You happy now? Or do I need to whip out the 'Cod Piece' image?

You want another entry on your rap sheet?

Wait a minute.
We talking civilian arrests, military arrests, or both?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by privateer

Yes. He is pretty quick with that is he not?


I know what he'll be doing with that retirement time now!

Too many house chores I suspect

[MattD]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Man, MattD, you're a cop magnet! And you want to go from military to paramilitary? Why? Are you that bored? You should speak with WernherVonTrapp. Maybe he can talk you out of it.

A cop magnet, eh?? I actually left the army about a year ago after doing 6 years and had some plans but they didn't work out so am doing a pretty dead end job and regret leaving now. 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.

[WernherVonTrapp]

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.

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.