Jeff22
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Law Enforcement pay
And how much you get paid also depends on where you work, and the size of the municipality that you work for . . .
In my state, you need 60 college credits to get hired as a police officer. Functionally, since the late 1970s,for the most part, if you were a white male and wanted a police job, nobody would look at you seriously unless you had at least an associate degree. (This did NOT necessarily apply until to women & minorities until the law changed in 1993).
I don't know of any agencies in my state that require a batchelor's degree, but one certainly helps to get hired.
And then in other places in the country, all they need to get on is a High School diploma or GED . . .
The requirement for Academy training varies significantly state to state. In Wisconsin, its 520 hours minimum (13 weeks). Other states, it's more than that or less than that, and some larger agencies that run their own recruit academy have longer training periods.
It's just about impossible to make general statements about police work, because things vary so much area to area in the country . . .
And how much you get paid also depends on where you work, and the size of the municipality that you work for . . .
In my state, you need 60 college credits to get hired as a police officer. Functionally, since the late 1970s,for the most part, if you were a white male and wanted a police job, nobody would look at you seriously unless you had at least an associate degree. (This did NOT necessarily apply until to women & minorities until the law changed in 1993).
I don't know of any agencies in my state that require a batchelor's degree, but one certainly helps to get hired.
And then in other places in the country, all they need to get on is a High School diploma or GED . . .
The requirement for Academy training varies significantly state to state. In Wisconsin, its 520 hours minimum (13 weeks). Other states, it's more than that or less than that, and some larger agencies that run their own recruit academy have longer training periods.
It's just about impossible to make general statements about police work, because things vary so much area to area in the country . . .