CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.!?!?

Becoming a law enforcement officer might be a good thing for you. Don't forget to take cost of living into account when considering pay. $100,000 goes a lot father in some parts of the country than in others. It is great that you are working on a college degree. Getting a college degree is one of the best things that you can do if you want to become a law enforcement officer. Get at least a 4 year degree. Get the highest grade point average that you can. Try to raise your GPA higher than a 3.0. Consider getting an advanced degree. Participate in a couple extracurricular activities while in college. Consider doing some regular volunteer work. Consider trying to get an internship with a law enforcement agency while you're in college. Finance is a good major. I would stick with it. Getting law enforcement officer jobs can be very competitive. Do whatever you can to make yourself the best candidate that you can. Don't do anything illegal. Maintain a good reputation. Keep a good driving record. Don't get bad credit. Become as physically fit as you can. Best of luck!

A bachelors degree, in anything, is fine for all police departments. Finance may actually be good since as you move up in a departments (my department above captain) you do more admin work than anything else and finance is an integral part of management. FBI wants law, accountancy, linguistics and/or IT. In all cases they actually want some experience, like actually been working for a firm doing audits. Despite recent layoffs and actual closings of some small departments LE is a very stable and secure job. Especially when compared to most anything in the private sector. FBI does not get real OT. They get scheduled OT. They work their 40 they get the OT anyway, they work 60 hours OT in a month they still get the same OT (12 hours) that they get every other month. As a detective with a very large department I made just under $100,000 a year with OT but that was over 15 years ago. When I retired as a sergeant, 5 years ago,I was making just over $100,000 with no paid OT (I took my OT in comp time and took off a lot). As a retiree with 29 years and a couple of months on the job I make over $76,000 a year in pension.

A bachelors degree, in anything, is fine for all police departments. Finance may actually be good since as you move up in a departments (my department above captain) you do more admin work than anything else and finance is an integral part of management. FBI wants law, accountancy, linguistics and/or IT. In all cases they actually want some experience, like actually been working for a firm doing audits. Despite recent layoffs and actual closings of some small departments LE is a very stable and secure job. Especially when compared to most anything in the private sector. FBI does not get real OT. They get scheduled OT. They work their 40 they get the OT anyway, they work 60 hours OT in a month they still get the same OT (12 hours) that they get every other month. As a detective with a very large department I made just under $100,000 a year with OT but that was over 15 years ago. When I retired as a sergeant, 5 years ago,I was making just over $100,000 with no paid OT (I took my OT in comp time and took off a lot). As a retiree with 29 years and a couple of months on the job I make over $76,000 a year in pension.

They might accept you though bear in mind you will still have to do criminal studies at the university before they let you do practical work or at the same time though it depends on which state you apply in