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Legal advice on unethical police officer?

I NEED SOME ADVICE FROM A POLICE OFFICER?

  • SO I JUST GOT MY GED AND NOW I ENROLLED IN COLLEGE AND I REALLY WANT TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER THAT'S MY DREAM, BUT I WAS TOLD I CANT BECAUSE I HAVE TWO MISDEMEANORS ON MY RECORD AND I GUESS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA THEY WONT CERTIFY ME AS A POLICE OFFICER, I THOUGHT I COULD GET MY RECORD EXPUNGED BUT I GUESS I CANT BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED OF THESE CRIMES I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE AND IF I SHOULD JUST GIVE UP ON THIS DREAM AND LOOK FOR A NEW CAREER.

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    There are lots of other great careers out there. And teach this lesson to others, that even your simplest mistakes have consequences that lst for years.

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Its true and you need to think of another career.

You can still apply at a police department, even if the misdemeanors aren't expunged. You probably will not be hired due to past criminal convictions though. Even if the charges are expunged, the crimes committed, conviction, and the fact that they were expunged will still come up in a background/ polygraph test. In WV you are hired first, then you are sent to the academy by your department. Sorry, but I'd say the chances are slim..

Dont think of another career if this is what you want to do in life. I just looked at Minnesota Police Dept requirements and it says nothing about not having misdemeanor convictions. It does say that they are not hiring at this time. But, it also says you cant have any felony convictions. So, that being said you are NOT disqualifed. If every police dept did not let people on because of a misdemeanor we would be very very low on police officers. What you need to do is go to college, major in whatever you want, let time go by since you got in trouble, then apply for the police dept. Dont think just because you have been in trouble a couple times you cant get on. You can get on in where I live in Georgia with misdemeanors it just has to be 3 years from the date you got convicted, same for Florida, Same for Alabama. There are alot of police departments that are forgiving. So, you just need to be honest and show that you grew up since then and get some education under your belt. Keep on pressing on, keep your nose clean, and you will succeed! And most importantly do not get any felonies, not even one!!! Good luck Jessica

Do real well in college and petition the governor for a pardon.

Getting police officer jobs is becoming more and more competitive. If you have 2 misdemeanor convictions on your record, your chances of becoming a police officer probably won't be good. Depending on what crimes you were convicted for, you might not be automatically disqualified in some states. But again, your chances of getting hired would probably still not be good. Regardless, get a college degree with the highest grade point average that you can.

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