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Boma · 05-08-2006, 10:30 PM

Eric. I'm sure you'll be fine with either one. It's only temporary.

Bill. I'm not insulted by your advice at all.

A local cop told me that I can go to deskjob and do computer work after 3 years on patrol. Is this true retired?

Thanks for all the advice I appreciate it.

**beardman2** · 05-09-2006, 12:43 AM

interesting read. I too was in IT. I got laid off and never looked back. I make 30% less and no bennies but I couldn't be happier.

Besides when your in IT you can never go to anyone house without getting they "hey would you look at"...

I've always thought being a cop would be cool. I don't think I could handle going to the same calls over and over again. I think I'd get jaded pretty fast.

retired · 05-13-2006, 05:02 PM

Boma, on my former dept. there are approximately 600 different positions available. There is no "computer" position per se that I'm aware of. There are detective units like computer fraud, for example wherein the detective has to have a good working knowledge of the computer; your backround would be helpful.

There is no guarantee however, at least on my former dept., that you will get such a position after 3 yrs. patrol. Other depts. may vary. The patrol deputies who make the arrests, are a good street cop and usually have been a FTO, are the ones who are more readily able to obtain the choicer spots. Of course, you will those who have no qualification other than who they know get the same ones. But that's true anywhere.

I would say your computer experience would help you immensely if you were a good street cop first.

**nikon777** · 05-15-2006, 06:17 AM

your gonna sit at bridge underpasses clocking SUV's with a radar gun.... id pass.

Mike TRT · 05-15-2006, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nikon777

your gonna sit at bridge underpasses clocking SUV's with a radar gun.... id pass.

yea, I'd listen to Nikon, you'll never get to do anything like work undercover dope, never get to be on the swat team, never get to be a homicide detective, never get to work burglaries, never get to be a firearms instructor, never get to work on a federal task force, never get close to 100,000 a year, never get a great pension......yea, Im glad I didnt listen to him

astral · 08-06-2006, 05:02 AM

Bump, how are you doing Erich?

05-08-2006, 10:30 PM	#21
Boma XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 685	Eric. I'm sure you'll be fine with either one. It's only temporary. Bill. I'm not insulted by your advice at all. A local cop told me that I can go to deskjob and do computer work after 3 years on patrol. Is this true retired? Thanks for all the advice I appreciate it. __________________ The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. -Sun Tzu

05-09-2006, 12:43 AM	#22
beardman2 XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,955	interesting read. I too was in IT. I got laid off and never looked back. I make 30% less and no bennies but I couldn't be happier. Besides when your in IT you can never go to anyone house without getting they "hey would you look at"... I've always thought being a cop would be cool. I don't think I could handle going to the same calls over and over again. I think I'd get jaded pretty fast. __________________ - He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. ~Thomas Paine I will not be involved with the dreams of angry men. Founding Documents Freedom isn't free: http://www.anysoldier.com

05-15-2006, 06:17 AM	#24
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astral XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 361	Bump, how are you doing Erich? __________________ XD9 Service Taurus 85 Glock 22 Glock 27 Savage 93r17 DPMS AR15 flattop Ruger 10/22 Yugo SKS Egyptian AK47 Charles Daly 12 gauge semi auto Remington 870 express 12ga folding stock

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05-13-2006, 05:02 PM	#23
retired XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S. Calif. Posts: 5,576	Boma, on my former dept. there are approximately 600 different positions available. There is no "computer" position per se that I'm aware of. There are detective units like computer fraud, for example wherein the detective has to have a good working knowledge of the computer; your backround would be helpful. There is no guarantee however, at least on my former dept., that you will get such a position after 3 yrs. patrol. Other depts. may vary. The patrol deputies who make the arrests, are a good street cop and usually have been a FTO, are the ones who are more readily able to obtain the choicer spots. Of course, you will those who have no qualification other than who they know get the same ones. But that's true anywhere. I would say your computer experience would help you immensely if you were a good street cop first.