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Harms Way · 10-09-2007, 05:53 PM

Her guys/girls, just wondering.......

1.) Which department/agency/organization/office do you work for?

2.) Do you like it? What are your future goals/dreams (as far as promotion, etc.)

danp · 10-09-2007, 08:01 PM

I work patrol for Davis PD, near Sacramento, CA. I hold collateral duties as a Firearms Instructor, Field Training Officer and E.O.D. Tehnician. I enjoy my job enormously and hope to be promoted to Corporal sometime around the middle of next year. Long term, I hope to retire as a Sgt.

Harms Way · 10-09-2007, 09:34 PM

thanks danp, it seems like it's dead around here tonight - but with over 40 views - I guess not many people wanna share.

lobster_roboto · 10-09-2007, 09:50 PM

I own a business doing large scale data processing (grid/cluster/supercomputing)

My professional goals... hrmm...

To promote myself to retired as soon as I can.

Oh yeah..

I love it enormously it's just that I have to put so much time into it... and it's always a mental challenge.
It's fast paced and high stress...

ArmyGuy45 · 10-09-2007, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harms Way

Her guys/girls, just wondering.......

1.) Which department/agency/organization/office do you work for?

2.) Do you like it? What are your future goals/dreams (as far as promotion, etc.)

US Army... cant say more than that... shhh.. i work in the "303 Log Unit"
and i like the army.. wish i could fly for the army...
and cant wait to get married.. kids.. the works..

wizemt20 · 10-09-2007, 10:20 PM

Work for 911 service for Indianapolis on a medic ambulance. EMT but almost paramedic, have to take the written test... and pass it. Love the job, hope to just work as a medic for a while and not get injured haha

SMMAssociates · 10-09-2007, 10:38 PM

I'm an Independent Computer Consultant and semi-retired rent-a-cop. I've been on Disability for about ten years, but before that I was a corporate Data Processing Manager and rather less retired rent-a-cop. (Armed Programmer....)

I did QC work and started in Shipping before that.... Not to mention Telcom and Security at the former day job.

Eclectic-R-Us, I guess.

When it comes to LE, I've been there.... I spent a lot of time back in the late 60's as an Auxiliary Officer. Ride-alongs and solo (in my own car) work. Did OPOTA back then - 1967-1968 - too.... If I was starting that again, I'd probably not.... Things have really changed. (I was in the City PD's Roll Call room when the first "Miranda" cards were distributed. Told you I was old....)

I don't know how the new guys do it....

My mom had a theft, and I helped the Township Detective with the investigation. Nothing special - just took some pictures and listed things - but it felt good

.... However two notes: She was about 2 when I pinned on my first badge (I'm 61). And it wasn't an Official Investigation. We never got to a strip club. You know that it's not real unless you go to one of those....

(My wife wouldn't let me keep her either. Which probably made the little Detective very happy.... I did mention that she's pretty cute and very bright....)

Never got into Fire.... Very separate service around here.... I was in a burning building once - helping a couple FD guys look for some keys - but their boss insisted I go play someplace else. Safe enough, but probably not a good idea to be in there.

I used to answer alarm drops at the former day job all the time. Some fool told 'em that I had a pager and a gun.... I never really minded that.

(The Guard Service was a little interesting. We did "vacation patrols" on houses, among other things. One night I got a call - I keep a radio on the channel most of the time - that one of the houses "didn't quite look right". Being about a block away, I drove over. It definitely didn't look right. Amy had forgotten her glasses and was checking the wrong house....)

Regards,

ElJimmyStrappo · 10-10-2007, 01:31 AM

I work for a PD in southeast Idaho.

Yes, I like it.

Goals: Federal.

nhill0408 · 10-10-2007, 04:52 AM

Federal Agent in Southern Texas.

It's an absolute blast, best job in the world.

Goals? Well, it'd be nice to promote and go back to NY at some point.

niteranger68 · 10-10-2007, 05:09 AM

1) Applications engineer for a rep firm, specializing in gas detection. Both for safety and control.

2) Love it! It's a self-promoting position. My compensation is directly tied to my input. The only limit I face is the 24 hour day.

10-09-2007, 05:53 PM	#1
Harms Way XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 90	Where do YOU work? Her guys/girls, just wondering....... 1.) Which department/agency/organization/office do you work for? 2.) Do you like it? What are your future goals/dreams (as far as promotion, etc.)

10-09-2007, 08:01 PM	#2
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,311	I work patrol for Davis PD, near Sacramento, CA. I hold collateral duties as a Firearms Instructor, Field Training Officer and E.O.D. Tehnician. I enjoy my job enormously and hope to be promoted to Corporal sometime around the middle of next year. Long term, I hope to retire as a Sgt. __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzche

10-09-2007, 09:50 PM	#4
lobster_roboto XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,626	I own a business doing large scale data processing (grid/cluster/supercomputing) My professional goals... hrmm... To promote myself to retired as soon as I can. Oh yeah.. I love it enormously it's just that I have to put so much time into it... and it's always a mental challenge. It's fast paced and high stress... __________________ "Let's go straight to the source and ban crime"

10-09-2007, 10:38 PM	#7
SMMAssociates XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Youngstown OH Posts: 249	I'm an Independent Computer Consultant and semi-retired rent-a-cop. I've been on Disability for about ten years, but before that I was a corporate Data Processing Manager and rather less retired rent-a-cop. (Armed Programmer....) I did QC work and started in Shipping before that.... Not to mention Telcom and Security at the former day job. Eclectic-R-Us, I guess. When it comes to LE, I've been there.... I spent a lot of time back in the late 60's as an Auxiliary Officer. Ride-alongs and solo (in my own car) work. Did OPOTA back then - 1967-1968 - too.... If I was starting that again, I'd probably not.... Things have really changed. (I was in the City PD's Roll Call room when the first "Miranda" cards were distributed. Told you I was old....) I don't know how the new guys do it.... My mom had a theft, and I helped the Township Detective with the investigation. Nothing special - just took some pictures and listed things - but it felt good .... However two notes: She was about 2 when I pinned on my first badge (I'm 61). And it wasn't an Official Investigation. We never got to a strip club. You know that it's not real unless you go to one of those.... (My wife wouldn't let me keep her either. Which probably made the little Detective very happy.... I did mention that she's pretty cute and very bright....) Never got into Fire.... Very separate service around here.... I was in a burning building once - helping a couple FD guys look for some keys - but their boss insisted I go play someplace else. Safe enough, but probably not a good idea to be in there. I used to answer alarm drops at the former day job all the time. Some fool told 'em that I had a pager and a gun.... I never really minded that. (The Guard Service was a little interesting. We did "vacation patrols" on houses, among other things. One night I got a call - I keep a radio on the channel most of the time - that one of the houses "didn't quite look right". Being about a block away, I drove over. It definitely didn't look right. Amy had forgotten her glasses and was checking the wrong house....) Regards, __________________ Stu. Why write a quick note when you can write a novel? Why do those who claim to want to protect me feel that to do it they need to disarm me? יזכר לא עד פעם

10-10-2007, 01:31 AM	#8
ElJimmyStrappo XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SE Idaho Posts: 1,318	I work for a PD in southeast Idaho. Yes, I like it. Goals: Federal. __________________ The Carry: Springfield XD 9 Service - Crossbreed Supertuck & DGR with #16 and #22 springs. The Tack Driver: Sako Vixen L461 .222 Rifle with Bushnell 4X Scope A real tack driver! The Fun Gun: Marlin .22 LR with Bushnell 7X Scope The best weapon anyone can have: a brain. "The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." -John Steinbeck "Beware the man who owns just one gun, he will know how to use it."

10-09-2007, 09:34 PM	#3
Harms Way XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 90	thanks danp, it seems like it's dead around here tonight - but with over 40 views - I guess not many people wanna share.

10-09-2007, 10:20 PM	#6
wizemt20 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16	Work for 911 service for Indianapolis on a medic ambulance. EMT but almost paramedic, have to take the written test... and pass it. Love the job, hope to just work as a medic for a while and not get injured haha

10-10-2007, 04:52 AM	#9
nhill0408 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern Texas Posts: 336	Federal Agent in Southern Texas. It's an absolute blast, best job in the world. Goals? Well, it'd be nice to promote and go back to NY at some point.

10-10-2007, 05:09 AM	#10
niteranger68 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NC Posts: 286	1) Applications engineer for a rep firm, specializing in gas detection. Both for safety and control. 2) Love it! It's a self-promoting position. My compensation is directly tied to my input. The only limit I face is the 24 hour day. __________________ Niteranger68 Springfield XD40 Service Bersa Thunder UC-SS 9mm Beretta PX4 9mm (F) Mossberg 500 Tactical 12 Ga Ruger 10/22 SS Titan Tiger .38 Cal NRA/GOA

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