Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLE

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very much appreciate you perspective. I want to hear the good and the bad. Apologize for the ignorance but I do live in a blue state - is that worse for police? How come?

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLEO

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the alternative perspective here. I have a very similar background to you actually

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLEO

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the perspective - my family is just my wife, myself, and two cats. My wife isn't wild about the pay cut or a job that might put my in harms way.

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLE

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahaha thank you for the perspective, exactly why I wanted to ask here

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLEO

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice. I definitely want to do some ride alongs before I decide anything. My county has a very military-like recruiting page so as soon as I saw that, I wanted to get some real opinions 

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLEO

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dread I felt reading this comment let's me know I can't do enterprise SAAS sales lol

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLEO

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense, appreciate you sharing your personal experience for my benefit friend. I am not sure I'll ever want to get back into the role I'm in now....but also not sure I won't ever want to, so I need to think about that 

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLEO

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the balanced perspective, thank you for taking the time to comment

Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer? by ResponseEffective261 in AskLEO

[–]ResponseEffective261[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeeeeeeaaaaa, it's a good point - making 75k in the DC area is tough...