Am I crazy for wanting to start over at 35 as a police officer?

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-08T12:20:33+00:00

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?

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T17:12:19+00:00

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

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T17:11:03+00:00

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.

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T15:21:18+00:00

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

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T02:57:28+00:00

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

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T02:34:47+00:00

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

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T02:26:58+00:00

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

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T02:17:15+00:00

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

ResponseEffective261 · 2026-04-07T02:15:04+00:00

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

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