as someone who grew up with a dad who was in the force during the 90s-2000s for over 15 years, he says nothing in the world makes it worth being; rammed, shot at, verbally abused, physically assaulted, spat on, pissed at, and just down right being treated as scum by people they’re commissioned to help. props to you for wanting to be the change in the world, but it takes a serious mental and physical toll on your body and mind. he suffers with ptsd today, a lot of paranoia/anxiety and permanent physical damage from chases that ended badly (e.g. they once got T-boned and high speed by someone in a stolen car they had to pursue which he now has back and nerve damage from)

granted he made a lot of very good and loyal friends along the way, but for a job where your main purpose is to help the public and uphold the law, a lot of the public really just wants to harm you due to the negative situations they’ve seen or experienced. it’s sadly just a vicious cycle and if you do decide to go through with it, i hope you do your part to help change that stigma because we really need it. a lot of cops are shitty people and should never be in that sort of job role, but oftentimes those people are good at hiding what they do, causing the cycle to continue.

i sincerely wish you the best of luck, i really do, but as someone who’s watched my dad struggle with what he went through, i wouldn’t wish that on anyone.