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I’m interested in general, but the main reason I ask is because it seems like universal healthcare, and presumably fewer people walking around with untreated mental illness, would make your jobs a lot easier. Is that a safe assumption? If so, how does that inform your personal politics?

Yesterday day time, bright day running the day lights I was coming out of my drive indicating to turn left and noticed a police van follow me for a bout 5 minutes. Eventually he pulled me over and told me my head light was out. Nice guy just have me some advice to get it fixed.

Turns out it's not broken and turns itself off when the indicator is on!

Are the police not aware of this?

I took a tumble the other day and two cops pulled over and called an ambulance when they saw me writhing on the ground in pain. They introduced themselves with just their first names but for the life of me I can't remember what they are (because of the whole writhing on the ground in pain thing).

I want to send them a thank you present. Would a gift basket of chocolate and other snacks sent to the department as a whole be ok?

I’m 16 in gr 11 and have always wanted to have a career in law enforcement. Today I was told by a bunch of teachers (after I did a test) that I have dyslexia. Although I feel like I can read, spell and write decently well I guess my school had other ideas. I also am not the best with complex math. I’m very good at the basics like addition multiplication division subtraction etc but I’m pretty bad at the harder stuff like order of operations or calculus. Is there a point in me even trying or should I shift my focus to another career? I feel like it’s kinda impossible to get accepted if I have these types of negative things on my resume.

Thanks in advance

My brother has been using drugs for as long as ive known and hes on probation for it and since hes been on probation its gotten worse, not only that hes become more bipolar and hostile. He has threatened to beat me up so bad i would have to eat through a tube if i told the police but i dont know what to do. Since i know hes using drugs would i get arrested for it? as in since its in the home, like housing drugs or something of that sorts? I just want to be safe, hes been making it worse and worse to be home. I was going to originally get the home in my name after my mom and dad died but then he flirted with the landlord and then its his and he holds it over my head even though i pay majority of the bills. He cussed me out for asking him to pay half the water bill; besides the point. Hes ruined my image saying im the drug addict and how he has to take care of me, but hes doing the drugs; im not sure what it is but he falls asleep standing up sometimes and will fall alot. Hes almost 10 years older then me and im not sure what to do? i just dont know how to approach it, isnt he violating his probation? please give me advice.

Tonight I was in a heated argument with someone and he physically restrained me from leaving and when I was able to get to my car, he blocked me in with his. I had to call the cops to get him to let me leave. That scared him enough to let me leave before the cops could dispatch.

Normally this would be a no brainer for me to call and make a report, but this person brings the money in for his family. He said that if I filed a report, they would put him in jail for an outstanding warrant for unpaid tickets. I need to know if there's any truth to that. I feel like I need to make a report, but him going to jail would devastate his family financially. It wouldn't just affect him.

If anyone has clarity on my options here, I would really appreciate it.

Hey, I know this is probably asked a lot, but I’d love to hear from police officers in both Canada and the US about whether you think this job is truly worth it. If given the chance, would you do it again? Would you recommend that a college student pursue a career in law enforcement?

I understand there are a lot of struggles with the profession, especially given everything that’s been happening over the last few years. But despite that, something about policing just clicks with me, and I can’t see myself doing anything else.

Also, for anyone who switched from a high-paying career (like in trades, accounting, finance, or STEM) to become a cop, was the pay cut worth it? Did you find the job more fulfilling than your previous work?

I’m really looking forward to hearing your experiences and advice!

Is it better or worse and what improvements can be made. Does it make a difference in getting rid of bad cops?

A couple years ago during Covid, I got flagged by EDD for benefit overpayments. Is this considered fraud to the department and would it prevent me from joining?

I feel like shit. I was super excited about moving onto the next steps. How my life could finally change. How things could be different.

They told me I wasn’t a good fit for the department and wasn’t confident enough, especially in a high call volume area.

I wasn’t anxious, I definitely didn’t provide straight forward responses and threw around lot of words without specific examples.

I have three other police departments I’m applying to next week.

Should I even bother if I already got rejected by one?

What are some things that helped you pass your oral board?

I’m almost done with the background investigation for corrections, should I just accept the corrections role even though my goal is law enforcement?

I completed all steps and haven't heard anything in over a month. Should I reach out to email to just ask for update or keep waiting. I signed for a self sponsored academy in Jan, should I tell them or wait until end of December?

To start, not a drinker and a driver so my question is hypothetical entirely.

We were watching COPS (or similar show) and the LEO pulled over a suspected drunk driver. He put the driver through the RST and never having seen the procedures before I was surprised that it wasn’t saying the alphabet from M or counting by 7’s but it was all balance tests and the HGN eye test at the end. I’ve got terrible balance and tried to do the tests (with zero alcohol) in the comfort of my home and failed miserably in mere seconds. I couldn’t even do the heel to toe walk.

So, all my LEO friends, should I ever get asked to do a RST, do I just ask the officer to save his time and go directly to the breathalyzer? Or should I take the RST so everyone can have a great laugh watching me stumble around when the body cam video get played?

Howdy, y'all. I'm in California and I work for a rental car company. A cop left Safe Life body armor in a rental car and it's been sitting in my lost and found for a few weeks now. Can I...keep this? Should I be calling local departments to return the body armor?

EDIT: Certainly not planning on stealing first responder equipment, and the customer was notified of this (though he won't answer his phone). The question of keeping it was moreso to see what the legality of such a thing is.

Lets say a cop flashes their lights behind me on the freeway, and they aren't willing to wait for us to arrive at the nearest exit. Thus, I get pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway instead. How do I return back to traffic after the stop in such an instance? Isn't it illegal to use the shoulder as an acceleration lane to get back onto the highway? What if there is someone or something ahead of me on the shoulder and I'm not able to continue accelerating, or worst case, I hit them and cause an accident? Should I wait for a large enough gap in traffic and avoid accelerating via the shoulder altogether? But I feel like that would take forever and cause a risk of colliding, since it takes several seconds to match freeway traffic from 0mph.

Sorry if these questions sound dumb. I recently just got my license and haven driven much yet

No more, no less, the exact legal limit. Would they be arrested or let go?

Hi everyone,

I’m preparing for a potential role as a police officer, and I’m doing some primary research to get a better understanding of the profession from those who have lived it. I’m hoping to gain insight into what a day in the life is really like, the challenges faced, and the skills necessary for success in law enforcement. If you’re currently serving or have served as a police officer, I’d greatly appreciate any insights you could share.

Here are a few questions I have:

1. What initially inspired you to join law enforcement?

2. What does a typical day on the job look like for you?

3. What qualities or skills do you think are essential for someone considering this career?

4. What advice would you give to someone new to the field?

5. How do you handle the mental and emotional demands of the role?

6. What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced, and how did you approach them?

7. How does public perception impact your work?

I’m open to any other advice or experiences you think would be helpful to someone new to this field. Thank you in advance for your time and for sharing your stories and insights.

hi everyone! i posted this in my animal shelter group but figured this might be a good place to ask. i work at a county animal shelter and want opinions or other experiences.

we work pretty closely with our city police departments at my county shelter. they have their own animal control division, but they also have random officers/cadets bringing in animals.

don’t get me started on this, as it could be a whole conversation; i don’t see any reason why random police officers are going out and taking neonatal kittens out of bushes to bring them to us, but they are.

anyway, if police officers are going to be involved i figure animal handling is absolutely a necessary skill. i’ve seen these police officers drag 4 month old puppies in on catch poles, hold scared cats dangling with their arms outstretched, etc. this treatment is dangerous for people and animals, and makes our job so much more difficult when we have to deal with the animals after they’ve been traumatized by the officers.

in one incident that made me livid, for some reason a police officer was sent out in the middle of the night to collect a single neonatal kitten??? well, he ended up placing the kitten in a regular sized (dog sized) metal kennel with a thin towel, and left it there. the kitten squeezed through the bars of the kennel, likely desperate for warmth or food, and i found it cold and dying on the floor in the morning.

do police officers train for animal handling… at all? or are they just being told to wing it in most cases? what are some good ways to go about possibly getting training for our police departments?

i keep seeing videos or reports of officers handling animals inappropriately across the country, like the officer who shot a 16 year old blind dog because he “thought it could have rabies”. is there just a genuine lack of education on things like that among the public/officers? id be laughing at that if the outcome had been more positive; in the video the dog is just kinda slowly walking around him and gives no indication of being ill.

Wife of a new officer here- I feel kind of stupid for asking, but what do y’all like to bring for lunch on patrol besides sandwiches or salads? Sandwiches get boring quick, my husband is not a salad guy, and I’m already out of ideas 😂

FTO is the most humiliating experience. I've been told by an FTO not to be productive, then scolded for not "doing more". I did one traffic stop in a week when I'm supposed to get so many more in.

I can't put into words how defeated I feel, minute by minute. I feel like I'm going to work to appease the trainers rather than learning how to do the job. I want this job. I know I'm supposed to be in this position to help people...but how am I supposed to get there when I'm told I'm wrong and an idiot at every single turn?

I'm sorry for the rant. I know I'm not alone, but this shit fucking sucks.

My temp paper plate from the DMV expires 11/30/25, I am also in possession of my metal plates. My question is thus, can I use one of the metal plates (with the registration stickers on, obviously) and the paper plate for my vehicle, as I am pretty sure NH requires plates on both ends of my vehicle.

So when I was 19-20 I stole some food from a store near me. I would pay for some if the items and not the others at the self checkout. I got caught and paid my citations for this. I am off probation and I am in school for law enforcement. I talked to a deputy that said the POST board keeps changing the rules and that a minor theft under $50 shouldn't be an issue as long in the interviews I disclose it. Anyways I just am confused because online it says that any theft amount is a disqualifying factor. What is some advise for me.

I was in a rear end collision four days ago and still have not received information on the at-fault driver's identification or insurance (oficers would not let me near the driver so I was unble to exchange at the time.) The officer referred me to crashdocs.org with the case number but it will take 7 days. I reached out to the police department and they informed the report would be completed no later than last night (it's still not showing up.)

I was advised to not report to my insurance as this could raise my premium.?. Any/all advise would be greatly appreciated as I don't want to take a loss here.

Thanks Leo!

I am going back to community college because I have decided that I want to become a police officer. I have thought long and hard about career options and this career feels right for me. The problem is now that I can either get an Associates of Applied Science or an Associates in General Studies. I know that police academies look for 60 credit hours, but would either of these degrees work for me? My college advisor told me that I can finish the general studies degree faster than the applied science degree by 30 credit hours. I would use all of my electives for general studies towards criminal justice and psychology classes to have a deeper understanding of the field. Let me know what your thoughts are and thank you!

Hello so I went on leolist escort wanted to meet up with this girl we talked she told me what she offers all the stuff I asked some freaky questions acted like I was gunna come over but I decided not to save my money. I got a message with my address on it and my door number and exactly were I live on the eastside of my building. This is the second message I got. Freaking out there i have till the end of december Below is the message. Is this a scam cause they have my address door number. Scared.

The text messages you have been sending to the girls on leolist. It is called solicitation of prostitution and harassment to women. The RCMP will contact the authorities if you do not pay the amount by end of December. Your IP Address has been recorded and will be reported if payment is not made. It is imperative that you make a minimum payment to us or a person appointed by leolist will make a visit to your residence. You are in jeopardy if you do not pay.

I'm talking about collaborations like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVCUDzieXqc

I find the stuff weirdly fascinating to watch, but notice the footage comes from seemingly a handful of states like Texas, Florida etc. I remember learning Florida has really lax laws for news reporting, hence all the Florida Man stories (it's easier for those stories to come out of Florida vs other states, supposedly). So now I'm wondering if a similar situation is why body cam footage only comes out of a handful of states, do other states make it harder? Thank you. Sorry for weird question / if it's a hard question to understand.

Was on the phone with our local 911 reporting a drunk(plastered asf) driver and they later transferred us hwy patrol. Hwy patrol told us that bc the driver pulled into a mechanic shop and wasn’t driving anymore quote: “Our officers can’t do anything if they don’t witness it”

We communicated several details to the dispatcher, vehicle description, plate, even the address the driver pulled into. Driver was doing 70+ in a 55 and nearly head-on 8 cars, mostly driving in the direct middle of the road.

How true is this? No one responded that we saw and we waited a good while, supposedly there was one behind us a couple miles but between our wait time and their distance shouldn’t have taken long.

I completed all the steps including background and haven't heard back in abt a month. I'm signed up to go to self sponsor academy in Jan in case I don't get hired. I'm worried they won't call me until after I already payed for or started the academy. Should I send a email for update or just wait for them. This is my first hiring process and I have to family in LE so not sure how everything works. Any advice is appreciated

Hello All,

I am looking to apply to police agencies in the Bay area, and looking for advice for agencies that are highly recc'd or to watch out for. I had my eyes on: San Mateo County, Redwood City PD, and also Santa Clara PD

I asked if the Secret Servide would be ready for another January 6th if the Trumpers started shit again and they got all uncomfortable and one officer said, "That's a weird question".

How can this not be in the mind of every officer associated with the federal government at this point. The election is 6 days away.

Shit WILL pop off if the integrity of the election is questioned again.

Edit: based on the responses here it is abundantly apparent that the Secret Service is going about their preparation for another January 6 as business as usual. I wasn't able to read that room apparently but I'm reading this room here on Reddit and it's abundantly clear that certain questions make law-enforcement feel uncomfortable.