Police Officer Preparation & Law Enforcement Resource - Archive

Greetings,

Ive been reading thru this forum for awhile now, just got my lazy arse around to signing up and becoming a member. Ive built a few models but not very many. Im working on a project right now with the new Revel 1/25 Impala and when it gets done, I will indeed post some pictures.

But I need some assistance. Im stationed in Hawaii as a military police officer with NavSta Pearl Harbor Security Dept. I need some custom decals printed out to complete this project, nothing complicated or fancy. If anyone can help me, I am more than willing to pay a decent amount for the decals.

Thanks again.

Welcome to RP.

If you are a LEO, I suggest that you contact DC Law or Bearcat06 to get verified. Otherwise, I suggest you lose the username that implies you are a LEO (or they'll help you lose it) :D

Not a problem, even though I stated before that I was a military police officer. Then again I should be used to the "Hurry up and wait" and the miles of paperwork to get anything done. Not a problem there chief, I'll get right on it.

Im sorry to change the subject here, but I have a question for XxLawenforcerxX. Im just now getting to the age where millitary service is a possibility in my near future, and Im wondering how you get to be an MP, and if there are age limitations other than recruiting age.
Thanks

It depends on what service you join. I joined that Navy and got some lecture on how the MP field was all closed up (Later found out because the Navy needed other jobs, they were supposed to do everything in their power to recruit more important jobs).

As for restrictions there are none. I finished basic in Chicago and flew down to Lackland AFB three days later and began training along side AF Security Forces (We share the academy). Its a seven week school, they teach the very basics you'll need and expect you to learn to real stuff once you get your first duty assignment. If your lucky like I was, you'll get sent to some tropical island in the middle of nowhere and have a helluva time.

My best advice is to just go into the recruiters and ask them about the MP field. Keep an open mind and remember, if they dont need MPs they are going to try to sell you another job like they did to me. I actually fell for it and enlisted as a Seaman Apprentice (Grunts of the Navy), but I got lucky in basic and the career counselours found an opening at the Master at Arms school and changed my job over for me. Also remember whatever service you join is going to determine where you go, Army MP and you can expect Iraq in the near future, Navy MP and you will probably get something stateside like 90% of all graduating classes do. If you want more info send me a PM and I will gladly answer any questions you have.

Military Police Officer implies you are an MP with either the Army or Marine Corps. "Nav" to the best of my knowledge means Navy, in which case you would be a Master-at-Arms (MA). It was just bothering me that you are refereing to Navy MAs as MPs

Secondly, are you comissioned, or enlisted? MPs do get refered to as "Officers" although it is not politically correct according to the Army. It depends on who you talk to I guess.

You are correct in the Master-At-Arms thing, yes my rating is MA and not MP. But we do the same thing as the MPs we just have a different title and the only time we're referred to as MA's is when it involves our rate, other wise its MP. Our patrol cars dont say "Master-At-Arms" they say "Police" so I guess its all how you look at it.

And yes you are again correct technically we're not "Officers", we're patrolman or whatever you would like to call yourself, it depends on who you talk to. Im enlisted...there are no MA/MP Officers in the Navy...there are security officers but they usually have no law enforcement training, our last Security Officer was a Navigator/Quartermaster.

You are correct in the Master-At-Arms thing, yes my rating is MA and not MP. But we do the same thing as the MPs we just have a different title and the only time we're referred to as MA's is when it involves our rate, other wise its MP. Our patrol cars dont say "Master-At-Arms" they say "Police" so I guess its all how you look at it.

And yes you are again correct technically we're not "Officers", we're patrolman or whatever you would like to call yourself, it depends on who you talk to. Im enlisted...there are no MA/MP Officers in the Navy...there are security officers but they usually have no law enforcement training, our last Security Officer was a Navigator/Quartermaster.


Wow. I yet again learn something new about my sister services :) In MP School, we were taught by our instructors to refer to ourselves as Military Police Officers. Our Drill Sergeants had different ideas on this. So every time the instructors said "MP Officers" we got PT'd twenty-minutes to drill it into our little minds that we are not Officers, but Military Police Soldiers.

I still like the term Officers better. It makes us sound more up to time and more up to speed like our civilian counterparts.

Military Policemen and Military Policewoman. Pish-posh :D

Yah it all depends on where your at and who you talk to. The Navy has two distinct personalities...

West coast Navy is obviously more relaxed, easier going. Out here in Hawaii that is at an all time high. Everyone has that "Hey bro, its Hawaii chill..." attitude.

On the East coast it would probably be a little harder to get away with the officer thing. They are hardcore, US Navy, Tradition, Honor, Courage, etc.

But we also have half of our patrol officers DoD police, all the upper chain of command is also DoD, from our Desk Lt, Watch Commander(s), Watch Captain(s) and Major of Operations (Chief of Police). We have a few E6's thrown into the chain of command as Shift Supervisers, but they report directly to the DoD Lt's. We have two E7's one who works admin and another who runs our harbor unit and we have one E9 who also works side by side with the Major as Chief of Police. But the mainstay of our chain of command is DoD Police personnel.

Its an odd mix and makes our department run smoother, more like a civilian police agency. We dont even use Navy Standard codes or procedures, we've adapted Honolulu PD codes and whatnot to our own operation, sometimes it feels like we are just an extension of their jurisdiction.

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Welcome to the RP forumtomahawk134, is it about time to ace that avatar?

I bet you could find a nice SEAHAWKS avy somewhere ... :)