Working as an Officer in Canada, then US? Plus...

[SniperChick]

Alright so I have a few questions.

Right now Im in grade 11 and interested in becoming a police officer. I live in Ontario, Canada and Im fairly sure that when I start off policing I'd like for it to be somewhere around here. So, if I were to do say 3+ years here (which is usually the amount of time most higher agencies want--or so I've read) and then move to the U.S (after getting my citizenship and everything sorted out) if I wanted to apply to a federal agency there, would they require ANOTHER 3 years of me policing in the U.S before I could apply? That would seem a bit unfair..although I guess things arent always fair! lol

ANYways, on to my next question. In my area there is a police foundations course (which is affiliated with my local police department-Ottawa) offered at a college. It takes 2 years to complete. Now, I would also like to get a 4-year type degree, and this college has an 'Articulation Agreement' with a local University which upon successful completion of Police foundations, will put 5.0 credits towards the completion of a B.A in either criminology, psychology, or sociology. Should I do it? I mean, right now Id like to do a B.A w/ Honours in psychology which is 4 years usually, but if I did it this way Id have a B.A plus the 2 year police foundations in 5 years instead of 6.

It sounds good, I just wouldnt want to do it if I later found out that some fed agencies didnt consider it an official 4-year university degree.

WOW. Sorry for writting that much-all pretty tedious. Any advice/comments are appreciated, thanks!

P.S I appologize if you saw this on realpolice as well, as I know many of you survey both, just trying to get the most opinions possible;)

[SniperChick]

P.S I appologize if you saw this on realpolice as well, as I know many of you survey both, just trying to get the most opinions possible;)

I meant to say officer.com..

Thats what I get for being lazy and copy+pasting!:rolleyes:

[mcsap]

I don't know of any police dept ( local -state-federal) that will hire you until you are either a US citizen or will be one by the time of appointment. It isn't a matter of how long you were an officer as it is the citizenship issue.

The degree should be a help to you in either country.

[JR_23]

Why do you want to go to the US? I'm not trying to give you a hard time, I'm just curious.