job satisfaction??

[adding want]

I wanted to ask police officers who work in low crime, affluent areas if your job satisfaction is high? I know that there is crime everywhere, and police are important everywhere( so please dont flame me), but i just wanted to know b/c im dropping a lot of applications and some are to depts which patrol affluent areas. Would you reccomend going to areas like this or higher crime areas? I was going to drop applications to, Irvine police CA, and Costa mesa police CA. and i already have a written test date for Orange county sheriff CA. thanks for the help.

[steelcityk9cop]

I think you would be very happy with the activity level at all three...... Irvine has 171,000 people living in the city with a projected doubling of the population. Fun time!! You also have to look at working conditions..... departments with money have more resources, better pay, and often more opportunity for specialization and advancement.

[mcsap]

Yeah, dealing with rich snooty people is just another way of having fun.