Want to know it I can still be an officer?

[Jackiec456]

My boyfriend has a felony. In two years he can have it expunged from his record. I am taking criminal justice classes at college and I wanted to know if we get married if I can still be an officer being married to a felon?

[Kimble]

My boyfriend has a felony. In two years he can have it expunged from his record. I am taking criminal justice classes at college and I wanted to know if we get married if I can still be an officer being married to a felon?

Interesting how someone studying criminal justice with hopes of becoming a cop has chosen to date and eventually marry a felon. Why do you suppose that is?

[Cat_Doc]

Interesting how someone studying criminal justice with hopes of becoming a cop has chosen to date and eventually marry a felon. Why do you suppose that is?

Curious readers want to know before they jump to erroneous conclusions.

[Citicop]

Welcome to the site. Head over to the "New Member Introductions" area and post an intro. That way, you're in compliance with our TOS.

Being married to a Felon would present a lot of potential career problems for you, and may make it harder or even impossible to get hired. Who we choose to associate with says a lot about a person.

Every department has different standards, so I don't know if there is one answer for you.

It will also likely make a difference what the actual charge was.

-Citicop.

[GoDirectly2Jail]

+1 to the above.

[Jackiec456]

He is a sweet honest person who got 4 years for a crime he did not commit. He did not report the crime and was charged with accessorie.

[GoDirectly2Jail]

It is oft said that you cannot choose your family. That saying does NOT extend to a BF/GF/Spouse simply because they ARE a choice. As a candidate for police officer you will be judged by the associations you keep.

He is a sweet honest person who got 4 years for a crime he did not commit. He did not report the crime and was charged with accessorie.

Can you not even be honest with yourself?? He was convicted by a jury of his peers. That means, as sweet as he may be and as innocent he is to your eyes, in the eyes of the law he is guilty.

If you choose to marry him, or even associate with him as a known, convicted felon, it will SERIOUSLY jeopardize any chance you have at any type of law enforcement employment.

Sorry, but it's the truth.

[Cat_Doc]

Jackie,

Give yourself time to finish your degree and when it comes time to apply as a law enforcement officer, go talk to a recruiter from the agency you are interested in about this issue.

I know that at my agency, sworn law enforcement officers are not allowed to associate with known felons. It may be different at the agency you are interested in, but you will not know for sure until you ask them.

We can give specific details about the way our particular agencies work, and general details based on the "Best Practices" of American law enforcement.

Other than that, you will have to inquire with the agency you are interested in and see what their policy, procedures and executive staff core values are.

Good luck to you.

[Kimble]

Everyone above has given some good feedback, but I'm going to shoot from the hip and give it to you without any candy coating. Either ditch the felon with a heart of gold, or look at another career. If you're as happy as you are with this guy (and believing he actually was convicted for a crime he had no part of), then live your life how you see fit, you're an adult. I'm not saying you're a bad person, or your boyfriend. However, don't expect that getting a degree in criminal justice will afford you a career in getting a job as a cop with associations to a convicted felon. Doesn't work that way.

[L-1]

There is another issue to consider.

Anyone who has been convicted of a felony is banned by federal law from ever possessing any firearm or ammunition. As a police officer, you will have firearms and ammunition in the same house he is living in and for all intent and purpose, he will be constructively in possession of those items.

The fact that they are "your" guns and ammunition will carry no weight. They are still in his residence and effectively in his possession. Similarly, the fact that you have knowingly allowed a felon to be in possession of "departmental" weapons and ammunition can mean an end to your career.

[marinepilot]

with what was said above, and I'm only upset that I didn't get to post it first! LOL

Otherwise, you've been given excellent answers here, whether or not you believe it. What you choose to do with the information is up to you. Stay with the "heart of gold" felon and pick another career, or ditch the dude and have a shot.

[greg72982]

He is a sweet honest person who got 4 years for a crime he did not commit. He did not report the crime and was charged with accessorie.

If he was a sweet honest person he would have reported the crime that he was an accessory to.

But you're probably right. Alot of sweet honest people drive getaway cars for their buddies while they rob a bank, or even are present while their buddies kill or rape someone.

[DeltaV]

He is a sweet honest person who got 4 years for a crime he did not commit. He did not report the crime and was charged with accessorie.

And you know this how? Because it is what he told you and you know he wouldn't lie to you?

Have you actually read either the police report or the trial transcripts? Something tells me no.....

And yes, being married to a convicted felon would disqualify you here.

[PapaBear]

He is a sweet honest person who got 4 years for a crime he did not commit. He did not report the crime and was charged with accessorie.

Yes! And, if you believe that, you will believe that you are qualified to become the head of the DHS!

There are no guilty people in prison, they were all the product of misinterpreted facts collected by irresposible individuals who are out to cleanse the community of the less desirable.

Young person, you certainly have a lot to learn. Start by this: consorting with a convicted felon will not offer you the greatest opportunity of entering the law enforcement community!

[Legoate]

He is a sweet honest person who got 4 years for a crime he did not commit. He did not report the crime and was charged with accessorie.

You can't be serious.