My knee... again

[Rusty]

Well a few months ago, I posted a question about my knee that I was shot in six years ago and the effects it would have on my employment of becoming a LEO.

With snowboarding season quickly approaching, I went to the knee doctor and got an MRI on my right knee. The results of the MRI shows that I have 5% of my meniscus (cartilage under the kneecap) gone due to the gun shot wound and I also have arthritis. The doctor says that the arthritis in my knee is more prevalent in a 41-year-old person instead of a 21-year-old person.

With this new medical info, will this greatly affect my chance of being hired as a LEO?

Thanks for any responses.

Rusty

[mcsap]

Well a few months ago, I posted a question about my knee that I was shot in six years ago and the effects it would have on my employment of becoming a LEO.

With snowboarding season quickly approaching, I went to the knee doctor and got an MRI on my right knee. The results of the MRI shows that I have 5% of my meniscus (cartilage under the kneecap) gone due to the gun shot wound and I also have arthritis. The doctor says that the arthritis in my knee is more prevalent in a 41-year-old person instead of a 21-year-old person.

With this new medical info, will this greatly affect my chance of being hired as a LEO?

Thanks for any responses.

Rusty

It isn't so much what you have , its what can you do with it ? Can you meet and pass ALL of the physical agility hiring standards for a prospective PD and will your MD state in writing that you are physically fit to perform the duties of a police officer ?

[Kimble]

It isn't so much what you have , its what can you do with it ? Can you meet and pass ALL of the physical agility hiring standards for a prospective PD and will your MD state in writing that you are physically fit to perform the duties of a police officer ?

And these are questions you and your doctor will need to answer. If you're cleared by a doctor to participate in the physical fitness test and pass, you're in, but that's outside the expertise of cops here.

[Rusty]

Thanks for the responses, I will be going back to the MD in a few weeks and will ask him if he thinks my knee will be able to do the PT test.

[mikecrazy]

I'm more curious how you got shot and how that story would effect your chances, but that's just me.

[Rusty]

A friend and I were hunting rabbits up in the woods with our .22s and a rabbit ran between us and my friend turned while shooting and hit me in the knee with a .22 short. Then I had to drive my quad about two miles out of the woods back to my friend’s house.

I only hunt alone now with the exception of my dog during duck season.

[mikecrazy]

Well that story certainly didn't live up to my hopes :(

It's best case scenario for you though :p

Good luck.

[Rusty]

Yea it’s not a very interesting story.

I told it to the good looking bartender at the local watering hole trying to pull the "yea I’ve been shot, no it didn’t hurt" line but she ended up siding with the rabbit. :D