Question about my college history

[Shiner]

Hello everyone. I’ve been searching and reading many threads in this forum hoping to find a situation similar to what I’m in but I have not had any luck. I’m a 34 year old asian male, hoping to start a second career as a LEO so I would love to hear your opinions on my background.

Positives
-Excellent credit (750). I am a homeowner and have never had a late payment for any credit cards or loans.
-Stable employment history. I’ve been at my current company for nearly 9 years and have never been fired from any job.
-No illegal drug use, ever.
-In good physical shape. I’m 5’ 8”, 180 with a muscular build.
-I’ve gone on 2 ride-alongs with 2 separate departments.
-Bilingual, English and Vietnamese.
-2-year A.A.
-4-year B.S. in Information Technology – Network Security/Computer Forensics specialization.

Negatives
-No military experience. I know cops tend to look favorably on this but I sadly, I have none. :(
-Two speeding tickets, 12 and 14 years ago respectively. I had them both dismissed after passing defensive driving classes.
-Shoddy academic history:

I graduated high school in the top 10% of my class and went to college on a full scholarship. Three years and many failed classes later my scholarship gets dropped due to poor academic performance. I left that university to get a 2 year degree from a local community college instead. I completed my associate’s degree and got a blue-collar job working for an electronics company where I have been working ever since. I’ve been working full time and taking online classes for the past 4 years because I’ve always wanted to finish my Bachelor’s degree. I’m doing great so far (3.6 – 3.7 GPA) and will graduate next year.

I talked to some local beat cops about my history and they told me that I should be fine. In fact, I was told that I would be a very desirable applicant thanks to my choice of 4-year degree and second language. They also mentioned the fact that minorities tend to get a leg up when it comes to hiring… I hate bringing up the race card but I figured with a job as competitive as this that anything would help.

Now I’d like to hear your thoughts. Did I do enough to straighten myself out after struggling badly during my early college years?

[retdetsgt]

I flunked out of college my first year and went in the Army. My department couldn't have cared less. Later, when they required a degree, they only wanted proof of graduation, grades didn't mean anything.

If you have good credit, good work history, etc., you'll do fine. Don't worry about it.

[Joeyd6]

RDS is right....you are fine.

We are all kids....we all did stupid/immature stuff. The real issue is if youa re still that way. You clearly matured and seem to do a great job. You should be fine getting hired.

[Shiner]

Thank you so much for your replies. I was worried that unless my history was spotless then I would have trouble getting hired.

I'm also surprised that grades are not taken into account when it comes to your education. Even if that's the case, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if my GPA is higher than the average applicant I supposed.

[Citicop]

You forgot to mention that incident where you got fired from a job for stealing, Shadowjin.

It is against the TOS of the site to have multiple accounts. This one is getting banned, and any attempt to register other new accounts will result In your first account being banned as well.

This is your only warning.

-Citicop.