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    How old were you when you became a police officer?

    How old were you when you became a police officer?

    and say i want to be a highway patrol officer... are the test the same? ( 18 and looking into starting a career in law inforcement...so i have many question lol)

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    I was 23 years old and fresh out of Jr College.:eek:
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    22 years 2 months 4 days when I was sworn in, I got tired of working for my rich uncle.

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    17 years, two month and three days when I started my three years academy time. After academy one year in the state riot force, than a half year at the boring airport unit and hit the street in the ghetto i serve with 21 years and 8 month. Now I'm 47
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    I was 28 when I started the academy, almost 29 when I graduated from it. I was 23 when I finished grad school, and spent about 5 years working in private management before I became the police.

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    I was 21 when I started the academy and was sworn in shortly after I turned 22 years old.
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    26. NYPD hiring age is 21-35(or up to 41 with 6 years military, 40 with 5, etc).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Switchback View Post
    I was 24.
    You've been a police for over 20 years????

    :D

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    Quote Originally Posted by CityOfChicago View Post
    You've been a police for over 20 years????

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    ...and all this talk about you continuing your education, I thought your math would be better.
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