EJ Question

[limeade]

Was looking for a bit on insight, I'm employed in a rather large city in the south and I've been ducking extra jobs and what not for a long time. I don't have anything against them, I just don't like the people at my dept who ***** themselves out to the point where it damages their performance on the street.

With that said I would like to pick up a gig, but I would rather run my own gig. In you guys experience how did you guys go about becoming the coordinator instead of the coordinatee lol?

Not asking for specifics or leads, and I know a big part is who you know but what about things like cold calling retail management companies, emailing and faxing resumes etc? Should I start at the top tier of a business, ie. The corporate end or the manager on site?

Any advice would be great.

[retdetsgt]

If you're a cop, why not PM a mod with your info and get verified?

It all depends on your skill levels, connections and the job market. Right now wouldn't be the best time to change anything unless you have a lot to bring to the table somewhere.

One of my former coworkers is the head of security for NIKE, not because he's exceptional (which he is to some degree), but he ran with the right crowd when we worked and had the social connections to talk to Phil Knight. Others I know that got good jobs in higher levels of companies either had or knew someone who had a in with upper management. None got the job cold.

That being said, I've noticed a lot of sites I visit have a section labeled job opportunities.

[limeade]

Hey appreciate the heads up, I'll start looking around and networking. I'll go ahead and verify asap, was a member before I was a cop, it's been a while

[RockemSockem]

Was looking for a bit on insight, I'm employed in a rather large city in the south and I've been ducking extra jobs and what not for a long time. I don't have anything against them, I just don't like the people at my dept who ***** themselves out to the point where it damages their performance on the street.

With that said I would like to pick up a gig, but I would rather run my own gig. In you guys experience how did you guys go about becoming the coordinator instead of the coordinatee lol?

Not asking for specifics or leads, and I know a big part is who you know but what about things like cold calling retail management companies, emailing and faxing resumes etc? Should I start at the top tier of a business, ie. The corporate end or the manager on site?

Any advice would be great.

I am an auxiliary police officer (armed) for a police dept. and I also work part time retail loss prevention and have for some time (in addition to my full time "career" job).

The one issue that you MIGHT have is that some corporations, especially at the higher levels that you are likely interested in, is that corporate security mindset and goals are much different than public law enforcement, and many companies not only recognize this but are skeptical of former/current LEO's because of it.

They tend to be even more leary at the higher levels because they don't want you allowing your subordinates to do things that could, in their mind, bring liability.

One small example: In the police world, if you are working somewhere and contact an individual for something rather minor for which you would be inclined to simply advise them and let them walk, but you discover they have an active warrant for traffic, you not only will be inclined to take them into custody, in most states you HAVE to take them into custody by law. When I stop a shoplifter, on the other hand, and they have stolen a dollar value for which the company does not prosecute, I do not prosecute them or notify law enforcement, even if I find out they have an active warrant. My boss would say "We are not here to enforce laws, we are here to protect company assets within the parameters of policy." The warrant means nothing to us; the theft is all that matters, period.

Not saying you can't get past that mindset, or that it will be a problem for YOU, but know that some companies may bring this up and/or be skeptical of you.