Emergency Management Certificate - Community College (FREE)

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I highly recommend working for a law enforcement agency that is civil service. With civil service, the only way to get in is through the front door because the agency is required to follow hiring guidelines. Boosting your chances of getting in depends on the written test score and interview score. You might get some bonus points on your test for being in the military or having a bachelor's degree. But, in all honesty, most people with bachelor's degrees won't need the one or two extra points on their test score because those without a degree will mostly score in the 70s and 80s. The biggest hurdle is getting over the military people who are getting five bonus points.

Of course, this all varies by region. In San Antonio, the people who couldn't get into SAPD (sometimes it's because of credit, but it also has a lot to do with being out of shape) would self-sponsor at San Antonio College because they had virtually no physical requirements. Once these people graduated (over 200 every year), they would apply for the small number of openings at police departments that didn't require a physical agility test. A lot of them ended up working as reserve deputies for the Sheriff's office for years. Some them were jailers who were stuck working as detention officers.