I long time ago I considered law enforcement as a career option. I talked to an officer at a career fair and he said that his department, as well as most of the other larger ones, want a college degree plus military experience for their officers. So (based on what he told me), if you really want to be a police officer anywhere except a little podunk down, you'll want to join the military and then go to college (or vice versa).
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