Senior House Officer

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Does holding a non-law enforcement 1801 or Investigative assistant position (such as USCIS Immigration Services Officer or FBI Investigative Specialist) provide any advantage when later applying to 1811 positions?

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I am hoping to become a police officer after I get my Degree in criminal Justice with my focus on policing. Anyways, they ask for any volunteer experience on the application. What can you suggest that looks good? Should I just volunteer for whatever comes up or are there things that look better than others? Thanks for your help.

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I am not a police officer, but I thought I would share the policy on that with the Pennsylvania State Police. You can not have had a DUI charge within one year of filing an application and 2 charges within the past 10 years of filing an application.

Get your degree, preferrably while you are off the job, I've heard of a few officers attending college, but at certian times, the city will go to 12 on, 12 off shifts, and the officers wern't able to attend college and lost the money they put down, besides, if you can afford it, keep in mind that there will always be jobs for qualified people, and with a degree, you will be more marketable ...

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we are looking at buying a house that has a stone fireplace in the living room and a place in the basement to connect a woodstove, the house is 1456 sq ft on one floor and the basement is same sq. footage and completely open. was wondering if placing a woodstove in the basement wood supply...

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