Comment Re:It All Depends on Their Maturity (Score 1) 290
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In law enforcement, they came to the conclusion long ago that the answer is no . Besides all the other qualifications for a police officer, they can't have a criminal record.
Actually, law enforcement officers can have a minor criminal record of sometype, depending on state. California will allow applicants for officers who may have committed minor crimes like vandalism or trying marijuana, etc... but the applicants are told to stay clean for four of five years and then reapply.
statutory rape is something that police departments must take seriously. I had a friend who was a police cadet and she was eighteen. She got in "trouble" for a boyfriend who was seventeen.
In law enforcement, they came to the conclusion long ago that the answer is no . Besides all the other qualifications for a police officer, they can't have a criminal record.
Actually, law enforcement officers can have a minor criminal record of sometype, depending on state. California will allow applicants for officers who may have committed minor crimes like vandalism or trying marijuana, etc... but the applicants are told to stay clean for four of five years and then reapply.
statutory rape is something that police departments must take seriously. I had a friend who was a police cadet and she was eighteen. She got in "trouble" for a boyfriend who was seventeen.
