Once Again Sorry for the all caps.

FOR ME BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER IS EASY, AND I AM GOING TO SHARE MY STORY WITH YOU. FIRST OF ALL BEFORE GETTING STARTED YOU MUST KNOW THAT WHILE I WILL BE EXPLAINING HOW I WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATIONS IN TEXAS, CERTAIN POLICIES AND PROCEDURE'S MAY VARY DEPENDING ON WHICH STATE YOU LIVE IN.

OK, ONE DAY WHILE I WAS AT MY OLD BORING 9 TO 5 DAY JOB IT HIT ME WHY DON'T I GO AND DO SOMETHING I REALLY ENJOY AND LOVE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN BECOMING A COP BUT THEN WHEN I THOUGHT OF GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND TAKING ALL OF THE STATE REQUIRED TESTS IT JUST DISCOURAGED ME. UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN I HAD A REALLY BAD DAY AT WORK I DECIDED TO GO HOME AND DO SOME ONLINE RESEARCH TO BECOMING A COP. THERE WAS ALOT OF ONLINE COURSES OFFERING CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE'S BUT THERE JUST WASN'T ANYTHING THAT EXPLAINED TO ME IN LAMIN'S TERMS HOW TO BECOME A COP. SO AFTER NOT REALLY FINDING ANYTHING ON THE WEB I DECIDED TO CALL MY LOCAL COLLEGE AND TO MY SUPRISE THEY OFFERED A POLICE ACADEMY TWO TIMES A YEAR BUT IT WAS WAY OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE, BUT I WAS DETERMINED THAT I WAS NO LONGER GOING TO STAY AT MY CURRENT JOB AND THAT I NEEDED SOME CHANGE IN MY LIFE.

SO WHAT DID I DO, I GOT ANOTHER JOB YES THATS RIGHT I NOW WORK TWO JOBS AND ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY LONG HOURS I KNEW THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS I WOULD HAVE THE MONEY SAVED UP FOR THE POLICE ACADEMY. AFTER THOSE TWO MONTHS I DECIDED TO PULL MY RETIREMENT FROM MY FIRST JOB, QUIT BOTH OF THE ONE'S I HAVE NOW AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL FULL TIME. IT WAS VERY HARD AT TIMES ONLY HAVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY BUT I KEPT TELLING MYSELF THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME AND I WOULD BE ON MY WAY TO PATROLING THE STREETS, GRANTED I COULD PASS ALL THE TESTS. AND THEN AFTER 5 MONTHS OF TOUGH TRAINING AND TESTING THERE I WAS IT HAD ALL CAME DOWN TO THIS, THE FINAL 300 QUESTION STATE EXAM WAS I READY? PROBALLY NOT BUT IT WAS NOW OR NEVER. THE QUESTION'S WERE SO HARD AT TIMES THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANSWER CHOSE A AND ANSWER CHOSE C WOULD BE ONE WOULD HAVE THE WORD THE AND THE OTHER WOULD HAVE THE WORD AND.

BUT I PASSED, IM NOT GONNA TELL YOU MY SCORE BECAUSE YOU WOULD LAUGH BUT I PASSED AND NOW I WAS A TEXAS PEACE OFFICER DEAD BROKE AND LOOKING FOR A JOB. I WAS SO EXCITED I DIDN'T EVEN SHOP AROUND I WENT WITH THE FIRST DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD HIRE ME (DON'T DO WHAT I DID SOME DEPARTMENT'S WILL PAY YOU ALOT MORE THAN OTHER'S). AND NOW HERE I AM FINALLY PATROLING THE STREETS AND PUTTING BAD GUYS IN JAIL AND YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE IT. JUST DONT GET DISCOURAGED YOU CAN DO IT THIS IS MY TRUE STORY AND IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN.