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im goin to be startin college in the fall and ill be taking criminal justice as my major. my ? is, is anyone here in the criminal justice feild?
Hahaha yeah i'm not trying to be a negative nancy or anything. I'm just trying to give the best advice i can.canebrake said:Wow, buzz kill.![]()
Krisko,krisko09 said:If it's not too late, i would recommend changing majors. Here's why: in order to be a police officer, you're not required to have that degree, or any degree for that matter.. in fact, all they do is give you preference points for having a degree. So you could get a business degree and still get preference points to be a cop. And if you dont get the job, u still have a business degree to fall back on. The CJ degree isn't good for anything else. I know a handful of guys who made the mistake of getting a cj degree, and i had an associates in engineering and i got a LEO job and none of them have. They all are either currently unemployed or work at restaraunts.
It may work out differently for you, but I would ask around. Most police dept's will tell you to get a different degree and get your money's worth.
Courage is not the lack of fear, but the willingness to continue despite that fear.
This is exactly what i was saying to do from the beginning. It's not like i said don't get a degree. I simply said that it is not REQUIRED. I'm sure there are some departments that are, but in the whole states of IL, IN and IA i've never heard of one that won't let you test without a degree.pinklady00 said:OP,
Get a degree in something you can fall back in and use after your LE career is over (if that's what you're pursuing) or as backup in case no LE positions are open.