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Looking forward to this! 👍

Good luck trying to get on the job with an attitude and thinking like that. It pretty much goes against everything you will be taught and trained to enforce. I myself never understood the draw of any drug, but to each their own.

Have to admit it's kind of ironic considering your dad was with the DEA. All laughs aside keep doing what you're doing besides drugs. The agency I worked for which was a state agency required a polygraph test before being accepted into the academy. You'll be assigned a background investigator that will thoroughly look into you and your past. Don't lie about anything if caught doing so you're done, they'll move onto another more honest candidate. If it was merely experimenting and it wasn't anything "heavy" you should be okay. In my book experimenting is a one time thing, but you allude too doing drugs numerous times. Watch the way you word things it could come back to haunt you. We're all humans at the end of the day and we make mistakes, just own up to it.

Not to hijack the thread, but let me chime in. Depending on what department you're looking to get into. Military service goes a long way when applying to any law enforcement agency. Think of it as points added towards you when being compared to another candidate. A lot of departments here in Northeast where I am require at least an associates degree with most wanting a bachelors. I like yourself thought I needed military to get into law enforcement, but I was wrong. I wanted to be a state police officer so I applied to all the state agencies within the tristate area, I got accepted to two and chose one that I thought would fit my personality and interests the most. Not really up and up on municipalities and their academies, but I can tell you most if not all state police academies are no joke. You better be in the best shape of your life or, one you won't get accepted (pass the physical fitness test) or two you'll wash out. I attended a state police academy which was residential 5 days a week. Leave Friday evening return Sunday evening. You're shot, you hate your life, but you make life long friends and have great stories that no one besides your police buddies care about, ask my wife. I am no longer a police officer moved onto a different line of work, but I enjoyed it while it lasted. A lot of the guys in the academy were former military along with most the ATO's (academy training officers) which enjoy making your life a living hell on a daily basis.