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I want to become a cop

I'm 22 years old I have a felony charge with 3 year probation 2nd degree assault. I have 1 year left to my probation I was never arrested and I paid my restituition in full. I want to become a cop I live in Maryland can I become a cop with this prior record I know I have to at least wait for my probation gets over. I just want to become a cop please help me

What if I get it dismissed... because I think I can file for a motion? And get it dismissed can I then become a cop is there a website I can look at and find out requirements and training..

From what I have been told Felons cannot become cops. A lot of places that are not even associated with Police won't accept Felons as employees. This is the reason they do background checks.

I live in Maryland and was a special police officer and bailiff, and was a cop in D.C. I don't see how you could pass the background check with a felon conviction on your record unless you could somehow get it expunged, which seems unlikely. The fact that you were not arrested really doesn't matter if you were charged and convicted.

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Originally Posted by kareena kapoor

I have 1 year left to my probation i was never arrested

Hello k:

You WERE arrested. You may not have gone to jail, but you were arrested. An arrest begins the process. Without an arrest, there's no process.

Look, when you receive a traffic ticket, that's an arrest.

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Originally Posted by kareena kapoor

I'm 22 years old i have a felony charge with 3 year probation 2nd degree assault. I have 1 year left to my probation i was never arrested and i paid my restituition in full. I want to become a cop i live in maryland can i become a cop with this prior record i know i have to atleast wait for my probation gets over. I just want to become a cop please help me

what if i get it dismissed....because i think i can file for a motion? and get it dismissed can i then become a cop is ther a website i can look at and find out requirements and training....?

I suspect you are confused about this - you have already posted that your husband was not arrested BUT was tried and convicted of, as I recall, felony assault and possibly deported.

I don't know that you understand who is and who is not arrested - and when.

Otherwise you've received good answers.

Sorry yes you were arrested, you could not be on probation unless you were arrested, arrested is being charged with a crime, you may not have been handcuffed and put in a back of a car, you may have been allowd to turn yourself in. But you can not go to court, make a plea deal or be on probation without being arrested.

Can you be?? Technically yes, there were several state highway patrol in Tenessee found with a felony on their records last year in a investifation. But they were family members who were hired by someone they knew well. So could you maybe get a job in a small town that pays their police 7 bucks a hour with no benefits, maybe But even that is unlikely.

So to be honest there would never be any real job opportunities in law enforcement with a felony

I'm afraid the notion that arrest is the first step in getting into the criminal justice system is not quite correct. Lotsa people get into the system without ever having been arrested and some people who are arrested are released and never get into the stytem. The real entry point for every case is the point at which the person is formally charged with a crime.

If my neighbor assaults me and I call the police, they will tell me that there is nothing they can do about it because they didn't see it happen. They will tell me to go down to the District Court Commissioner's office and swear out a warrant. In some states these people are called magistrates, justices of the peace, etc.

If the commissioner issues a warrant, it will be turned over to the sheriff's department who will call the person and ask him to come in. If he does, he will get into the system without ever having been arrested.

Or the commissioner may decide to issue a summons. The person will be notified by mail to appear. If they do they will be in the system without having been arrested.

Being charged and being arrested are two distinctly different things. In your case it really doesn't matter, but that's how it is.