wanting to joing sbc sheriff

[Ls1FALimpala]

well i turned 20 yesterday and i havnt worked at all this year. (construction is dead.) I been wanting to join the san bernardino county sheriffs. But i have some questions.
I dropped out in high school sophomore year of high school to drive a water truck in my dads company and i didnt graduate. But im working on getting my GED. will i still need to get some sort of degree in college? i know the website says a GED is sufficient but i like to hear it from people who done it. Also how do the interviews go? i never been jailed or arrested both my criminal and driving records are perfectly clean. any tips will be greatly appriciated.

btw i know i have to be 21 but it gives me a year to get fit up, get my ged, and possibly anything else i will need.

[Spanky8601]

A GED will "qualify" you for the position. But, understand that many other applicants will be coming to the table with more desirable qualifications. It would help you to get the GED and then enroll in some Junior College classes to help polish the resume.

[meangreen46]

A GED will "qualify" you for the position. But, understand that many other applicants will be coming to the table with more desirable qualifications. It would help you to get the GED and then enroll in some Junior College classes to help polish the resume.

+1

You will have to have a VERY good reason why getting your GED wasn't at the top of your list after leaving high school. Driving the family water truck isn't good enough. Just being brutally honest.

A good rule of thumb is to put yourself in their shoes. Would you want to hire you? I would either get into a job and get some time under your belt or like Spanky said...got to junior college and start taking classes. They are gonna ask what you were doing for the last year while you weren't working.

[FLIGHT762]

I didn't have a College degree prior to being hired, but what I did to give myself some experience to make myself appealing to be hired was at 20 years of age, I joined the Sheriff's Reserve cliff rescue and dive team. Also took AJ classes at the local Community College. When I was 24, I joined the regular L/E reserve program at the S.O., took the highest reserve 832 class at the time and was allowed to go on patrol solo.

At 26, I signed up into the USMC Reserves and did my time in a 0351/0311 rifle Co.

At 27, I was hired by a City P.D. and spent a full career with them. I worked in the patrol division and spent 26 years as a firearms instructor and 27 years on our SWAT team.

I didn't like school other than the subjects I liked.

My point is, go back to school and get at least an AA or do as I did and make yourself attractive to be hired. I put in a lot of donated time to get where I got and it was worth it. I would do it all again.

Good luck.

[Ls1FALimpala]

A GED will "qualify" you for the position. But, understand that many other applicants will be coming to the table with more desirable qualifications. It would help you to get the GED and then enroll in some Junior College classes to help polish the resume.

yea this is the info im looking for thanks!!!

+1

You will have to have a VERY good reason why getting your GED wasn't at the top of your list after leaving high school. Driving the family water truck isn't good enough. Just being brutally honest.

A good rule of thumb is to put yourself in their shoes. Would you want to hire you? I would either get into a job and get some time under your belt or like Spanky said...got to junior college and start taking classes. They are gonna ask what you were doing for the last year while you weren't working.

i dropped out when work was at its best but now its gone. and your right good info thanks!

My point is, go back to school and get at least an AA or do as I did and make yourself attractive to be hired. I put in a lot of donated time to get where I got and it was worth it. I would do it all again.

Good luck.

thanks. the usmc was my 1st choice but thats a no for me. but thanks for the advice..

[meangreen46]

i dropped out when work was at its best but now its gone. and your right good info thanks!

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Some friendly advice: There is only one reason you should give the dept why you dropped out and didn't get your GED right away. "I was young and stupid and should have stayed in school. I have learned the hard way over the last few years that I made the wrong decision and have been working hard at making my situation better by doing (fill in the blanks)"

Even though every situation is different and nobody knows the complete deatails, leaving highschool to make money because it was "at it's best" would tell me alot about you as a person and what you would be like wearing a badge and carrying a gun.

I hope you take the advice these guys have given you so you can get a little more "life" under your belt before you apply for law enforcement. This is not intended to burst your bubble or piss you off... just my two cents.

[Ls1FALimpala]

. This is not intended to burst your bubble or piss you off... just my two cents.

not at all im the type that only wants things how they are.. thanks...

[5shot]

Some friendly advice: There is only one reason you should give the dept why you dropped out and didn't get your GED right away. "I was young and stupid and should have stayed in school. I have learned the hard way over the last few years that I made the wrong decision and have been working hard at making my situation better by doing (fill in the blanks)"

Even though every situation is different and nobody knows the complete deatails, leaving highschool to make money because it was "at it's best" would tell me alot about you as a person and what you would be like wearing a badge and carrying a gun.

I hope you take the advice these guys have given you so you can get a little more "life" under your belt before you apply for law enforcement. This is not intended to burst your bubble or piss you off... just my two cents.

Exactly. We all make some dumb mistakes when we're teens. But law enforcement requires mature individuals with good decision making abilities.
Like meangreen said, admitting your mistakes and professing that you've learned from those mistakes will help you out some in the interview process. But these are times when the job pool is full of highly qualified applicants.
I would suggest you get some more work experience, look into a reserve position, and earn some college units. It will give you a chance to show those around you what your abilities are, and help make you a more desirable applicant.