I'm currently returning to MA from my time as an Infantryman in the active army and want to become a police officer (partly because I always wanted to, partly because my MOS left me remarkably unqualified for normal jobs.) and my questions is this.
Do Police Departments, by and far, have any programs for officers who wish to continue their education in a collage or university setting?
Thanks in no small part to the taxpayers I served, I have an excellent G.I. Bill which will all but put me through a four year criminal justice degree and I have no intention of wasting it. So should I try for a police department now and put school off (by going through any programs they may, or may not offer), or should I go to school and get my degree first?
Thank you in advance for any help.
Do Police Departments, by and far, have any programs for officers who wish to continue their education in a collage or university setting?
Thanks in no small part to the taxpayers I served, I have an excellent G.I. Bill which will all but put me through a four year criminal justice degree and I have no intention of wasting it. So should I try for a police department now and put school off (by going through any programs they may, or may not offer), or should I go to school and get my degree first?
Thank you in advance for any help.