Personal Narrative: A Career As A Police Officer

I think that this question is great. This is not something that I have really thought about. Honestly, I do not feel like I use my strengths every day. I believe that I am good at interacting with people and I have a pretty good attention to detail when it comes to my work. Since being promoted to supervisor, I have not really gotten to use those skills as much as I would like. In the past, I would get to talk to drivers and their previous employers on a daily basis. I was usually good at getting information from the previous employers that they were not required to give and I did a pretty good job of making drivers feel more relaxed. Since being promoted, most of my work consists of doing paperwork and making sure everyone else is doing what they are supposed to. Sometimes I miss being on the front lines. Growing up, I wanted to be a police officer because I felt my skills would be very useful in that position. Due to the dangers of the position, my wife had her worries and I just sort of drifted away from that. Sometimes I still think of what might have been. Would I have been
Your career sounds pretty interesting. I have never been very interested in machinery or knowing how things work. I sure am glad that there are people out there who do though. I have always wanted to do some sort of civil service. In high school, my dream jobs were police officer, firefighter or teacher. I did not really want to go to college, so that kind of put teacher out of reach. I did not want to work for free, so that sort of ruined firefighter because I didn't want to start as a volunteer. I couldn't be a police officer until I was 21, so I decided to join the military. I came out of the military more confused than I was in high school. I am still hoping that someday I will figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I also hope that someday you can get back to a role where you are teaching since that is where your heart