First off, if you’re reading this, thank you.
I’m going to explain this as clearly as I can. Like MOST people, I have experimented with some drugs, Marijuana(I hated it), and MDMA/Ecstasy which I’ll admit to liking, but I never used them regularly just a handful of times for both. I’m 29 years-old. I wanted to go in to civil service from the time that I was in the first grade. Aside from the typical preadolescent dreams of being a professional athlete, I maintained that desire all the way until my senior year in high school when I slipped up, and dropped out.
Sometime after high school I discovered an artistic talent, and thoroughly educated myself in it, and decided to put my past failures behind me and move forward. Unfortunately, I made many other mistakes down this road, I butchered my credit because I was irreresponsible, I had a car repo’d due to an accident that I had, in which I had no insurance and thus the car was taken back, and I spent that night in the holding cell for “attemping to flee the scene”. That resulted in a “no contest” plea on a MIDEMEANOR “hit and run”(property damage) charge. I got probation (2004). The other guy in the case whom actually hit me, then started to complain of pain a few months later, and I knew it was bogus, but he kept postponing anyhow, and one day I decided not to show up. I spent time in the L.A. County Jail in 2006 for that F.T.A.. I began to see things for what they ‘were and weren’t’ IMMEDIATELY during my 4 days in jail. A year later, my daughter was born in 2007. I earned my GED last month, with all my scores ranging in the top 1%-14% with NO preparation. I applied to L.A. City Fire, just out of curiousity, and to my suprise 6-8 weeks later, I recieved a letter with a test date. Needless to say I wasn’t prepared, so I postponed so that I could atleast get my GED. And, I have.
.IF I get my record exphunged and clean up my credit, do I have a realistic chance at a job in civil service?
The positives:
I have an accumulated 4 years of security experience. I know that isn’t anything compared to REAL law enforcement, but you do learn about local laws, how to carry yourself, solving altercations, and proper procedure.
.No other legal issues.
.incorporated my own business in 2007 with the County.
.Very good physical shape.
.In-depth understanding of psychology/I’m a body language and speech reader.
.I’m mentally tough and cool under pressure.
.I’ve learned from MY mistakes. I wasn’t taught accountability. I had to live and learn, and I did.
I’m willing to do anything. Exphunging my record is next, and I’m looking into getting a Certificate, getting a decent job, and then getting my B.S./B.A. from an accelerated course at a private University.
Will that save me, or is it too late?
