r/AskLEO

The whole story is very long, I can answer any questions by typing, just can't speak properly anymore.

Short version is 2 people in indiana have been using people with disabilities as slaves and torturing the slaves for fun. One of them has repeatedly bragged about killing her dad with insulin. She kept working as a cna without getting the proper qualifications. She uses facebook groups to find local "clients", she knows ahead of time when those clients are going to die, and she takes trophies from their houses. She's been caught twice drugging different slaves and nothing has been done. She's even using the slaves identities to get welfare benefits that she keeps for herself.

The amount of easily proven crimes is insane and still nothing has been done. It's been nearly 2 years since they tried to kill me and they're still free. They even replace the slaves welfare benefits before trying to kill them, it's like they're trying to be caught and still nothing happens.

So my parents are being overprotective and controlling I am 22 I am living at home for the summer. I have recently been a car accident so my parents have been driving me to work when they feel like it. I was supposed to go on a trip with my bf and his family. I have been dating my bf for 6 years and his family treats me as one of their own. His parents think my home is toxic and they think he’s grooming me. My bf was going to pick me up this morning and take me but my dad said I would have consequences and I would feel them for decades and that I am not allowed to go. I ubered to my house I stay at during school to get away and have some peace but my dad wants to show up and get me when I would like to be alone. I am 22 and he tells me he will call our family friend who is a police officer to track me down and file a missing person report when I had turned off my location and he told me they would show up and detain me through text messages… I am unsure what to do but I am 22 and I don’t like the situation I am currently in Do I get the uber or lyft to go do I book a flight to go need advice!

Been thinking about making the switch. Now that I’m 30 I started thinking about a good pension, benefits, paid vacation etc. Being self employed won’t allow me to do that. Of course policing has been something that has interested me even before being a barber (10 years now). I have a wife and 2 kids. Would you guys recommend me making the switch now? Some people say being 30 years old is too old to start a new career in law enforcement.

I’m currently living out of my car and have been for a couple of years. Despite that, I’ve been steadily employed for the past 5 years with 4 different companies, mostly in the medical field. No employer has ever noticed or had an issue with it, and I’ve never been fired from a job because of my living situation.

I’m hoping to get accepted into a police academy, and once that happens my plan is to finally get my own place. My concern is the Personal History Statement. It asks for my current residence/address. Right now I use a P.O. box as my mailing address, but technically I live out of my car.

Should I list the location where I usually park/sleep, explain that I’m living in my vehicle, or list my P.O. box and clarify that it’s only my mailing address?

I’ve been a law-abiding citizen, paid my taxes, parking tickets, and any other obligations that have come up. I don’t have a criminal background, I still hold my healthcare certification, and I’ve maintained steady employment. I’m just worried this could be viewed as a red flag in the background process.

Has anyone dealt with this before, especially for law enforcement backgrounds? What’s the best way to disclose this honestly without making it look worse than it is?

My boyfriend has been working as a corrections deputy at a county jail (sheriff’s office) for the past 2 years and wants to apply for a federal Bureau of Prisons position. He knows the federal background investigation is extremely thorough, and he wants to make sure he provides completely accurate information on the SF-86 and to the investigator.
The issue is that when he was younger he job-hopped quite a bit and moved around a lot. He doesn’t remember every single job he’s had, the exact dates, or all the addresses and move-in/move-out dates from years ago. He was also fired from some jobs when younger nothing major just found a new job and never gave other ones a notice so they fired him.
Is it possible (and would it even help) to hire a private background check company or investigator ahead of time to dig up that information for him? That way he can go into the federal process with everything accurate and avoid any problems.
Has anyone here been in a similar situation or know how background investigators usually handle gaps or incomplete recall from years ago?

Presuming you're an adult and this this the first time you've been identified, possibly the first time you're learning this material even exists.

PHS Question

The Personal History Statement asks about “Illegal gambling, including online gambling.”
I live in Washington and used Kalshi to make prediction trades on two World Cup games. At the time, I believed it was a federally regulated platform and legal.
Would you answer Yes or No to that question? Just trying to answer it honestly and accurately. Would this be disqualifying? Appreciate you all!

What are my chances of being hired with a new agency and starting over in their academy if I was unable to finish the academy at my previous agency due to a firearms course fail?

Since leave the academy, I've been working with former federal law enforcement/military on shooting/de-escalation and have been going to the range 2-3 times a week.

Would background investigators look at this as my drive to improve or does my firearms failure immediately disqualify me?

been lurking around in here looking at suggestion and I finally received my certification letter and currently waiting for a conditional approval for which academy class. I’m 39 and wanted a career I can help people, help society and be a role model. Super excited, had 4 other police dept on my schedule but got in the 1st one! hoping to see I get in the soonest class?

Just wondering ! What was yours like also ? Thanks

I am taking my exam this month. I’ve been hearing all sorts of stories. Just curious if it’s worth it to join

I’m 19, and have wanted to be a LEO for as long as I can remember but over time I realized that I’m not “the desired size” I’m 5’6 135 pounds, I wouldn’t say I’m weak as I go to the gym 6 days a week but I feel like if I walk in for an interview they will just laugh at my size and turn me away. Is this something I shouldn’t be worried about or should I continue to try to get a little bigger first?

I am 40 years old today and I heard NYPD is about to cut the age limit and allow people as old as 43 to join again soon. When I first heard the news I was looking forward to applying, but I am wondering if NYPD is still considered a prestigious police department today or not?

The reason I ask this is because I feel like I am living in a strange, changing world today, compared to what I remember over 25 years ago. We are about to hit the 25th anniversary of 9/11/01 and I was exactly 16 years old when this event happened. I lived through that day and remember it in full detail like it was yesterday. You have to understand that this event is what inspired many of my graduating highschool classmates to become first responders (military, police, fire), including myself. I served as a policeman for a city agency when I was in my early 20's. I always saw the NYPD as the premier police agency even before 9/11. Post 9/11, NYPD was like the most respected law enforcement agency to me, and its name is recognized around the world. There seems to be alot of honor in graduating as an NYPD officer and holding that badge. NYPD is the biggest LE agency in the USA and known for the best anti terrorism units. Historically this is how I have viewed NYPD growing up.

Today, I am confused if NYPD is still considered a prestigious police department today? The last few years all I have heard is that the NYPD is understaffed 35,000 today compared to 40,000 in 2001. I heard many officers left in droves during/after the pandemic/riots of 2020. I heard the officers are overworked with lots of OT due to shrinking department, the pay is not even that great considering the high cost of living in NYC (will that improve is a mystery). All the hype I keep hearing about is how many cops in these cities up north are fleeing to southern states like texas or florida where they (supposedly do more "real" police work or let you do it).

This just confuses the heck out of me. do you still consider NYPD a prestigious police department today and would you join or am I living in the past and those days are long gone? what agency is considered the most prestigious today if its no longer nypd?

Domestic Violence

My wife has been abusive for a very long time now. I have spoken to psychiatrists and they suspect either schizophrenia or BPD. She hasn’t been officially diagnosed yet coz she won’t see a doctor. She also has narcissistic tendencies

She is paranoid and will have episodes. We have a young daughter together and the episodes happen while my daughter is present

She loses control and will sit in the floor flailing her arms and body screaming hysterically and then banging on the floor passing murder threats. Graphical threats like I will slit the throat of the person she is mad at

She will run sideways beating on her chest and screaming hysterically

She has hit me multiple times on camera, bitten me while my daughter present.

She said many times in rage said she will kill people, my family or her colleagues. Most of the time these are empty threats

However she had a fighting match with her dad which she started. He has tried to hit my mom in rage.

I have proof of all this. If I call the cops during one of these episodes and provide proof, what will they do? Or if I take the evidence to the district attorney’s office or a DV detective (I don’t know is this position exists), what will they do?

I can alternatively call the mobile crisis line, but I have read they don’t do much and then she will be on a revenge spree. I just want some way to protect my daughter and preferably keep her with me all the time. At least most of the time

I cannot exaggerate enough on how bad this is. We live in NY (Not New York City).