Originally Posted by morelcabin
Wonderful! What a great gift idea. My son is only 17 but he also wants to be a cop, has wanted it since he was 3 and never once has he changed his mind
If you want to encourage him to keep thinking about a career in law enforcement, you could see if your local police ever allow a civilian to 'ride along' for part of a shift.
Or, he could do a school paper on law enforcement and interview some officers. Most departments love to do that sort of thing.
Our son did both of those as a teenager. then got a job in store security with a department store. He did a good, quiet but forceful job of catching shoplifters, and impressed the local cops with his ability. That helped when he applied to the law enforcement program at college and when he applied for the Minneapolis police academy -- some working cops were willing to say that they thought he would be good at it. And he is!