Being black AND female in Sheffield....

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Originally posted by wondering:
Dogsoldier..... after looking over the collection of your posts, I was just curious how you could have graduated from law enforcement school, as well as numerousdrug schools, specialized in surveillance techniques, worked as an LEO, helped in many wrecks etc, that needed paramedics, went to school and got a teaching degree, taught, got an administration degree, was in administration for many years -Abput 30 years if I recall- and was a "big to do" teacher in Tenn., in the military... now you can't find a job and you SUBSTITUTE for a living? Man hold old are you, about 120? That sure is alot a stuff to do in a lifetime.....

Wow, ONE POST, ONE DAY MEMBERSHIP and you already know dogsoldier like he was your kinfolk!!!

So, after your many hours of reading, you finally DID see that he decided to make something of himself, instead of sitting around whining about other folks???

I have NEVER stated OR implied that I was EVER in the military. As a matter of fact, I have posted on several occasions that I my board name is in respect to my Native American bloodline.

As for the HOW of it all, my LE work was as a 'part-time' officer, if you can consider working an average of 100 hours/month 'part-time'. I was fully sworn and had ALL the enforcement powers of a full-time LEO, but without any sort of benefits. It is a common practice among small towms with correspondingly small budgets to rely on part-time officers. My department employed one other part-time officer, an Assistant Principal at one of my county's high schools.

Summer break from school afforded the opportunity to be sent to many excellent LE schools. I worked for my department for 4 years. Prior to my role with my Tennessee LE agency, I worked for 3 years as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for a Florida agency. I paid my own way through the academy.

I was the Director of my county's Alternative Education Program for 6 years, creating it from the 'ground up'. I developed and wrote the policy for its operation. I have a combined 23 years of classroom and administrative experience.

Any more 'jabs'?

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Originally posted by grease_lightning:
Hey Wondering....I'll bet dogsoldier also has time to go the the KKK rally this weekend.

As for whether or not I'll 'attend' the rally this weekend, I have better things to do, like spend time with my family.

Dogsoldier, I didn’t realize you were a reserve officer. Good for you.

I have a working knowledge of what that entails.

When I was a city LEO, I set up our first reserve program... selection, training, and assignments. When I went to the state level, I assisted with the statewide Academy standards for RO training especially in the area of patrol procedures. And as you know, that is just the beginning of training.

I greatly appreciate all part-timers like yourself. They all took the same risks we did for no pay while maintaining a certain number of hours to maintain certification and still had to work for a living. Compare that to any other civic activity of which there are many good ones.

There are several positions RO’s and civilians can serve within a department other than patrol. Help is often needed in administration to free up officers for the road and most needed, chaplains.

As far as the “name calling goes,” we LEOs have been called worse by better. I file such comments under “Stick & Stones” along with other juvenile remarks.