Law Enforcement Personal Statement

Hello, I’m Levi Musson. I am currently a junior studying law and society with a minor in forensics as well as OLS. I decided that I wanted to go into the field of law and society because I wanted to go into law enforcement. When I think about law enforcement I feel that there are a lot of rewards that can come from working in this field. I feel that I will be able to make a positive impact on some of the youth and hopefully steer them in the right direction as they grow to adulthood. I have a desire to either go federal if the opportunity arises but I would not be against going local. If I was to go local I would want to be on a larger force such as IMPD or Fort Wayne, something along the size of those departments. There seems to have a lot of action that occurs within those departments rather than just the normal traffic violations that occur within smaller local departments. …show more content…
I also have concerns that with the growing hatred of the police that the jobs that need to be done are going to become harder to accomplish due to the fact that there are going to be less people who respect the law. I feel like those are the biggest concerns that anyone who has decided to go into law enforcement will face.
If I was to think about where I wanted to be in the next five years I would like to be either on a federal or a large local law enforcement department. Within the next ten years I would like to have started to climb the ladder of command and be able to teach others who are new to the department so that they are able to help accomplish the goals that they have for their future. Finally within the next twenty years I would like to be well established within a department where I am able to help decide on some of the major decisions that need to be made for the whole