Personal Narrative: A Career In Law Enforcement

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From my childhood to my adulthood I have been an active person. Tending to prefer physical activities over all others. Which is the reason I prefered the jobs in law enforcement. I originally planned to get my Bachelors degree in public safety management. Then, I would work my way up to having a job as a federal marshall. While working on my associates degree, I took a couple of classes focusing on the law aspect of criminal justice.Where I had professors that had or were currently lawyers. While they were all lawyer they specialized in different legal problems. And they described to us what their jobs required of them. They also mentioned that law school and passing the bar were a challenge. And if any of us were interested in becoming lawyers

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