30-09-2016, 10:37 AM
Short term go and look for jobs in the security industry, there is so many mongs in security that someone with half a brain and the ability to write a half arsed report legibly will quickly stand out as exceptional. Manned guarding (not retail) is the easiest.
As for joining the police I'm not sure I'd bother joining as a special as they don't get paid and you don't get treated any differently when you go to join as a regular. Some if not all forces are currently looking to positively discriminate in their recruitment to get more people from under represented groups.
If you want to do it, do it, it's the best job in the world. Some days are absolutely horrific, the sort of shit that scars you for life, sometimes thats mental scars, sometimes that's physical scars but the good times outweigh the bad and there are days when you'll go home thinking "I can't believe I get paid to do that".
Colour blindness shouldn't be an issue, I know an officer who is partially sighted in one eye, she's not allowed to drive on blue lights or apply for firearms or taser but apart from that no issues. As for any previous convictions (or non convictions for that matter) they look at it on a case by case basis. It depends on how much of it there is, what it is, how recent and if there is extenuating circumstances. Crimes of dishonesty used to be seen as the bad ones. If you've had a ticket for drunk and disorderly a decade ago you might well be alright. If you did time for a series of credit card frauds last year you probably won't.
As for joining the police I'm not sure I'd bother joining as a special as they don't get paid and you don't get treated any differently when you go to join as a regular. Some if not all forces are currently looking to positively discriminate in their recruitment to get more people from under represented groups.
If you want to do it, do it, it's the best job in the world. Some days are absolutely horrific, the sort of shit that scars you for life, sometimes thats mental scars, sometimes that's physical scars but the good times outweigh the bad and there are days when you'll go home thinking "I can't believe I get paid to do that".
Colour blindness shouldn't be an issue, I know an officer who is partially sighted in one eye, she's not allowed to drive on blue lights or apply for firearms or taser but apart from that no issues. As for any previous convictions (or non convictions for that matter) they look at it on a case by case basis. It depends on how much of it there is, what it is, how recent and if there is extenuating circumstances. Crimes of dishonesty used to be seen as the bad ones. If you've had a ticket for drunk and disorderly a decade ago you might well be alright. If you did time for a series of credit card frauds last year you probably won't.