I was thinking of becoming a police officer but dropped out during the college public services classes cause of having child-hood bullies in those same classes (god i hope they don't become police)
how long did it take for you to get to the point you are now, how long do you have left to go before you would consider yourself a fully fledged police officer.
Most bullies become police, you have to be able to take the banter to be a part of the banter. This is just a fair warning. It took me only six months to pass my probation and get independent status. The rest has been spent learning and pushing myself forward into new areas.
How do you deal with the stress/pressure of highly intense scenarios like a murder scene, robbery with violence involved (tending to the victims) or showing up on a crime scene where someone's found dead for example.
Do you seek counselling, talk to fellow officers/family or what do you to deal with it? If any of that ever happened to you (going off the worst case you remember off the bat)
Being a police officer requires a good character, it isn't for everyone, and there is no real way to prepare for what you see, it's only the aftercare and your view on it.
Desenistation is something that's very frowned upon as if you ever feel like you're in a situation where you get aggressive or "Why the fuck didn't you just do this" tone towards a victim, you should pull yourself out of a job. Mental health is something the British Police work very well on, we have loads of courses, activities and most important help available to all those who feel that something is getting to them.
To bring around a small story, I recently brought out a new special constable around the age of 19, he's only been on shift for around a week, and I was performing a welfare check on someone, he knew everything, he was smart, happy and excited to do the job. We opened the door and started to walk around and we found two children, sitting on the sofa crying their eyes out. One of them ran towards him and took him towards the Kitchen to where their Dad had suffered from a heart attack and neither of them knew what to do or how to handle it. He had been dead for around an hour before we got there.
I had never seen someone go so pale within a matter of seconds. I ended up sending him out towards the car and had a colleague watch over him while I handled the situation. I ended up taking down and back to the station to talk about what had happened and went over the full course on him and referred him to our mental health time for his own welfare. We take it very seriously.
If you are ever interested in charity work, I highly suggest you look into
https://www.ptsd999.org.uk/ and give it some support.