police academy 04 by Article Announcement
Published Date: 01/06/08
The Police Academy movie was one of the classics of my childhood. It was one of those hysterical romps, all about nefarious criminals and goofy cops, good-natured but incompetent. There are several police academy movies, all in the same vein. As a kid, they sort of would make you want to become a police officer, but not really. They portrayed cops in a way that was not that flattering. I never really considered a career in law enforcement when I was a kid. Although at one point I wanted to be a fireman, I never wanted to be a cop.
Then I was suddenly faced with the prospect of having to get a job and work for myself. I had worked in high school and college, but I'd never held a serious job before. I had just graduated college, but the Bush administration had ruined the economy so completely that even a college graduate with high grades could not get a good job. I was looking up the IMDB Police Academy cast when the idea suddenly hit me. Why not attends the Los Angeles police academy?
At first it seemed like a silly idea. I actually put the police academy thoughts out of my head for at least two weeks. I couldn't picture myself being a cop. Although I saw the necessity of police officers, I did not really respect them very much. I have always had a problem with authority, you see, and besides that I have run into a number of corrupt cops. I know people who get let off every time they get pulled over for driving over the speed limit because they have relatives involved in the police academy. I guess this is good for people in police academies, but it is not good for the rest of us.
Then I realized something important. Just because a lot of cops are corrupt does not mean that I would have to be corrupt if I became one. I decided to attend the police academy to try it out. If I did not like it, I could work on a police force for a few years to pay off my loans and then go on to find another job. Either way, having some experience as a law enforcement officer would probably help me. I couldn't see it doing anything to make my resume look bad, and it could make it look better.
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