This article will share the real experience of a police officer "Joe Sobrio". He has written an informative guide for young people who are interested in becoming police officer. This book covers quite a bit of information that applies to most of the police agencies in the United States. It will cover how to get hired by a police department from a unique perspective: that is, the perspective of the person who was responsible for hiring for all positions within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Part two of this book will attempt to expose you to police work through my eyes. Whether it was academic classes, cooperate security or generalized life experience, every life event impacted how Joe policed.

My injury had come as I was seven years in patrol. It had worsened my previous spinal injury. After a few months of learning to walk, I was temporarily placed in an investigative assignment while I recovered. I proofread search warrants and did various administrative work.

I was assigned to a sergeant with a long history of investigating outlaw motorcycle gangs. We were given to a violent crime team; we would respond to violent events, relieve patrol, and take the cases to investigate them. Once I recovered, I was absorbed into the unit. My condition would steadily decline over the following years; however, I was committed to returning to work.

I ended up mostly investigating violent robberies and following a lot of bikers. I was assigned to that job for about eighteen months. I was able to develop in-depth investigative experience, and I was able to apply my patrol knowledge well. I was assigned some great cases. Some are more attractive than others. I was assigned to investigate a multimillion-dollar theft at a celebrity’s home. He had died, and his entourage was looting his home. That was the case that got me noticed, as it was very high profile.

I then began to work robberies exclusively. The most complicated robbery I investigated was one that occurred in the victim’s living room. He’d invited two prostitutes into his home. One of them produced a pistol, and they proceeded to rob him of some of his possessions. The problem was that he had no idea who they were, only that they were twins. 

As I began to dig into it, I found a set of twins who frequented that apartment complex. They were identical, obviously the same birthday, the same last name. Their first names were similar except for one letter, and their Social Security numbers were one number apart from each other. Finding them and getting them into a room took me a while.

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