Well, after nearly a year of much discussion with my wife, she is fully on board and we are both excited about moving to Wyoming. We have been working on liquidating assets here so that we can make a move as soon as I can find a job. I have spent MANY hours browsing the wyomingatwork.com and other job forums searching for a job so that we can make the move. I realize that there are jobs 'aplenty available in Woyming, but landing one of them from 1000 miles away is proving to be tough. Unfortunately, with finances and my current job being what they are, I cant really afford to fly out and spend a few weeks searching locally.
Most of the jobs that I have applied for have been tech support related, with some applications also sent for various other jobs. No dice yet, but I have had several tell me that they just cant afford to hire out-of-staters because they get too many that are just "testing the waters" or arent serious about moving. I dont have any doubts about my ability to land a job if I can get a FTF meeting with those doing the hiring, but getting that is tough right now.
Enough with the whining, I promise that I am coming to my point.
On a whim I did contact one of the City PD's who had posted an ad looking for new officers recently. This seems to be an area where being from out-of-state is not a problem, they seem eager to hire. Now I'll be honest, I never saw myself as a police officer. I never had a desire to write tickets as a way to sneakily raise taxes, and I dont like the privileged attitude of false authority that many cops have. At least it is that way here in Kentucky. Are the Wyoming departments different?
I am really wrestling with this issue because it would get me OUT to Wyoming. Furthermore, I am a big proponent of getting involved and making a difference., but I dont want to get TOO far into the system on something like that.
Anyways, that is what I am wrestling with right now. I know many of the folks on the board feel the same way I have always felt about the PD's, I would like any input that anyone would choose to share. It basically boils down to one questions. Does the opportunity to move to Wyoming, and the chance to make a difference from the "inside", offset the fact that I would be working for the government, even on a local level. I dont expect anyone to make this decision for me, but I would appreciate an ideas that would be offered up about this subject.
Note: I am not even considering the WHP, only a City PD or Sheriff's deputy. I would much prefer the deputy position. Here where I live the Sheriff's Department doesnt do much in the way of traffic stops, and seem more interested in being PEACE OFFICERS than LEO's. There is no doubt in my mind that any county, including those in Wyoming, need good Sheriff's whose goal is to uphold the law and not abuse the law. I would love to see myself doing that job someday, but the idea of working my way up the ladder and paying my dues by writing tckets just sickens me.
