as far as money goes, i have made right at 70,000 a year before. this was 3years ago. and i worked alot of overtime but i made it. on average i make around 48,000. thats not bad for small town alabama,lol. but remember i've been in going on 10 years and im not a patrolman.
mr.PIMP i think you'll like it if thats really what you want to do, i see a lot of guys get into it and then they see whats its really like and they get back out. this job is full of stress and hardships and it takes a pretty hard soul to handle most of them. i have seen almost everything to see while being a officer, child death, homicide, pretty much you name it i've seen it or worked it. just dont let the power you will receive go to your head like 98% of all rookies.they think that since they can arrest people and write citations then they are the cock of the walk,lol. just be a normal person and treat everyone with the good respect and you'll do fine.
take care