1811 major/career path

mcs918

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Hello everyone, I'm a freshman in my first semester of college, and I'm really interested in getting into some type of 1811 position in the future. I'm currently undecided on my major, so I had a couple of questions:

1) What would be a good major for this career field? I'm currently minoring in Spanish and may switch to majoring in it, but I'm not sure if I should major in something like criminal justice or criminology instead because it'd be more relevant.

2) What is the path after college for someone with no military or law enforcement experience pursuing an 1811 position? Should I just do local LE to gain experience and go from there? Any advice is very much appreciated. Thank you.
 
Join a local PD and get some experience, most 1811 positions want some experience first. Get your degree in anything but criminal justice, something useful to you.

I've been local my whole career...but, was able to get on a federal task force...been there for the past 16 years...best of both worlds.

PM me if you want to.
 
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