If you weren't doing the job you're currently doing, where would you be? What would you be doing? Do you have any dreams for yourself that never came to pass? Talk about it or don't!Okay. Really shouldn’t be asking me questions like that ( Read more... )

Springboard #18 Weapon of choiceI always found my mouth more than ample. I was only an FBI Field Agent for a short time before it all went arse-up and I realised it wasn’t for me. Forensics means I only really have to deal with my colleagues on a daily basis rather than the hard crims (though some days I even wonder about some of my work mates). A ( Read more... )

Springboard #13: Masks and Personas: Does your persona change from work to your personal life? If so, how? Are you perceived the same way everywhere at any time? Talk about it!I am a federal law enforcement official, but I no longer work in the firing line, so to speak. My job is solely in the “dungeons” hunched over piles of forensic evidence to ( Read more... )

Alcoholism is big with law enforcement. Do you drink? Alot? Are you an alcoholic? Why? What parts of the job are connected to it? Or is it all personal? Talk about it!When I used to be a field agent, drinking was occasionally required for undercover work, but you had to be savvy about it. Obviously, you weren’t going to be in tip-top shape on the ( Read more... )

Most of you have been hurt before on the job. Let's hear about a memorable one... or two or a dozen injuries you've had.I wasn’t even a field agent for six months, but it was long enough to get me held hostage and stabbed in the shoulder with a decorative eight inch blade hunting knife. I still have the nightmares and still get a stiff and achy ( Read more... )