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• O/T" FORTY years ago today, July 25th 1983, was my first day at the academy in Springfield, ILL. training to be a State of ILL Correctional Officer. Long ago, far away!! *NM*
  • Aw, you rookie. I graduated from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy in October of 1977. *NM*
    • And I graduated from the Colorado Law Enforcement Academy in January 1975! *NM*
    • Thing is,I had a job I HATED, got a phone call, WAH LA, Corrections!! OH, and I was 45 years old at the time! OLD rookie, if you please!! L.O.L. *NM*
    • T. Jessee & Danno, I've talked to police officers anywhere from Alaska,to Alabama from L.A. to New York, and NOT A ONE, would trade jobs with me!! WHY, All we had was a radio and a set of keys! True story. *NM*
      • WHY? (DUH) comma? Sheesh!! More coffee please!! *NM*
  • No wonder we have to be on our best behaviour............lol. *NM*
  • By the time you graduated from the IL academy, Boomer, I had been contributing long-term live-ins to the Colorado Department of Corrections, Collections, and Insurrections for a bunch of years! Congrats on your Anniversary! Hard to believe so many years/memories ago. *NM*
    • AND, 17 years of "Corrections" time, I was a State Licensed firearms instructor. WAY before Glock, Sig Sauer, and Tarus(SP?). *NM*
  • Congrats, Boomer! Lots of water under the bridge since then, eh? *NM*