...Isaac has been accepted into the Police Academy. My husband...the once drawn to dream of shiny desks and pretty laptops while number crunching in high rise buildings has changed his career path and focus. He will now become a Police Officer for Prince William County. I don't know what got into him, but ever since he joined the Army in 2007, he's had a different mindset. I like it.
He will start the Academy on January 13th where he will undergo 6 months of what I'm sure will be intense training. Cindy, his mom, was also a Police Officer for Prince William County several years ago (I think it was Prince William) and underwent the same training (she is now a Wine Chemist in San Francisco, California).
He has spent nearly two years undergoing a number of tests, phsyicals, interrogations (joke), bloodwork, interviews, etc. It is a much more detailed process than I thought. They talked with so many of our family members including my parents, his parents, my sisters and brother-in-law, a number of our close friends, Army Sergeants, past and present employers, as well as one or two of our neighbors. He deserves a big round of applause (virtually) for his hard, persistent work.
He actually applied two years ago, as I mentioned, and went through a lot of the processes I outlined already. And when they decided to cancel the Academy for July of '08, he was bummed. They remembered his name though and kept his resume and application on file. I guess he made an impression on them especially with all of his Army experience. Now, he will be one of the highest paid starting Police Officers in Prince William County because of his education and military experience. I am so proud of him!
It will be a lifestyle change, though. There is no doubt I'll be worrying every day and praying he is okay on the streets (though I'm sure a lot of it will be proudly handing speeding tickets out). I'm expecting me and my family members to be slyly pulled over by him from time to time when we're speeding as well (very funny, Isaac). I imagine that will be after he gets bored from eating all the sweets from Dunkin' Donuts. Hey, maybe he'll gain a few pounds. This would be great!
I dunno' if I'm ready for it, but I support him no matter what. It will suck when I am just about to wake up and he is just getting home, or vice versa. It will be no fun when he has to work on certain holidays or will have to pull a side job patrolling traffic, but it is pretty cool to know that I'll feel protected, and so will our neighbors and our families. Just think...when we are buying a coffee at 7-eleven and a mean man holds up the lady behind the counter for all her money with a toquito hanging out of his mouth, and Isaac is in his Reebok sweats, he can whip his badge out and save the day. Hopefully that will never happen and the weapon the dude is holding is a watergun. But to think that my husband, your son(in law), our friend, your brother-in-law, and the community's courageous servant will be looking to save us is a feeling that I will love knowing I can have, until he becomes a DETECTIVE!
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