Originally Posted by
N6724G
That question has been asked of me on this thread and I answered it. You have to be a street cop for a number of years before you can even be considred and then only if a vacancy exist. Plus most departments fly helicopters and not airplanes. My department has ONe helicopter and one part time pilot. He is a Detective full time and flies only when needed. The requiremens in my department are 2000 hours total time. 1000 hours in a helicopter. 500 hours in a Turbine helicopter and 100 hours in a Bell 406. SO you see, thats not gonna happen. I have never fown a helicopter in my life so flying for my department is not an option.
Before you ask about Federal agencies, again, you have to be an Agent first and the cut off age to be a Fedral agent is 36. I am 38.
True, most agencies require you to be a ground-pounder for at least 3 years. With the feds you have a good chance of getting into aviation after that if you meet the requirements. State/Local usually goes off of who you know, and there is usually a very long waiting list. I did a 15-year CHP guy's IR/COM a number of years ago...he was trying to get into flying, and he STILL hasn't gotten picked up. He's a 20+ year guy today...
Customs is the way to go for pro pilots...