Hey huntr
I had a student that was an engineer who had been a cop in manhattan Ks. a noted college town and he told me he almost had to shot some guy one night after responding to a "disturbing the public" call. Needless to say, it scared the s--t out of him. he will never go back to it. also, my dad was a B747-200 capt for 16 years. a couple of his F/O's were ex-cops and they told him it is a very thankless job.
Also, ask yourself this: Can I live with myself if I have to shot some jerk even if it is in self-defense? you said 2 years on the street. I interpret that as "if you survive that 2 years".
One of the things that I was told is that the Grass is not necessarily greener on the other side of the fence.
Do some serious soul searching on this one.
TDX