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Zachary Hughes 1/15/14

I’ve always loved helping people. Ever sense I was little, I enjoyed helping people with anything they’ve needed. Just the thought that I was doing something good to help someone who needed felt good. That’s why I want to be a SWAT agent. Those men and women help people every day. Even with their life on the line these men and women have took it upon themselves to help people in dire need. These heroes deserve everyone’s respect. That’s why I want to be a SWAT agent.

In order to become a SWAT agent you have to have been on a police force for a minimum of four years. But, in order to get a job on a police force I have to go to the police academy to train. I have to pass physical training and exercise as well, as mental and psychological training and exercise. I’m not the strongest or brightest individual so that’ll be a challenge. To overcome this I’ll have to get physically and mentally fit before I enter the academy. Then I may have a chance to get thru these training exercises with ease. It’s going to be hard but I think I can do it.

Also to become a SWAT agent I have to pass a psych-evaluation test. This should pretty simple to pass as long as I don’t encounter any situations, as a police officer that leaves me psychologically scared. I mean anything could happen when I’m working as a police officer. People hold grudges especially when u put them or a loved one in jail. That’ll be a problem, for all I know because of that a, loved one could get shot. Or I could get beaten up, or I could be taken prisoner. It’s all ifs because the odds of that happening are a million to one those are some pretty big odds. But, there is still a chance of any of those things happening but to become a SWAT agent you have to take those risks.

In order to get accepted into the police academy, I have to get my...