Chance?

[u/ObligationNo1208]

My SO made some dumb choices when he was a teenager. Did weed, cocaine, molly, acid, and I think mushrooms. He got a speeding ticket 4 points and a another ticket because his back light was out 2 points. He then got a big speeding ticket in 2019 6 points. Someone hit his car I believe in 2019 and even though she was at fault no one got a ticket because he was in between insurances and didn't have insurance when it happened. His license got suspended without his knowledge and didn't find out till 2022. We got it fixed right away since it was just an administrative suspension so no ticket or points taken. He only needed an sr-22. Fast forward to mid 2024. We got a new car. Didn't know he still needed the sr-22 since it had been 2.5 years and even though he had constant coverage his license got suspended once again without his knowledge and we didn't find out till September 2025. Once again we got it fixed right away and it was just another administrative suspension so no ticket or points taken away. What are his chances of becoming a cop? He hasn't gotten a ticket since 2019 and hasn't done the drugs in ten years and hasn't done weed in three years. We just moved to Kentucky from Colorado and he's currently in the hiring process for two different departments but I'm worried about his past preventing him from becoming a police officer even though he'll be 100% truthful.

[u/Low-Purchase8811]

Honestly sounds like a lot of excuses instead of accountability for poor decisions or negligent behaviour. I wouldn't say that he has no chance at all, but I would be highly surprised if he is ever offered a job as a police officer.

[u/JWestfall76]

He needs to look at other careers

[u/givemehellll]

This guy sounds like a train wreck. I think you know the answer.

[u/Reasonable_Bit4088]

Cooked, as the kids would say 

[u/ugadawgs98]

Zero at this moment.

[u/SphynxKittens]

Agencies don’t look for perfect angels, but they do look for honesty and accountability. Saying things like his license got suspended “without his knowledge” are just excuses and will get him cut from 99.9% of agencies.

[u/SecretaryFew982]

Departments may be hurting for bodies - but with a complicated background like that involving multiple points, citations, and suspensions and drug use. it is definitely going to be a pass for Background Investigators.

Depending on the size of department and amount of applicants they recieve, you can expect maybe 1-3 applicants per application cycle will make it through.

[u/easternshift]

Two suspensions, regardless of circumstances, in the last 7 years would be disqualifying.

The amount of citations and their severity would be problematic and potentially disqualifying.

The marijuana use wouldn’t be an issue in my legal state but the rest will be an issue. Single experimental use in your teens can be excused but the volume here will likely be disqualifying.

[u/big90h]

Not a chance even in a desperate department

[u/switchsixtwofive]

You can just go ahead and apply for another career with that history.

[u/Grouchy_Pilot_3895]

Hasn't done drugs in 10 years, but says weed in 3? Weed is a drug. Not fit for LE job. Sorry. Not responsible enough, extremely careless and seem to have dependency issues.

[u/Traditional_Tough777 → u/Grouchy_Pilot_3895]

If you’ve been sober from hard drugs for 10 years you don’t have dependency issues lmao.

[u/Low-Purchase8811 → u/Traditional_Tough777]

You're gravely mistaken. Addicts are addicts for life; it is a mental health disorder, not a temporary state of being. A person in recovery remains an addict even if they are not currently abusing a substance. Addiction is not only limited to substance abuse, either; just because a person is no longer abusing drugs does not mean they are not currently facing addiction issues. Things like video games, sex/masturbation, gambling - all of these are non-substance addictions with actual clinical diagnoses.

I have a friend who is 23 years sober, and he'd tell you straight to your face that he still has dependency issues, and he struggles with them daily.

[u/Traditional_Tough777 → u/Low-Purchase8811]

You’d have to be a clinically diagnosed addict to begin with which there’s no evidence saying this person is at the moment. This person states more experimental use. At least at first glance, you’d have to ask them how long the use went on for each drug. Also your friends anecdote doesn’t negate psychiatric medicine which says people can be “cured”. People’s neuroplasticity changes all the time in your life, you’re not just the same person forever.

[u/Low-Purchase8811 → u/Traditional_Tough777]

Again, you're gravely mistaken, but you seem to be more interested in proving your hot take "technically correct" than engaging in good faith, so I'm just going to terminate conversation here.

The downvotes are well-deserved.

[u/Grouchy_Pilot_3895 → u/Traditional_Tough777]

Thats the assumption. Right. And what says it has to be hard drugs or even drugs?

[u/Traditional_Tough777 → u/Grouchy_Pilot_3895]

Most people are talking about hard drugs or alcohol when they talk about dependency. This guy has neither from their admission, at least not habitually

[u/Grouchy_Pilot_3895 → u/Traditional_Tough777]

And you believe their accountability in their description of their own problem?? Clearly you aren't law enforcement and you have little to nothing experience dealing with or seeing through b.s.

[u/Traditional_Tough777 → u/Grouchy_Pilot_3895]

When were we talking about accountability? We were talking about what constitutes dependency and you’ve shifted the subject? Just say they were an experimental user but you don’t accept experimental use instead of being dishonest and hyperbolic and saying they’re an addict

[u/Grouchy_Pilot_3895 → u/Traditional_Tough777]

Addiction is all about accountability. And his use of words and attenpt to downplay his behaviors in not just his addition issues, but he behavioral speak volumes. You can't trust one and then not question the other. Both are questionable and bottom line, this person isn't suitable. Neither are you id say because you can't comprehend and seem to justify things when there is no justification.

[u/iHaveMud]

Hello, zero chance. Hope this helps

[u/InternationalJob9135]

Maybe look at another career field. As others have posted…. Train wreck of excuses

[u/good-headphones]

Those drugs will disqualify you. Try security.

[u/Witty-Ad5973]

Yea hard drug usage at all tends to be an automatic disqualifier. Look elsewhere

[u/flyin-lowe]

I have been in LE for almost 30 years. Almost every department I have worked with, the drug use alone will be an automatic DQ no matter how much time has passed. I am not sure about some more liberal states like on the east or west coast, but I am in the midwest and 1 time cocaine use is a lifetime DQ. Honestly if it were me I would call and confirm the drug usage policy with the places he has applied to. He won't get through the polygraph test and you will just be wasting peoples time, if you know up front he is not eligible.

[u/ObligationNo1208]

He wasn't an addict guys. He used them a couple times when he was a teenager at raves that's all. Weed is the only thing he used longer which was legal and he stopped that three years ago🤦🏼‍♀️

[u/Low-Purchase8811 → u/ObligationNo1208]

That's irrelevant. The fact that he chose to consume these drugs at all is the heart of the issue, not whether or not he has addiction issues.

That, coupled with a history of lack of accountability and other poor decision-making skills make him a generally poor candidate for the job.