I've never posted before but I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice. I've been a police officer for 16 years. It's all I've ever done (aside from an admin role while waiting to join).
I'm completely disillusioned with the role and have lost any passion I had for it. Morale is awfully low and the government appear to have nothing but contempt for us. I've moved around for the past four years into various different roles to broaden my skill set but it boils down to the fact I don't want to be a police officer any more.
I'm now mid thirties, I have a partner and three children and am at the top of my pay grade. The issue I have is that I don't have a degree and would be unable to take a large pay cut (especially with the cost of everything going up). I'm finding my options are fairly limited but life is too short to be miserable at work. I'm very capable and left school with very good grades but I have no external qualifications beyond A-level.
Has anyone managed to get out? What did you do? I'm unsure of how my skills will translate outside of the police world. I've written my CV using guides from Google but it looks really uninspiring. I feel very stuck and I'm not sure where to start.
Any advice would be welcome.
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Chops11 · 28/05/2022 14:13
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