Bout Me

My name is Kevin Burns. Im 24 years old I grew up in North Carolina. I moved away when i was 18 and worked on the road for the last 6 years checking utility poles for various power companies in states all over. While living in NY, I went to school for Criminal Justice and received my Associates degree. I had long wanted to be a police officer or highway patrol officer. The job I was on was a dead end job. We all have had at least one of them. Well i decided to do something about it and start my career in the field i was so fascinated with. I applied 3 months ago to the North Carolina Department of Corrections in hopes of starting my career as a Corrections Officer. You might ask why in Corrections and not police. Well for one, i was on a slightly short time frame. I wanted to have a new job by the start of the new year. I had taken the NY DOC test 2.5 years ago and hadn't heard a peep from them and they were notorious for taking aver a year before actually hiring someone. (I can thank the civil service system for that) . The second reason was, with so many states having money issues right now its hard to find any police departments that are hiring and want to pay for your training. Most places want you to have the Basic Law Enforcement Training prior to applying. So i ended up looking into the NCDOC and seen they were hiring and had paid training. I applied, took the test and was on my way. It took several months for things things to happen and several trips back and forth to NC from NY but i finally made it here and got started.