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A Career in Law Enforcement.

A hypertext narrative by

Léonie Gagnon-Barbin

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Word count: 1921

Choice count: 45

Section count: 28

Image count: 28

Error count: 8

Field Related Analysis:

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 29 matches (access, arrest, Cause, community, company, compensation, crime, death, family, fine, interest, intervention, law, master, offense, offer, office, option, pension, police officer, power, premium, process, robbery, street, trust, Uniform, vest, warning)

Police-Technology : 26 matches (arrest, bulletproof vest, crime, crime scene, detective, discretionary power, fine, gun, investigator, law, offense, police, police officer, police uniform, radar, right, robbery, SPVM, SQ, suspect, uniform, law enforcement, patrol, sergeant, patrol car, crash)

Tourism : 25 matches (City, Environment, Flight, Meal, Member, Package, Plane, Program, Promotion, Restaurant, compensation, flight, interests, master, national, option, package, park, pass, pension, program, report, stand, ticket, train)

Target Structure:

background check (1 match)

compensation package (1 match)

dead-end job (1 match)

lack of (1 match)

maddening (1 match)

more often than not (1 match)

overtime (2 matches)

pension (2 matches)

premium wage (2 matches)

retirement (2 matches)

straight A's (2 matches)

though (1 match)

time management (1 match)

vacant position (1 match)

wage (3 matches)

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A Career in Law Enforcement.

How it all begins.

You are in the Pure and Applied Sciences Program at Edouard-Montpetit College, and you really don't like it. Your whole family studied in sciences: your parents are engineers and your big brother is doing his Master in Biology. Even though you almost have straight A's in this program, you just don't like it. The Police Technology program really interest you, but you don't think you can do it. What do you do?

Choice 1 : Stay in Pure and Applied Sciences.

Choice 2 : Try the Police Technology program.

Choice 3 : Drop out of school and find a job.

Edouard-Montpetit College

Stay in Pure and Applied Sciences.

You finished college in sciences, and you have excelled academically. On the other side, you had absolutely no social life during the last two years of your life. You want a big change! What do you do?

Choice 1 : Travel in South Africa.

Choice 2 : Try the Police Technology program.

Laboratory glassware

Try the Police Technology program.

You never think you could do it, but you did! You got accepted at three different colleges in Police Technology. Sherbrooke College is far from home, but you really need a change in your life. Ahuntsic College could be a good idea and it's in the big city, so why not? Finally, John Abbott College is a pretty interesting option because you could definitively improve your English and then have access to the GRC or the CN Police! Which one do you choose?

Choice 1 : Sherbrooke College.

Choice 2 : Ahuntsic College.

Choice 3 : John Abbott College.

Police vehicles

Drop out of school and find a job.

One of your friends tells you about a vacant position in his father's company, so you jump on the occasion. You rapidly realize that the job you accepted comes with a few drawbacks... It's a dead-end job with absolutely no hope of progress in the company. In addition, more often than not, you are asked to do overtime. You are overwhelmed, it's not the job that you want to do for the rest of your life, even if it comes with a pretty good wage. You need to decide!

Choice 1 : Travel in South Africa.

Choice 2 : Try the Police Technology program.

Choice 3 : Keep the job.

Working space

Travel in South Africa.

You enter the plane, really excited by this new step of your life. You only bought a one way ticket and have absolutely no idea for how long you are leaving. Unfortunately, you die in a plane crash after only 3 hours of flight... Dying is not a great end, try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Nature of Africa

Sherbrooke College.

You move in the dorms of Sherbrooke College. Your roommate is really mean to you and she's not interested about getting to know you, she's not here to make friends. You have a lot of difficulty at making new friends, and you really miss your family. You quickly fall into a severe depression. Depression is not a nice end, try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Sherbrooke College

Ahuntsic College.

You do your three years in Police Technology at Ahuntsic College and everything goes well. You have straight A's and finish your third year with a pretty good Cote R. You are accepted to Nicolet at your first try, and become the president of the cohort. It's now time to postulate at police services, and you hesitate between two. Which one do you choose?

Choice 1 : Apply for the Quebec provincial police (SQ).

Choice 2 : Apply for the Montreal Police Service (SPVM).

Ahuntsic College

John Abbott College.

You do your three years at John Abbott College, and you improve your English. You go to Nicolet, and graduate easily. It's now time to postulate to become a real police officer, and because you are now bilingual, you can postulate at the GRC or the CN Police! Which one do you choose?

Choice 1 : Apply for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (GRC).

Choice 2 : Apply for the Canadian National Police Service (CN).

John Abbott College

Keep the job.

You work there for 5 more years, but it's maddening! With all the overtime, you have difficulty with your time management and quickly forget yourself. You fall into a burnout by the age of 26 years old... A burnout is not a happy ending, try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Graveyard

Apply for the Quebec provincial police (SQ).

You passed the interview and you crushed it! You get the job and do the on-the-job training, everything goes well. It's your first official day as a police officer for the Montreal Police Service (SPVM) and you are assigned to the radar, a system for detecting the speed of vehicles. It's pretty boring for your first day with the police uniform...

Choice 1 : You decide to go talk to your boss, you didn't become a police officer to do radar!

Choice 2 : You don't say anything and do what you are asked for, it's your first day after all.

Choice 3 : You don't say anything to your boss, but there are absolutely no chance that you are doing radar on your first day!

Quebec provincial police

Apply for the Montreal Police Service (SPVM).

You do the whole hiring process and you are hired as a police officer. You start on patrol and do so for 10 years. After all those years, there is finally a few vacant positions in the police service. All position interest you, but you can only apply for one of them, which one?

Choice 1 : Detective.

Choice 2 : Member of an intervention group.

Choice 3 : Police Sergeant.

Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal

Apply for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (GRC).

After the whole hiring process and the background check, you are accepted in the GRC. You are asked to move to Alberta because there are a lot of vacant positions over there. You accept the offer because it comes with a pretty interesting compensation package. You finish your life all by yourself, far away from your family, in Alberta. You are pretty rich thought, but money can't buy happiness! Try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Apply for the Canadian National Police Service (CN).

You are hired at the CN Police Service, but on your first day, you are hit by a train. Looks like it wasn't the job for you, try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

CN Police Canada

You decide to go talk to your boss, you didn't become a police officer to do radar!

You talk to your boss politely and explain to him that you are ready for something more challenging. You know that it's your first official day, but you want him to trust you! He likes your attitude and decides to give you the chance to prove yourself. He asks you what would you like to do instead.

Choice 1 : Patrol with a colleague.

Choice 2 : Bike patrol in the streets of Montreal.

Police officers

You don't say anything and do what you are asked for, it's your first day after all.

You didn't stand up for yourself and now, your boss knows that he can make you do anything and you won't say anything. What a good first impression... You now have a knew nickname in the police community: Radar man! It's not a good end, try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Radar

You don't say anything to your boss, but there are absolutely no chance that you are doing radar on your first day!

You leave the police station and realize that you are hungry. What do you do?

Choice 1 : Go quickly to the corner store and grab a snack.

Choice 2 : Go to your favorite restaurant and eat a real meal.

Food

Patrol with a colleague.

You start your career in the police the right way, and you actually pass 30 years as a police officer, 30 years with the same colleague! You take your retirement and live the rest of your life on your big pension!

Choice 1 : The end.

Patrol car

Bike patrol in the streets of Montreal.

You start your bike patrol and see a group of 4 teenagers hanging out in a park, and smoking weed. You decide to go talk to them. You do a little research on them and realize that it's their first offense. What do you do?

Choice 1 : You use your discretionary power and only give them a warning.

Choice 2 : You call back up and put them under arrest.

Police officer on bike patrol

Go quickly to the corner store and grab a snack.

You enter the corner store and you realize that there is a robbery! The suspect is armed with a gun, but you think that you are fine because you are wearing a bulletproof vest. The man notices your presence and shoots you right in the head. Cause of death: hunger... Try again!

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Corner store

Go to your favorite restaurant and eat a real meal.

As you enter the restaurant, another patrol car passes in the street. Your colleagues see you, and decide to report you to the boss. You get a call from him, and he fires you. You should have done the radar, try again!

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

St-Hubert restaurant

The end.

Happy ending!

Choice 1 : The end.

A senior police officer

You use your discretionary power and only give them a warning.

You continue your day on bike patrol and everything goes well. You actually really like it. You continue the rest of your career as a police officer and every summer, you are back on bike patrol. You live a happy life because you found the right job for you!

Choice 1 : The end.

Bike patrol

You call back up and put them under arrest.

You didn't apply the law for teenagers the right way so the parents decide to pursue you. Not really a good way to start your career as a police officer, try again!

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Arrest

Detective.

You got it! You are chosen to be a crime scene investigator. The job comes with a premium wage, so it's good news. In your new office, you meet someone and this person really interests you! Should you give it a try?

Choice 1 : You invite the person on a date!

Choice 2 : No, you wait until the person invites you.

Crime scene investigator

Member of an intervention group.

You don't get the job because you have a lack of experience... Not a good ending, try again!

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Intervention group

Police Sergeant.

You get the job, what a big promotion! Obviously, the job comes with a premium wage and pretty good working conditions. You have a nice and long career as a Police Sergeant and you retire at the age of 55 years old and live your retirement at its fullest because of your pension.

Choice 1 : The end.

Police Sergeant

You invite the person on a date!

The person really like your courage but is already in a relationship for 5 years. It's pretty humiliating... Humiliation is not a good start when you arrive in a new working environment with new colleagues. Try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Romantic date

No, you wait until the person invites you.

The person never invites you on a date, and you finish you life rich, but all alone... Not really a nice end, try again.

Choice 1 : How it all begins.

Tomb stone