During my early youth, I had dreams of becoming an all-star first baseman for the New York Yankees, a stock car race car driver, the President of the United States and an Academy Award winning actor. I had a love for the game of baseball that continues to this day, but after being cut after the 8th grade modified baseball tryouts I realized that becoming an all-star was probably not in the cards for me. My lust to be behind the wheel of a race car, veering between lanes, trying to be the first to the finish line had slowly dissipated as the many hours a week of delivering pizzas stacked up along with a growing disdain for all things associated with the rudimentary task of driving a motor vehicle. As I finished up high school and realized my last name wasn't Kennedy and I didn't nearly have the monetary means to attend a university like Harvard or Yale, I accepted the fact that a bid for the Presidency of the United States was far less likely than even that of Herman Cain's. The extent of my acting career was brief and prolific, as I was cast for a lead role in the play A Streetcar Named Desire during my senior year. Although I received rave reviews, I realized that my strong sense of humor would not amount to the same success that the likes of Pitt, DiCaprio and Clooney have garnered.
             I decided after realizing that all of these pursuits would ultimately come up empty that I should try to be a little more practical as I tailor a career path for myself that will affect me for the rest of my life. I decided that like everyone else, I wanted an exciting job with good-pay, health and retirement benefits, while also contributing to the greater good. Then it hit me, a police officer. Not just any police officer, however. I decided that I wanted to work somewhere that is as vast as my aspirations are; New York City as a member of the most notorious police force in the world, the NYPD.
             I first got the idea to become a m...