My friend has been a few times hospitalized can she still become a Massachusetts police officer?

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She was a minor all the times except for one.Can she still become a Massachusetts police officer?Or did that ruin her chance?Do they review it?How does it work?
No.Not medically hospitalized.She went to a mentel hospital.But has no history of a mentel illness.
Trooper-It was different reasons.She dos not have one.They even said so.



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5 Responses to 'My friend has been a few times hospitalized can she still become a Massachusetts police officer?'

  1. chefcfp - October 28th, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    It will depend on whether she has a chronic condition or not. Removing an appendix doesn’t matter, replacing bad knees does….

  2. leslie S - October 31st, 2009 at 8:15 am

    Hospitalized for what? Appendectomy? Anything physical is looked at but as long as she can safely pass the PT tests there is no problem.
    You are likely talking about mental hospitalization. Again it matters for what. In most cases if it was for mental problems that required hospitalization it makes her chances poorer.
    Yes, most departments review and most as part of the employment process have you sign a releases for medical records, even as a youth.
    If mental the hospitalization was 5 years or less in the past she cannot have a weapon so that knocks her out.

  3. jakflak - November 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Not likely, no. She would first have to pass a psychological interview.

  4. hkirishmen - November 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    ouch…..it does not help

  5. trooper3316 - November 6th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    If she has been hospitalized “a few times” then she does in fact have a history of mental illness.

    All applicants have to go through a medical screening and a psychological evaluation. These issues will come up then. If she passes the evaluation, she may not be eliminated, depending on how recent the prior incidents were.


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