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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cougar" data-source="post: 1346183" data-attributes="member: 2772">Hey all, I have a couple questions:How many Law Enforcement Officers are here on these boards?Have any of you run into problems with your career due to your enjoyment in this hobby?Does anyone remember or know if "Have you played D&D?" shows up on the psych eval / polygraph at the hiring process?If so, does how does it affect employment for first time hires?I am planning on attending the law enforcement academy here in Orlando, FL in a couple of weeks and I heard a disturbing rumor from a friend whose father is knows someone in the FBI. My friend plays with me in my weekly campaign I run and he is interested in possibly going in to the FBI and knows I plan to become a local police officer. He said his father was talking to his FBI friend who informed his father that on their pysch eval / polygraph the FBI asks if you "Have ever played D&D". Apparently role-playing is a serious character flaw and can keep you from getting hired. My friend's father came home, and asked my friend about the game he always knew about, but never really understood. Suddenly my friend's father is hearing from an FBI agent that playing D&D is a character flaw and he wanted to know more about it. Unfortunately he wasn't outraged at the stupidity of thinking D&D is a problem, but at his son for playing it. luckily he was reasonable enough to understand it after it was explained to him.This distresses me, for many reasons. First off, I want to become a police officer and I love D&D and all role-playing games. I also would hate to be judged on a subject that the hiring officers have no real experience or clue about, besides the seemingly everlasting bad press. Worse off, I think being a role-player makes me MORE qualified. I have practiced communication weekly, played many different roles, used my mind to imagine scenes, and then describe those scenes.So, if any of us ENWorlders are law enforcement, help me out and let me know what to expect for my first couple of applications. Of course I realize that things will be different all over, but it would be nice to see if there is a negative trend.Thanks for your time.</blockquote>

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