OK, this might be a toughie. I live in Southern California and I have always planned on moving out of the country when I graduate college. Specifically, Central America or Mexico. I'm not so much worrying about finding work abroad for myself, I would like to do TEFL or work in the tourism industry. But my boyfriend is another story. He loves to travel, but he wouldn't enjoy the types of jobs that I would. I never worried about it before because it just recently began to seem pretty serious with us. In the last year, he got a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice and became a police officer. He told me that he feels like he doesn't want to be a cop for the rest of his life, and would be open to going with me whatever I decide to do. The problem is that he has to be able to find work. With that type of background and interests, what sort of job would he possibly get somewhere else? ANY suggestions would help, and I know Latin America may be a stretch. Really, I'd be happy almost anywhere, I just want to see the world while I'm young.
Actually take a look at this section of the Department of State website: Diplomatic Security
Most Regional Security Officers (RSO) I know are former police officers. I am pretty sure that almost all embassies have at least one RSO.
Ruth
Well, the international market for police officers is actually quite good:
1) private security: former mercenary firms are now more and more specialising in civilian law and order provision and especially training: In former war-torn countires, or in countries with corrupt police forces, there often are international development budgets available whgere USAID, UN, EU etc pay for the police force to be retrained in modern policing methods etc. Personally, I would go through those ex-mercenary type firms, but check for UNDP, OSCE etc. I remember for instance there were many opportunities in Kosovo lately. They are basically looking for people with working experience in the police (better still if you were involved in police officer training, or in management)
2) diplomatic-related security
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