Any current, former or retired civilian law enforcement here (local, State, Federal)?

Spent 21 years with the NYPD, retired in 2003, also have 9 years Military LE retired in 2007. With all going on in the city I'm glad I'm gone, but miss the people I worked with.

I was a Border Patrol Agent in San Diego in 1996, then got picked up as INS special agent (1811) in the human trafficking unit in Los Angeles in 1997, which converted (along with a promotion to Senior Special Agent) to ICE in 2002 or 3, don't remember.

I quit back in 2005 after attending law school at night and passing the California Bar exam. After a brief stint working for an experienced attorney, I opened my own law office in March 2006 and have been preventing my former employer from breaking up families (I also help people get their green cards and US citizenship) ever since, with a 90% success rate.

I really enjoy what I do, have maintained an excellent relationship with ICE and am actually referred by them when they get people in their custody and learn that they are victims of domestic violence and child abuse by their US citizen spouses and parents.

I rarely miss it. At almost 50-years-old, I don't need to the 3:00 AM callouts or my wife worrying about my safety every day I to work.

I completed 8 years of active duty and upon separation joined the California Highway Patrol. I've worked primarily as patrol for the last 22 years. I'm eligible for retirement in approx. Three years.