VERIFY: Yes, someone who has been arrested can become a police officer under some circumstances, and at the agency’s discretion

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Police officers train to know and enforce the law, and we expect them to follow those laws as well.

But that’s not always the case. Officers can be arrested, charged and incarcerated for the same crimes they’re tasked with enforcing.

QUESTION:

Can someone who’s been arrested become a police officer?

We Verify…