I always found it stupid to discourage somalis from becoming police officers or from joining the military.
Especially now that I've been active on Somalispot. We've spoken numerous times about how a certain part of our community grew up with bad parenting and had no proper guidance in life. Becoming a police officer or joining the military would help a lot of these people break into the middle class.
I literally know Madows and Hispanics that broke into the middle class with the help of the military. They all worked in jobs related to IT, cyber security, health care, and trade work. You can literally become an air traffic controller, respiratory therapist, radiology tech, and etc with the military.
Y'all remember that Somali guy that got attacked for working at lockheed?? We had a thread on here about it.
https://www.somalispot.com/threads/somali-working-in-lockheed-martin.157358/
There's a bunch of Somali men that bring up wanting to break into tech. Specifically into cyber security. When it comes to cyber security, the companies that pay the most are government contractors. With a security clearance and work experience you can earn 200k+. A lot of cyber guys coming out of the military can easily get 6 figure job opportunities.
In regards to police work, a lot of cities and suburbs pay police officers pretty well. You can earn on avg 80-100k depending on the area you live in. If your worried about dealing with crazy shit in the city than you can easily find a suburb with less action.