Even though I am not really fond of the law enforcement in U.S. and many other countries, and many cops as individuals, and I can be seen by some as anti-police (though I'm not), if I were given the chance to become a police officer I'd become one. Compared to a job I did for a few days and other minimum wage jobs I did, a police officer is a much better job.
I worked at a fishery through a temp agency for three days, and it was fucking horrible. I had to work with crabs and stuff and it was supposed to be 7 days a week, and almost everybody there didn't graduate from high school.. I think I was the only one or one of few that did. Anything was better than that job.
So I would probably become a cop if I could be given the chance. If I got a scholarship to a police academy, I'd attend (even though I don't know if such scholarship exists), and if I did well there and passed, I probably would get a police job.
If I had to be a cop I'd choose to work in a safe suburb or college campus, which isn't surprising. At least I'd get a decent pay, and it would be kinda nice to try and help some people, and also the power is nice, though I wouldn't want to be an egotistic jackass on a power trip which is the negative stereotype of many cops.
Though this would very unlikely happen in the first place because I don't think I'm emotionally stable enough to work for police.