Qualifications

Protect and Defend strive in community outreach, social events, networking with our brothers and sisters in our professions nationwide and pride ourselves in the security of our membership. Our membership is a family that aims for unification through volunteer efforts with no personal agendas.

Qualifications to Join

 

Do you think you qualify for membership? Please read below. If your profession is not listed, simply contact us.

Qualified Professions

  • Active, Retired, & Reserve Police Officers
  • Deputy Sheriffs
  • Coroners
  • highway patrol
  • probation
  • parole
  • corrections
  • Federal Agents
  • Customs
  • INS and Marshall’s
  • Dispatchers
  • Community Service Officers
  • Academy Recruits (if sponsored by an agency)
  • District Attorney
  • Nurses
  • EMT’s
  • Paramedics
  • Judges
  • Public Defenders
  • Lifeguards
  • Animal Control Officers
  • Border Patrol: This includes police officers from other countries that are allies of the United States. (Puerto Rico, Israel, Australia, England, Germany, etc)
  • Recruits who are currently enrolled in any law enforcement academy are eligible to join (pre-service or sponsored). Pre-service recruits have one year to obtain employment until membership with our organization lapses.

Military (Females are encouraged to apply)

Any service member, active duty, reserve or retired of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, National Guard, Air Force, Air National Guard or the US Coast Guard, Department of Defense. This also includes military service from other countries that are allies of the United States.

Fire and EMS Personel

Any active duty, retired, reserve, part time, seasonal firefighter, EMT, dispatcher, engineer, paramedic, Lifeguard or Arson Investigator from local, county,state, federal, private (amusement parks and military). EMS Coordinators and FEMA Federal Coordinators