my good friends becoming a cop, he graduated 03 and we were in rotc together....he did this thing called "police explorers" where he got to do all this police stuff that was sponsered by the sheriffs office. Now that hes in college the criminal justice department of his school (which hes majoring in) has all these police internships that he does now. He really seems to enjoy it, he made a webpage about it.
http://www.SHERIFF-PAGES.tk