A lot of LEOs have recited their various changes in departments in their stories, working for a muni, an SO, maybe in Corrections, a state Highway Patrol, and so forth.
I worked my entire career for one agency, BUT, we had a mobility policy that required you to accept transfers at the "convenience of the government" whether you were ready or not. So just about every two-three years, the work was something new and exciting. I retired when told I had to return to HQ in Washington for a third desk tour and at the same time I got an offer to teach my trade.
My nephew and godson moved from the NYPD twenty years ago when he got a job offer from the chief of the small department in his home village called with a job offer..."Uncle, I found myself taking cover under my scout car with my partner and a TPF officer, taking incoming rounds from a MAC-10 wielded by an unhappy customer up on a rooftop....All I could think of was I gotta make an important phone call when this is over." (He has been very happy with the move, by the way, even if he still has the same unhappy customers - the commute is a lot shorter....)
So my question is this: if you worked for more than one agency, what made you want to move? If you worked your entire tour (or entire tour so far) in one department, weren't you ever tempted to move, and if so, why didn't you change jobs?
Bonus: what would be your preferred LEO job: inside/outside, urban/rural, patrol, detective, corrections, etc?