To go federal you need a Bachelors. An Associates degree is basicly worthless in most counties. Some counties will take an Associates for adult probation, but that is about the only job that opens up with an associates.
I'm in the CRJ program at West Central. After looking around most of the metro Atlanta Sherriffs and city depts, an associates will typically get you an extra 1500-2k a year and nothing more.
Is Gwinnett offering POST certification through the school?
DEA Special Agent requirements:
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/job/agent/b...fications.html