I found the job through an ad in the newspaper, of all places. They were looking for people with prior police experience for what is basically guard duty at government installations around here, but for what I'll actually be doing (essentially just checking ID's) the pay is almost $60k/year, which in this area is outstanding, given that one can find a decent but not luxurious single-family home for just over $100k.
The "training" lasted three weeks and was all refresher stuff, I had to qualify with a 9mm, basic first aid, use of force continuum and so on. They just wanted someone qualified carry a 9mm and not do something stupid with it. So, much like police work, they're paying me for what I can do, (exercise sound judgment when the stuff hits the fan) not what I actually do. As you know, starting a riot is easy; stopping one from getting started is a lot harder. A bonus is that the installation already has it's own police department so if anything serious does materialize I won't have to do much paperwork, which I loathed when working.
The advantage to the feds is that they don't have to deal with personnel issues, if you violate any of the terms of the contract, you're gone, with little if any discussion.
It does not appear to be all that exciting but I've pretty much had my fill of that anyway, and it'll get me out to meet some people and pay some play money. My idea is to work 2 - 4 years full time to buy some toys, build up some more cash/investment reserves, buy a travel trailer and then kick back to part time. One thing I've never been able to do - responsibilities always got in the way - is just aimlessly head west until I hit the Pacific and I'd like to do that. DW has some health issues that make a travel trailer or motor home about the only way to make that happen.
It did take a while to develop the mindset to go back to work again, but it is different because working is optional and my KMA hat will be firmly in place. But since most of the people doing this work are retired law enforcement or corrections people the management knows the staff isn't about to put up with any crap so I doubt they'll even try.
And who knows, maybe it'll lead to something else....