kerinsp, looks like you picked the wrong forum to ask for sensible advice, this time...
If I was you, I'd ask a 40-something copper what (s)he'd do, if (s)he could turn back the clock. How much the 'game has changed in the last 10 years', etc. I bet they'll pin your ear to the wall all night!
(Incidentally, I wouldn't do their job for all the tea in China — now, or 10 years ago. But that's probably just the big girl's blouse in me...)