Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

I reside in cobb county georgia and about a week ago my roomate and I got to fighting. No throws were thrown, but I did hold him down and my rm ended up hitting his face when he tried to break the hold. During all this I was telling him to stop, and after realizing he couldn't break the hold, he said he was done. He then proceeded to the kitchen and grabbed a knife.

I work for a police department but I'm not a police officer. Once he grabbed the knife I decided to call the police since he refused to put it down. Once the police arrived, they arrested us both and charged us with battery. The officers knew I work for a police department, but couldn't offer any advice.

I'm wondering about how I can go about getting the charges dropped. I thought working for a department the people would help me, but everyone is acting like I have cancer now. I need the charges dropped because I've been trying to become a police officer and I've been told that I can't be accepted into the academy if I have a criminal charge.

I'm hoping to get a lawyer, just not sure how I'm going to since I can't even afford to get my tag registered because of the arrest. I just really need some feedback because I was told by the arresting officer that it wasn't up to us whether we pressed charges. I was told the DA's office would decide that. But from working at a police department, I've seen cases where people didn't go to jail for fighting plus I know of domestic disputes where the husband doesn't get arrested.

My roomate and I have both resolved our dispute. He was charged with Simple Battery Provoke(m) O.C.G.A. 16-5-23(a)(1).

I was charged with Battery, Family Violence(m) O.C.G.A. 16-5-23.1(f).

any suggestions would be great.

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