any Police Officers on the forum?

[Cobalt]

Their reason doesn't really add up. Obviously they said one thing to cover up for another reason. Maybe it was the fitness test... when they asked you to do pullups...

. Sorry... couldn't resist.

Good one, asshole, lol

Actually, their fitness test was a large course that you had to run. You had 8 minutes and 5 seconds to run it. It involved running, getting in and out of a police car, busting through doors, running up/down stairs, dragging a 190 lb dummy around, pushups, situps, pullups, crawling through tunnels, ect...

The state record is 3:45.

I ran it in 4:00 flat.

[burlyman30]

Excellent showing at the fitness test, actually. Nice job.

[h2s]

Good one, asshole, lol

Actually, their fitness test was a large course that you had to run. You had 8 minutes and 5 seconds to run it. It involved running, getting in and out of a police car, busting through doors, running up/down stairs, dragging a 190 lb dummy around, pushups, situps, pullups, crawling through tunnels, ect...

The state record is 3:45.

I ran it in 4:00 flat.

Good work.

[pitboss]

Rewarding, fulfilling, frustrating, numbing, thrilling, monotonous, terrifying, boring, etc....etc......

Is that what you nwere asking or something more specific?

In my case thrilling has turned frustrating ......

[BoneDaddy]

I tried to join the force here in my city.

Out of 500+ that applied, I was one of the last 15 or so before I got cut. The reason? Bills were too high every month, they said I wouldn't survive on what they would pay me.
The ironic thing is that I'm only making half what they were offering, and I'm making it just fine.

I've seen more guys/girls get turned away in the past couple of years mostly for their financial situations, i.e. bad credit and such because of the economy. This week a guy who had wanted to apply for over 20 years finally did. He never went through with it because back in the early 90s he was discharged from the Navy a month into Basic because he was overheard saying he was gay. He had an entry-level discharge and not a dishonorable discharge as he thought. Then again, it may have been a different story applying under that shadow many years back. Glad we've at least come that far.

In my case thrilling has turned frustrating ......

Oh, I totally get where you're coming from.

[burlyman30]

I've seen more guys/girls get turned away in the past couple of years mostly for their financial situations, i.e. bad credit and such because of the economy.

Interesting. What do you make of this? They think someone with big debt is going to turn into a bad cop for money reasons?

[BBG]

Luckily I have no debts... I would never become a police officer for the money anyway.

[BoneDaddy]

Interesting. What do you make of this? They think someone with big debt is going to turn into a bad cop for money reasons?

That's the theory anyways. Hard up for money, take a shortcut to make a quick buck, it's a slippery slope from there is the argument. The main argument is it show's your character and your responsibility. I know of 1 guy in particular that has gotten himself into a financial strain the past year or so and he has taken so much off duty work that it's not only affecting his police duties but also his off duty work. He's working so damn much he barely has time for sleep.

Luckily I have no debts... I would never become a police officer for the money anyway.

Nor could you! lol

[BBG]

There's a small town (very small! and almost exclusively rich white people!!) that has around 60 police officers. They are all paid around 90k a year. Seriously no crimes happen in this town except people going 30 on the 25 mph roads.

[Cobalt]

I've seen more guys/girls get turned away in the past couple of years mostly for their financial situations, i.e. bad credit and such because of the economy.

I fully understood where they were coming from as far as money is concerned. I think they were just in shock over the sheer amount of my bills. Back then, I was dropping $300/mo for health insurance, $500/mo for car insurance, $500/mo for car payments, ect...

The head officer in charge of the process said that my bills were higher than his, and he even had a mortgage when I didn't even have rent to pay. It sucks trying to be responsible and getting decent insurance on everything.

I believe the big kicker was that in my state (NC), if you work for the state and start failing to pay your bills, you automatically get fired.

There were only 5 slots open for new officers, and they were probably looking for perfect matches.
That, and military experience. All 5 that got the spots were ex-army.