A moron with a GED can pass the police entrance exam and get a badge in half the time it takes to get a barbers license so the job attracts desperate idiots, military washouts and anti social thugs. It's one of the root causes of institutional police corruption.
"How did you see that post; my Facebook is private?" "Facebook gave us your email & password so we just scrolled all the way back and saw it ourselves. We updated your relationship status to in a relationship for you since you've been with Kayla for 6 months already by the way."
Funny enough, Us Army recruiter called me because I checked "interested" on my draft card back in high school...20 years earlier! I'm like, do you even know how old I am? Instead of admitting her mistake she plowed forward saying they have positions for people my age. 🤣
When I got hired as a correctional deputy they told me I was 3 of about 1,200 positions that applied. Granted, most of the applicants aren’t even legally allowed to carry peace officer powers, but still. Crazy.
Police are so desperate to hire people now that they gave my dad a speeding ticket and an application at the same time. The officer had police employment brochures in his car I kid you not.
@@kmmediafactory there is no law and order anymore just selective enforcement based on what political party or ideology you live by. The land of the free is dead
@@rainnmoon114 This was in a small town called the Eastern shore Virginia not too far from the large bridge that connects the Chesapeake Bay. They got my stepmom a while back who is a teacher at the local private school also. She was speeding a couple miles over the speed limit. When she was pulled over, rightfully so. The officer asked if she thought that the kids seat belts for the booster seat was installed correctly. My gullible stepmother mistakenly believe that the officer was just trying to make sure that she knew how to do it properly so she allowed the officer to check the car seat. When he noticed that it wasn't properly installed he wrote her another ticket on top of the speeding violation. She got a healthy dose of reality and why you don't cooperate with police LMAO.
@@catcowboy6376 Well, always cooperate but also have enough wit for the game 😂 I would have been like "Yes officer, I believe they do. May I please get my ticket? I'm late for work." Those are the types of cops who don't have enough crime but have a quota to meet lol!!!
@@bluntfruntac9981 Not one bit lol. I'm a frame tech in a body shop. Very good at my job and always have been. Boss would smell it on me now and again but never said anything. One day it got brought up and I said I'm a lot of things, but not a liar so I'm not gunna bullshit you, yes I smoke. Couple hits before work, couple on lunch. And a couple grams after work. He says he doesnt have a single issue with it, just not to do it on the shops property because he'd rather be able to pretend to the other employees he doesnt know about it lol
Pretty soon the police are gonna issue a draft. Being home schooled will be the dodge until homeschooling is banned. They will start as young as kindergarten.
As Ronin says, it's completely intentional. You are expecting to pass some questionable or flat out illegal laws in the future (or as they're doing now, just enforcing illegal laws), you have a segment of the police force who will refuse to comply. If you pressure them out by making their jobs unbearable and simultaniously making the public hate them, you only get the dregs remaining in the force or applying to join the force. And these dregs will do anything you say as long as they get paid and have a badge to derive authority from. Things are going to get really bad over the next couple of decades.
things the way they are? You mean accountability? 🤡 Wearing body cams at all times too much to ask for? Reap what you sow. Cops abused power, thank God they’re under the microscope. My best friend is a Sgt & he’s extremely happy changes are coming. He sees too much crap get swept under the rug. We need more good cops like him, actually educated officers. Not just meat heads.
As a former, now retired, police background investigator and recruiter I can confirm the 2010 scenario.
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Just a quick question since you were a recruiter. What type of background does the interviewer do? Do they look at school records and stuff? And if you have a horrible GPA are u still eligible for joining?
@ you are to list all schools you attended starting from hs but they dont care about the gpa , especially if you went to college. And they will do an extensive background check on you and your main family members ( mom dad sisters brothers ). They’ll also come to your place of residence to ask your neighbors about you.
@ They will check school records. GPA is not so important. You will have to pass written tests to be considered and be able to do college level work in the Academy or wash out. The background investigation will be thorough. Some agencies divide the work among different investigators. Others, like mine, had one investigator do a background from start to finish, in which case the investigator will know more about you than your mother.
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@@stephenpohl Fuck my GPA is horrendous and laughable.
@@stephenpohl off subject but what about part-time jobs from years ago that you’ve worked at for less than a month before quitting? Normally in a resume I wouldn’t include them but for a background check should they be included?
Lmfao back in 2008-2009 during the troop surge. They took ANYONE. I was fresh into the Marines, and had so many felons gang bangers and kids popping on drug test at that time all around me
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 When I went in in 2014, the Corps was struggling to push out all the old grunts from that time period. Kicked out almost all the NCOs with actual combat experience while downsizing our infantry.
I had a new E-5 come into the unit and he admitted to another NCO with a bigger mouth that he was an Ex cop that shot someone which is how he ended up in the army…really not too far off
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 If thats ok, can you talk a bit more about how those felons and gang bangers acted in and out of the field, compared to other relatively more ''normal'' marines? I am curious.
This dude in my platoon from boot camp(Parris Island) got in on 2 plus waivers, including one for felony assault. He was just a banger from the bronx, and tried to fight the DI one day like he’s back in the hood. The Marine Corps was so desperate for bodies, that this one kid name Lucas spent roughly 30 days on light duty….and was still awarded his EGA. For instructional purposes only; boot camp was roughly 65 training days, and I spent 2 training days on light duty. This one kid was from St. Louis, on the eastern side of the Mississippi river, had been arrested for DUI and assault. I felt out of place when we got to talking one day in 2nd phase; I had never been arrested, never been in trouble, never did drugs….I was the odd man out. MCRD Parris Island, 1st RCTB, Alpha Company, Follow Series, Platoon 1069.
7 years ago I applied and was in the final stages for being accepted to the academy in my hometown back in San Diego. But they took a few months too long and I ended up taking a job with a mining company in Arizona. Fast forward to now, I’m alive, married, 3 kids and make over $100k a year, plus quarterly and end of year bonuses. Plus I only work 14 days a month. Very blessed for the delay at the police department.
@@SymbolicLogic24 probably, but it’s also possible that they don’t make that much and they are just blowing smoke. Really no way to verify what they’re saying. Also sounds weird he was living in San Diego and trying to get a job there and randomly applied for a $100k job at a mining company in another state.Wouldn’t think the skills needed for those 2 careers would overlap so much. Plus depending on where they live in Arizona, $100k isn’t much. A lot of people hear $100k and think wow, he must be loaded but never think about COL.
@@fieryjalapenos4442 100k a year for mining isn’t impressive at all. I live in Canada and guys make 10k a month for entry level positions to work on natural gas pipelines.
Bro the “you missed a day in second grade according to the records we gotta go visit the teacher in the retirement home and touch base just basic stuff” shit had me DEAD
Back in 2018 I got declined by Dallas PD despite having military experience a college degree, and a squeeky clean background record as well as zero drug history. The reason was I reported I gave away pain pills that I didn't want to take to my barracks buddy after getting my wisdom teeth pulled. It wasn't the fact I gave them away it was because I reported it was around 3 and it turned out to be around 9. My bad memory of something that happened 10 years earlier when I was 18 saved me from getting picked up by what turned out to be known as the shittiest department in Texas. So bless them for having those high pre 2020 standards 😅
@@johnnyjacuzzi7498 There was some question about whether I've ever missused prescription drugs or something like that. I just mentioned it offhand without thinking it would be a big deal. Shrug
I took the background for LAPD and learned very quickly that the only way to become a cop was to be a liar. The judgement of me was unreal. They asked if I ever cheated on an exam and I asked if they ever completed military online training? We will always cheat on that annual bullshit. And I am the father of five girls,I have never consumed drugs and worked as a bomb squad technician in the military While working with law enforcement everyday in joint operations. If you are honest you won't get hired.
Great movie! If one were made today they should make it about trying to train them all to be politically correct and how to use non violent force to resolve all situations.
You earn a trophy if you're chasing after the perp, and you suddenly have a panic attack, begin shooting wildly in any random direction and need your partner on duty to grab your gun, take it away from you and need him to physically restrain you to calm you down. Oh, and also loose the suspect in the process.
My brother has been a cop for 10 years and he's finally been trying to find a new career and quit law enforcement. He says there's been way too many close calls on the job recently and many other cops in his and other local stations have been quitting too. It's just way too risky being a cop now a days, more than ever before.
I actually remember sitting for the police exams about 10 years ago. The competition was insane and without a military background, you almost didn't stand a chance. Funny how things changed so drastically
Why would anybody put themselves in harm's way to see all their hard work pissed away by politicians and be vilified by the public they serve? No thanks!
Shiz, I have military background and squeaky clean and was given the "no thanks" letter like 1 year ago here in SoCal. I wonder if it was the 20 times on MJ and 5 times on coke 15 years ago. 🤔😆😆 oh well.
@@Saanonymous80 a Sheriff Deputy is still a cop. So, I definitely still wouldn't do that either. God bless all police! We thank you for ALL that you do.
It anyone needs weed, it's the cops for all the shit they put up. I remember when I got tased and my face ground into the pavement. CUZ I WAS A CRIMINAL. Ever scince I been on the right side of the law nothing bad happened to me. Crazy how that works 🤣🤣
Unfortunately so true, and I know personally the boss of the Victorian academy, officer diversity is considered more important then procedure and learning the rights of the citizens
@@DimaEgorovRU have to disagree with how it works in WA. Quite a stringent application procedure. Not saying people don’t get in that shouldn’t be there, but that’s the standard for human existence. There’s always gonna be sh!t on the grass.
@@DimaEgorovRU question. How much exactly do they focus on civil rights? I want to get into victorian police because I live there, if they focus very little on civil rights it would be right for me to do some training myself then.
Those individuals are not police. They are thug enforcers for a left wing regime. I don't look at them as cops anymore than I would for Iran's religious enforcers.
So I've talked to a few of the cops in my town about this kind of thing. Told me they didn't have an education requirement or much in the way of training... that does explain a few things I've seen here tho
They work as active officers while they do the academy training 😳 one would think you have to at least graduate first but the shortage means no finishing the academy is necessary, as long as you're enrolled
@@ralphiesarch8980 mate I'm just telling you what I was told idk if they do that but I know a cop from another county had to be called in recently to train a few of em. Doesnt seem like it helped as one of them shot an unarmed man the other day 5 fucking times before rolling him around in his own lawn
@@DemonicsInc I'm telling you what a cop friend told me. It's backwards, but it's due to defunding and punishing for optics. People who want to defund and dismantle without having any detailed system to replace it are just being childish. I guess we'll see what bad policing really looks like in the coming years..
@@ralphiesarch8980 first there has only ever been 1 police station defunded and that towns actually doing pretty well with it. The defund the police movement was in response to the multitude of murders committed by police and the heavy militarization of police forces. It was never meant to get rid of them completely but lower their funding so they have to focus on actual training instead of letting these young bloods go running rampant with a firearm and a sense of superiority and buying up military equipment like grenade launchers and tanks. The only people who said "they want to get rid of all police" were the ones fear mongering and downplaying what's actually been happening behind their closed doors
Im glad i took the training and dipped because i never wanted to be in a gang. i just wanted to know what kind of training they did. Im glad i made them look like fools at the military base when brass pulled me aside and asked if i was interested in being a sniper. :)
About 10-15 cops are resigning from the NYPD per day. The last graduating class (Aug 2021) I believe was less than 400. NYPD is so desperate for recruits they were recruiting at homeless shelters.
@@CarrotConsumer you either don't live in NY, or have never needed cops for anything. Either way, go to your nearest "hood" which you definitely avoid every day of your life, and ask how often the cops are there.
This is hilarious. I'm in my 20th year as a cop. When I first started, if a PD was hiring 3 positions, 300 guys would show up and they would pick the best of the best. Now the state has lowered the standards and we still have to run multiple testing and hiring cycles just to find 1 qualified guy. It's brutal. I'm so ready to be done.
After 20 years. I’m sure “his CrAzEsT day” consisted of coming into work just to be told his shift was covered and he could go home. It’s unlikely but it had to happen once
It for sure didn’t use to be like it is today. I remember almost 20 years ago you had to have a CJ degree or be a former officer from a different department to be considered to even be accepted to go to the academy in my town, that’s how strict it was. After roughly 10 years in military they started allowing anyone and everyone to join their department. Now they are seeing all kinds of issues from their officers… news flash.. just because you can pass a test for a high stress highly dangerous job doesn’t mean you are actually qualified for the job..
Police is a high demand job. It should be advertised as that and recruitet like that too. Where i live, you need as qualification for application, service in the military(or similar for females), learned a different trade with a certified diploma, fitness test and of course a clean slate. And then you will go in training for at least 2 years and when you dont pass certain tests on the way, you go home. It limit the suply for fresh recruits and cost alot in the progress. But in the end you have somebody on duty who knows what he/she is doing.
Or how about we stop acting like military is such a good thing to have in your resume for a cop? My whole family is military and even they admit there isn’t much of an actual difference between some 24yr old fresh out of the military with zero combat experience and a 30yr old with 10 years of actual civilian experience.
@@tamerlane7527 I heard he is the one who actually planned the 9-11 attacks. He was also the one who lit up a cigarette on the Hindenburg and also designed the Covid variant that became the pandemic. Photos show that he spent some time on the grassy knoll too.
I've filled out background packets for applications for departments that were more thorough than the packet I filled out for my security clearance in the Navy.
I'm sorry I do not know the current name, address, and phone number for a supervisor AND a coworker from a part time job I had 20 years ago. Nor do I remember my starting and ending salary.
Seriously, I applied to the Academy, passed the fitness test, but admitted I tried alcohol once at the age of 18. I was cut. Worked out though, I'm doing extremely well financially.
That's ridiculous because I don't know many people from high school who didn't drink at least once. Most did a bunch. Its normal. In turn they are hiring nerds who got bullied vs average everyday normal people.
In Texas Correctional System two years ago had 5000 applicants. This year we had 300. The instructors at the academy have been told they can't fail a cadet for any reason. The Texas penal system is 7000 officers short statewide. Most new officers quit within 6 months. Most units are only about 30 to 40% staffed, which is INCREDIBLY dangerous.
I worked for a state correctional system 5 years ago and it was the same staffing issues. I was young, gullible, and fresh out of college. Took the job at a max security prison earning $30,000 before taxes. 6 months in and I quit; shitbag coworkers, a horrible command structure, and the realization that I'm making $10.50 an hour was enough to just kill my enthusiasm and spirit
@@seanc4501 That's nuts. 10.50 dollars an hour and you're risking your life every day by being outnumbered in an enclosed prison? That is ridiculously low pay. When a grocery worker gets paid more to fill up a few shelves, you know this whole correctional system is screwed up. I guess it's fine though, it's not like you were guarding dangerous prisoners or anything and low staffing will make prisons more dangerous. Can't see that happening
Not sure about can’t fail anybody. I just wasn’t through the GA dept of Corrections basic academy and that started with 100 and finished off with 54. Now, that is a tiny class compared to the 300 that would have started last year before All this but yeah. It’s Krazy going into shift with 8 people instead of 54
100% accurate. When I went through you had one or two knuckleheads but everyone else was squared away. Now that I'm an instructor it seems like you have one or two who are squared away and everyone else is knuckleheads.
@@jeffefg90 When comparing every cop having a masters degree to the parody at the end I don't think there is much of a question on the difference in intelligence. While the federal government's actions have led to lower standards and high cost there is still a enormous difference between your average masters grad and the average American
@@jayyoung5627 I wouldn’t say enormous but I’d agree that a person motivated enough to get a degree will more then likely be more intelligent then someone without.
@@jeffefg90 "The fact that you" lack the *intelligence* to understand the statistical importance of the word *average* I used in my response (used it twice) "tells me all I need to know." But I appreciate it
@@jdizzle5083 I know plenty of commies that have masters degree so I agree. It's not a perfect sorting mechanize, (I would argue some bachelors degrees are getting close to worthless even stem degrees...) but nothing is. Hopefully they at least learn something about their major while they are in school
Since the dawn of time, the hiring and firing processes have always been the biggest flaw in police work. A lot of normal folks got turned away while way too many abusive knuckleheads were welcomed with open arms.
Yeah. I'm a vet with flawless record and masters degree. My sisters husband and I were in hiring process for a local sheriffs office. Her husband got the job. Even though he has no military service, a 2 year degree, he is also a hardcore alcoholic (prior to police work too) his mother found him torturing baby chickens as a child on the farm, this guy has 2 speeding tickets and is abusive as hell to my sister and their daughter...both of which have been hospitalized due to injuries from him. Somehow I was rejected vs that!?!??! I only applied because I wanted to ensure he didnt get the job, and I knew that I had all qualifications above and beyond him. But...hes mexican, so maybe a Diversity quota...
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 no, it's not the diversity quota. It's because people seek people that are like them. So the sherrif wanted someone like him and you sisters husband was just a better match. ;)
When I got on the department they told me there was a 1 in 500 chance I would get hired (1999). When I left the dept in 2016 (medically retired) we were practically begging people to do it. Sad.
The problem is that the police department looked for people with clean wraps top down. But the best moral people I’ve met were people who dealt with evil and turn their life around. People who were monsters but found purpose to be good. Those were the best people I’ve ever met in my life.
This shit right here. Truly reformed criminals would be the best cops - because they understand the process by which a person turns to crime, and they understand how to bring someone back.
You have the same problem as the people you're criticising: you're both marking out a group of people that numbers in the tens of thousands, and saying that all of those people are either monsters or heroes. Every person has strengths and flaws, and no sweeping description like yours is useful in finding people good at a job.
@@TheEvilCheesecake my dearest friend, I believe you mistaken my point. I am only saying that the police’s old practices for hiring, I don’t know their current policy, excluded people who were more exceptional than some police officers I know now. The policy practices of refusing to hire someone with say a record, even though the record was more than 7 years old, and the person legit turn their life around, are a hinderance to hiring good police officers. I’m not saying hire everyone with a criminal record. I’m saying allow the policies to be flexible when there’s an obviously good candidate to be a police officer. Again, I’m not saying take anyone with a record, there are ways to qualify individuals.
LOL I interviewed some real winners. There was one interview I knew would be for record books when the kid had trouble trying to "remember" where he went to high school, and that was page 1 of 16 on my form. Its the only interview where I paused to run a Triple i to see if he was wanted or what else was on his record. Add: he was in several "reformatory schools" and didn't want to tell us. As a Lt one of my secondary duties was helping Training do recruit interviews. It was actually kind of fun. Got to met and hire some great officers and watch them move up in the PD. On the flip side which is the memorable side, I got to protect the PD and citizens from some truly bizarre, weird, perverted morons. One loser thought we'd become buddies so he relaxed and I laughed along with his confessions to sexually harassing a female employee at his state agency (non LE). You can't make this stuff up! That was 25 years ago and I've been out ten years. I keep in touch with current Sgt's and Lt's, they can't wait to bail out the minute they hit full retirement date.
A friend of mine who works as a cop near seattle says over 250 cops have quit the seattle force. They are moving to rural areas and getting picked up by the county departments that don’t work Seattle.
Truly understandable. Trash cities like Seattle do not even deserve a police force. We should just bull a fucking wall around it and let them go apeshit anarchist
@@eidorian101 if they’re outside Seattle and make half that sounds fine anyway- cost of living is stupid in Seattle right now. Who cares if you’re making half if all the costs are half too.
When I applied to be a custody deputy for a sheriffs office, my background investigator was seriously freaking out over a non moving violation I got when I was in high school. He was upset that I didn’t include it in my backgrounds packet, even though I got that small ticket years prior. That was back in 2016. Crazy difference today.
Texas DFW departments require crime for their applicants. I have zero moving violations, zero things on my background, honorable military discharge of three years as a medic, one in Iraq. They said no to me plenty of times, due to no felonies, I can't get hired.
It's funny because a buddy I used to work with around 2010 was trying to become a police officer. He would literally tell us stories like this. Where he passed onto the next phase, which was still insanely difficult with a million applicants and still not be anywhere close to done.
1 job opening. 80 something applicants. I had to outcharm and be a good enough fit. But I made it to the final 3. I didn't get it. Lost out to some Sarge's daughter who was a legacy hire basically it looks like. I was considered a reserve hire if any postings opened up though. Ha
Problem is cops are not all bad but forget that it’s gotten to the point where you are targeted if you become a cop and you will get harassed daily it’s not a job people want anymore but boy are people going to be begging for cops when they have none to protect them and stop shootings from turning into neighborhood massacres
@@John_3563 nobody said they're all bad. The video was making the point that they have gotten _worse_ . Something should be done. And while i appreciate their sacrifices, i hate when someone tries to minimize and avoid the issue by saying "they're not all bad". This doesn't fix the problem.
lmao i wish that was my experience. Got nervous on the marijuana part and started spilling my guts on all the times i used it. up to that point, i was doing pretty good. Passed the written test, physical, and i can’t remember what else i had to do, but once the marijuana was mentioned i started confessing like villian in a movie lmao. It effected me a lot. Being denied after feeling like i got so far. But one of my goals is to eventually pass my local police academy one of these days. When the day comes, i’ll leave it as a replay to this comment. Which me luck :))
I tried to apply to several police departments a decade ago. I was often denied because of concerns w/ my combat experience in the USMC Infantry. I'm still perplexed as to how that was viewed as a negative... Either way, I wouldn't consider applying to another police department even if they promised me a 1 million dollar signing bonus after that experience!
Same. I found out later that most PDs flag vets because of concerns of use of force. Studies showed that vets tend to be more aggressive in confrontational settings and have no bones about pacifying threats.
@@gokublack8342 Keep that same energy about your "tax dollars" the next time politicians in Washington decide to give breaks to billionaires and massive corporations for literally nothing. Keep that same energy the next time they start bitching about not having enough money to fix your roads and schools but find trillions to spend on bombing the Middle East. But yeah, no, feeding people in jail is the real issue with taxation in the US.
@@account-pending-deletion Those are all also problems but when troubleshooting you fix the simple problems first instead of letting serial killers murderors pedos etc live their lives in prison they should just be executed one bullet is alot cheaper than feeding and clothing that trash for the rest of their lives. Besides they destroyed people's lives why should they get to live anyway?
@@gokublack8342 I'm just gonna be honest, you sound like you have a really immature and underdeveloped understanding of how the justice/legal system/world works if you think just carte blanche prisoner executions are the solution to your gripes with taxation. But whatever dude, luckily we don't kill people based on the opinions of youtube commenters.
This is probably accurate because I know several fire fighters. It was like having teeth pulled to get hired but these firefighters are now saying that as long as you can pass a physical, then you're in.
I applied to several police departments about 8 years ago and absolutely hated myself because I could never get selected. Looking back I'm totally satisfied that I didn't have to make a career out of law enforcement.
What crazy is at the time some of the guys who are killing Americans and protecting the rich were hired at that time. Like you could have been classmates with the people we are watching fail the people. Nuts man
This is a 100% true story. I worked with a guy some years back during the time McDonald's was getting on the free wireless internet train. He comes into work one evening clearly agitated. I ask "What's wrong?". He responds with his own question. "What's the sign a McDonald's that says "WiFi is here." mean? (He pronouces WiFi as wiffy). I explain it all to him only to find out that he had just come from the drive thru and ordered a "wiffy with cheese". The girl refused his order because she thought it was some kind of prank. He then goes inside and tries to straighten everything out and the entire McDonald's workforce start laughing hysterically. He storms out and comes straight to work, where I let him in on the joke. The point of this story is that less than a week after this gem occurred, he was hired by our local PD.
They've been processing my application since last fall. They've been on my background investigation for a few months now and I finally got my polygraph scheduled.
@@ComandanteTresLetrasJGL I could, however I watched a video by officer401 here on TH-cam that really explains the whole hiring process better than I ever could. I recommend watching his videos on the subject. That's what I did. I hope it helps!
Reminds me of 2010 when I was fresh out of high school, and I tried applying at McDonald's. I was declined because I didn't have a YEAR of working experience, nor had an education of at least an associates degree. FTW!?
I spent 7 years, 55 applications, 30+ interviews, 4 states, put myself through a 9 month academy while working night shift full time, top of my class in scenarios and physical agility but never got picked up. Moved on with my life, their loss. Still support and respect the hell out of cops.
Bro, your story is similar to line. I've done dozens of applications. 3.98 GPA in my bachelor's for law and justice. Top 10% in my class. No felonies No arrests No drug usage (except Marijuana, in 2012) I can't get hired. I've failed a few polygraphs. Still want the dream. Thing is, I make about 110k a year now, and taking a police job would cut my salary by 40 to 50k, but I don't care. Not about the money, it's about serving.
This is a 100% Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, my interview was literally just talking to two detectives and two deputies and they pass you on and you just show up for your fitness test the next day.
Yeah back in the day when I first got out of the military (due to the military downsizing I couldn't reenlist in 2013) all I wanted to do was be a state trooper. That process was drug out over a year and a half. I had so hard tunnel vision on that being the only thing I could do because my whole adult life revolved around being a Marine infantryman and you don't really learn any technical skills by doing that. By the time the academy rolled around and I was accepted, my wife cheated on me, I had gotten full custody of my son, and life completely changed to the point that I wasn't even the same person anymore. After working several jobs in sales, hazmat, construction, landscaping, and grading, I went to school and became a diesel technician. Been making more money than I've ever made in my life and I don't have to worry about being on WRAL news. So glad I changed my mind about law enforcement. Kudos to the good ones that are out there actually serving and protecting. I don't know how you guys can do it.
@@sasi5841 I mean why should he find the answer to the question anyways? He knows and loves the kid like his own son therefore he is his son. Just let them be dude if he wants to do that he will.
I was in the police academy at the beginning of 2020 and made it to week 12 of 14 before Covid shut down everything, including the academy. Took 3 months for the academy to open back up, and I did a lot of thinking in that time and decided not to go back. I think it is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
@ No, sir! I did not. I got payed to go to the academy by my agency and was payed while working for them when the academy was shut down. Made enough to go back to school and change careers with no debt. No money wasted, only gained lol
When I applied to be a police officer in 2004, over 3,000 applicants showed up to take the written exam. This was to fill 28 spots in a single academy class that was held once every 2 years. Now, they have 6 to 8 academy classes a year and hardly anyone shows up to even test. They have lowered the standards so much over the years. It's crazy.
Funny that, people have seen the abuse police must suffer and how thankless and almost criminally underpaid they are. How a individual police officer will be thrown under the bus just to appease the outrage mob. Even before all the facts and the reality of the situatuon has come out.
@@a6m3reisen8 That is true. Unfortunately, the police have a number of high profile cases where they failed to police themselves, and now the microscope is on them. Police are going to have to get a LOT better at A) preventing the idiots and bullies from getting into the departments to begin with, and B) re-evaluate officers at a more regular interval because that job can cause trauma/ PTSD that sours good cops and they become bad ones. **Its an exceedingly complex issue all around, and the "twittiots" that want everything to fit into a 300 character boolean sound byte are never going to be placated.
@@twentysecondcenturywoman The sad thing is, if the officers hadn't taken him out of the squad car, he'd still be alive (and terrorizing the area or in prison) today. And the TCA is still reeling from the damage that BLM and AF did... so... anyone who wants to claim it was peaceful, just come down to the Twin Cities... the damage is still very much visible, and last I checked, the FSGF is still in place. Criminals now like to run there when they're running from the law because that area might as well be another country.
“Hey we noticed that your grandfather bought you a lego police set for your 6th birthday 16 years ago and we just want to let you we decided you’d be a great fit for the Seattle Police Department. What’s that? You live in Jacksonville? ... yeah that’s fine don’t worry about it, we’ll send someone to pick you up and we’ll pay for your rent, just have your stuff packed and we’ll get you on over.”
This is so true! Shit I applied for a few PD departments 2010-2011. It was super competitive. I recall 20,000 applicants showed up for the CHP test alone!
Every town I've lived in has had a police force rife with nepotism and favoritism in applicants. Even when I was younger in school their was the police chiefs son and all of the other officers boys grew up to be cops. They didn't give a shot about class and barely passed and then got the family job. I'm not here to say all cops are bad or all cops are dumb but when you have a system that builds itself on nepotism instead of properly hiring people it leads to unqualified workers.
I remember a kid who was a bad student who disrupted class and had a job already set up for him after high school. The thing is he actually was actually quite quiet during study hall and used his time to look at new cars on the market (not just the commercials, the stats and options too), his job was at I think his father/uncle's local auto shop, which I think was the one with that show room which contained the owner's personal collection. I didn't like the guy but we agreed on certain things like how bad history textbooks are (I literally told the teacher how it was needless to read the textbook as the PowerPoint gave enough information and that textbooks makes something interesting like history boring and the kid backed me up). I feel like he was going through a similar thing I was, I was realizing the repetitiveness and uselessness of what was being taught but pushed through it because I believed I would be done with it, yet little did I know what awaited me in college core. He had no motivation to put effort into the education system's worthless information and instead used most of his time to foster his knowledge of cars to which he decided on and knew he was going to work on as a career. My point is nepotism for those kinds of cops' kids resulting in abuse of power by said kids because all they like about being a cop is the immunity and the idea they can do whatever they want. While on the other hand this other kid actually has an interest in cars and planned to learn and put it to good use. The cops' kids acted as such in school because they didn't even need to be good at their family job while this other kid saw what a waste of time it was and thus devoted it to improve himself in the field of cars, something he held interest in and the drive to put his effort into.
My dad was an officer and my mom and dispatcher and while u do see a lot of cops kids being assholes cuz mom or daddy will make any trouble go away or make sure they don't get into it in the first place. Me on the other hand was taught I better act right cuz I'm a reflection of my parents and if I did get caught doing something I didn't drop their name cuz I hoped they would figure out who my parents were and tell them. Im almost 40 tho and the police and parents act very different now.
In the 90's they would disqualify an applicant for too many tattoos, prior weed use, too many traffic tickets, getting fired from McBurgers, etc. This next generation of cops is going to be scary.
It's your generation that fucked things up "woah that guy blinked after we told him not to move, better empty an entire mag into him and shoot his dog to be safe"
This literally happened to me the other day, met a SGT at the gas station and we started talking. He was like PLEASE apply we are 23 officers short. Due to not being a citizen I was not allowed to even apply… legal green card holder. Can own guns, work, travel and join the military. God forbid I applied to a understaffed job that are desperate for people, being bilingual and a college graduate xD
@@bradhaines3142 Illegal immigrants still pay taxes lol, there’s a giant base of the the tax filing industry that relies on doing taxes for undocumented people
My uncle applied in the 80s with prior air force background and admitted he smoked weed while a teen. Now he makes over 120,000 grand a year as a butcher manager
100% accurate. I have a Bachelors in criminal justice from Ole Miss and 6 years military. I couldn't get on. Filled out 20 - 30 apps thick as the bible. Ended up having to go into a craft. Talked to a bunch of my buddies who are cops and they tell me I make double what they make. Oh well, life goes on.
When I joined up, I submitted my application in November 2012 and didn't start the academy till August 2013. I almost lost the job because I had once taken my wife prescription 800 ml ibuprofen when I had a migraine and ran out of 200 ml ibuprofen. The same department now starts at twice the pay with a sign on bonus, and you only have to pass half the physical requirements.
I mean it's becoming pretty demonizing to be a good cop, obviously interested people will be low, no wonder they r trying to get more people by lowering criteria and increasing perks. I feel we need to differentiate between right or wrong (things done by individual people) not condemn whole police departments
The US populace wants to do to cops what the tali did to the US in Afghanistan. As far as anyone cares, cops are the oppressors, fat, dumb, and happy driving in marked vehicles on the road. The balance of power is cops get to exist until everyone goes Red Dawn on their ass. Nobody wants to do that. They have better things to do than die at the hands of their countrymen.
When my car was t-boned by a fire truck earlier this year. I was helped out of the vehicle and into an ambulance by an officer. He helped me remain calm in the emergency room when I began to worry about how new the car was. Told me to remember your life is more important than a car that can be purchased again. He stayed professional the short time he was by my side and told me to contact him if I ever have issues related to the accident. The guy helped me out when the doctors were the ones with rude bed side manner. And it wasn’t even his job. I salute officers like him. They give me hope in a country where we have issues with law enforcement that not all of them are terrible at their jobs.
People that talk shit about police officers are just as ignorant as racist assholes. I've met alot of great cops that did everything by the book and are respectful professionals.
@@rollinheavy7425 Blanket statements like this are literally what fuel tribalism and animosity. There's plenty to be angry about when it comes to police. If you've never experienced police brutality, corruption, and negligence, then you really can't really speak to it. Your only path towards understanding would be to LISTEN. And I don't mean on social media. This isn't a place that sets up to facilitate dialog.
@@nateolison7553 So in order to have an opinion on something that is more rare than dying from covid then we need to experience this rare anonimly to have an opinion on it? Bitch please, land of the mother fucking free. I'll have an opinion if I want. I pay way more taxes then you do
@@Fullsendfilosophy COVID is an act of God. Police brutality is a choice made with my tax dollars. Also, COVID regulations literally cause more dissension than anything in the modern era. So... not a great example there, bud. But yeah, you make great points, property over people... wonder which institution that's reminiscent of? Policing as we know it, wonder how all that got started? Notice how I didn't use the word "opinion" I used the word "understand." Also notice how you are 100% engaging in tribalism and disrespect? Also notice how, in regards to Black folks, you don't even start counting shit as unjust until we're dead? Quite literally a racist. And you're the golden example of why people protest by fucking up property and shutting down systems that don't serve them. They're speaking the only language you understand. Everybody else is collateral damage. Yeah... you're not an asshat at all. 🙄 I would hide behind a fake name if I was you too. Must be tough being insecure AND unintelligent. Thoughts and prayers fam.
@@nateolison7553 your people name their kids shit like "Amon-Ra" and then turn to us demanding we take you seriously. your culture is a meme. you should stop complaining about how things are oh so unfair and start minding your own business.
Spot on once again Mike! I remember the hiring process back in 2012-2013... I had applied everywhere.. sent in multiple resumes to every single place to make sure they got it.. Took tests among 100s of other applicants when the department was only hiring 2-3 Officers.. Took me well over a year to finally get on & now??? Hell we can't find anyone to apply here & as time goes on more of the older Officers are all taking early retirement... and I don't blame them one bit.
Just passed background last week. I feel you. This year I was number 3 on the list out of 6. I remember in 2015 MSP had 2000 qualified applicants and only needed 200.
And yet they still nitpick the absolute smallest shit on a qualified candidate. Maybe if they made the shitty background investigators or sheriff's or chiefs work on the road in place of the people they chose not to hire, they'd actually hire people!
People just don't want to become the problem. Can't say that you're joining to help fix the problem, because the second you try to do anything you are targeted by your higher ups.
@@napalmstickylikeglue Unfortunately in Democratic states, they are making the laws in favor of criminals and departments enact policies that put a lot of liability on the officers if they mess up. Thats why a lot of police officers are retiring early.
@@Ashrafsalehchannel I understand where you're coming from as I absolutely hate Democrats and Democrat ran States. But that's not the issue. The issue is cops have it in their mindset that they are better than the average citizen. It's been drilled into their heads since the beginning of their careers. They believe they should get away with things that we don't and should be able to do whatever they want to us as long as they deem it necessary at the time. It's hard to break an old dog of old habits. When someone has spent 15 to 20 years doing things a certain way... They're not going to adjust well to doing things the right way. I'm thinking that's the reason for the mass retirements.
@@napalmstickylikeglue I can tell you thats not how I was taught or trained. Maybe back in the day when there were no body cams or even dash cams, officers knew they could get away with it. However its always been very small percentage of officers with misconduct, but those are the ones that usually get media coverage, not the good ones.
About three years ago I stopped at the local gas station in my town and a cop car pulled up. I thought to myself, its "donut time". Out came my high school bully from the patrol car; he tormented me and others in high school throughout the years. Dude was a psycho, and my heart dropped when i seen him in uniform. He grinned at me with pride as he walked past me, like he'd remembered the good old days when he tormented me. Psych eval must be non existant now for cops.
Psychopaths know why the questions are asked. And know how to answer to seen sane. I know this because I am one (yes diagnosed). And also passed psych evals. When I wasn't seeking answers or help. I'd willfully misrepresent myself on test. It's easy as hell really. They're pointless and would only catch maybe the most crazy bizarre lunatics. But average psychopaths and sociopaths? Nah ... never gonna weed them out that way.
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 I've wondered about psych tests. I'm an honest person, and not incredibly bright; but those sorts of questions are thinly veiled. All you'd have to do is lie, which is something the human race is particularly skilled at! X3
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 bullshit, psychopaths do not seek help. They view the rest of humanity as beneath them and incapable of being helpful other than a mere instrument to attain some desired goal/ object. The only way you are getting help is if you are being forced or coerced.
Same with me. I had a guy in HS that was a bully, had two girls pregnant by age 17, lied cheated and stole all he could. I saw him on FB recently and he was a sheriff deputy! I was in shock.
I remember working in the Sheriff’s Office understaffed with like six to seven (If we were lucky someone came for OT) working everyone like dogs with tensions going up due to the lack of Officers and people getting burned out. You’d ask where the applicants were and they’d say “They’re in the pipe” Let me tell you something, that is one long ass pipe. 😳
Nothing was more frustrating than, "Oh, five quit, but we have four new ones joining!" One quits before the academy, one quits their first week out of the academy, one is fired after found to be smuggling contraband (this was a local jail), and 2 months later, the last one finds that $16 an hour is terrible pay to risk your life and morale for, and resigns to be a lifeguard in California, making $27 and hour. Oh, and it used to be academies would only happen if we had 4 or more applicants, now we regularly (every two months) have academies with one or two applicants. I thought my Lt. was joking when he told me I could make Sgt. in 6 years if I wanted to.
@@macjones6394 Yeah no shit, like we were sending one to two people to the academy. In fact, the graduation photos might be anywhere between 10 to 14 people from all over the state in a class. It was fucking sad time man.
The guy answered "Yes." to that last question. That's why he was so psyched to have him on the team, he's been to court before that's like previous job experience or some shit.
@@suicidalanderson2500 because their standards are so low we get some idiot police officer killing someone or otherwise ruining their life literally every single day. Who would want to be a part of that? Same thing with the military, people are just disillusioned with violent authorities.
What sucks is there is probably people out there who truly care and want to be hired. But the process takes forever and can be denied for using MJ prior.
This is ABSOLUTELY true! I was going for California Highway Patrol back in the late 80's. I was squeaky clean. 2 days absence since kindergarten...they knew it. They found out about an incident I had at Fedco. We had a manager that was flexing her power by doing a dress code check every day. She cleared a guy with a Hawaiian shirt and wrote up a girl with 1 leaf on her shirt. I spoke up and questioned the leap from OK to violation based on how many leaves were on a shirt. She got mad and said I could only wear a plain t-shirt. So I got a white t-shirt and wrote PLAIN on the left chest. She wrote me up for that. They found out about that! By the way, at that time, from the first written test, additional tests, physicals, physical agility, psych tests, interviews with a board, a one on one with my mentor where he brought up the t-shirt incident and ripped me a new one (it was a stress test) and finally acceptance to academy was just under three years.
Considering my history of back talk to my garbage teachers and confrontations with equally garbage classmates, and as an adult ghosting jobs after getting fed up with sociopathic managers, I wouldn't have made it in as a police officer lmao. They'd probably see it as me "having a problem with authority" when it's more of having a problem with people that abuse authority.
@@POPPASHANGO my question is, would they even have got you to that point of applying to be a police officer with my background? I feel like that would be a disqualifier in of itself lol
@@PatrickRatman Honestly I don't know. I did know a guy that got popped for shoplifting and he got to the final interview....but he was dropped. They had to have known that before he got that far...so he must have messed up in that or they wanted to see how his character was at that time. But he was going for LAPD and I was going for CHP.
@@POPPASHANGO Damn, well i never did anything illegal but i guarantee none of the managers/bosses i've quit would have anything good to say about me if they asked anything in detail like that lol. I tended to have the knock-on effect of being more sarcastic and working less hard for pushy micro-managers that demanded more work than they could put out themselves. Seniority doesn't mean shi- in retail. you can work at wally world for half a decade and still be more ignorant and useless than somebody that just started. *shrug* i never really planned on being a police officer anyway, but respect for y'all for what you do!
"The Jones' family dog was coming right at me, I swear! It was vicious and threatening and i had no choice but to shoot it 12 times. Mr. Sparkles put me in genuine fear for my life!" "Perfect, way to sell it, you're hired"
My father runs a law enforcement academy. Since taking over 10 years ago he has more than doubled the required hours to graduate, and as an educator he will state it is nowhere near enough. His opinion is that police officers lack community interaction outside of enforcing laws, which has led to them being opposed to their communities as instead of being involved in their communities. The old concept of a beat cop doesn’t really exist. The concept of a second chance is fading.
Reminds me of a joke my dad told me. The average job interview for cops in my county: "Were you a bully in High school?" "Yes" "Did you enjoy it?" "Yes" "Alright, here's your badge."
2010- "You have a clean record, we will keep in touch" 2021- "Can you curb stomp an innocent civilian, and then lie about what happened? Yes? You are hired!!"
After my first deployment, I applied for a city police department in Texas. Ended up not passing the written “psychological” part. Which took maybe 2 months. A week later the department got hemmed up, with officers writing fake tickets and shit. Like a dozen officers lost their peace officer licenses. I was glad, I didn’t get selected with that department lol. Ended up being an instructor with the Army, deployed again then got put in a great position on the civilian side. 2021 recruiting is definitely true now lol. No one wants to really be a LEO, without an agenda. Firefighter FTW 🙌🏾
FBI: Have you ever done anything bad ever? Me: I set up a harmless group of political dissidents and coaxed them into committing crimes they would never have thought up on their own. Does that count? FBI: Nah. That’s cool.
I started with my FTO last September after the "Summer of Love." I'm now on my own continuing to love the job because of the people I meet and the experiences I get that I would otherwise not get if I was not a Patrolman. My hiring process was not as easy as LT Friendly made it out to be: The first step was a written test to gauge my skills, then the academy, and then I had to beat out eleven other people through the combination of a writing prompt and oral interview. And then pass the FTO program of course. Even though I could have denied the job offer back when the hatred for police amplified last year, I still put my head down and continued on because there are still people out there that need police. I'm not scared of the people that hate police, I just don't think they know what we do on a daily basis because the news only reports on things that will stir hate.
I do agree that we need police but I've come across too many police that are in it for the money, the power, and the ego. A correction officer even told it to my face: "Keep getting arrested so that I keep getting paid". Make sure you're current with your laws and stay logical. I've come across too many cops in the PNW that act more on emotion than logic and have even stepped in to stop an arrest that was a result of terribly simplified investigation (bf with cuts on his face and neck: victim? nah no way. gf who says bf is beating her: victim? we got em bois! The poor guy had more cuts and bruises under his shirt)
If police officers condemned the bad apples in their ranks or arrested their "brothers" when they break the law or use excessive force the public would have more faith in them. The murders and bad behavior from officers are only half the story. The other half is the constant cover ups that show its not just a small part of the force that's a problem. And the unions tripping over themselves to say there's no such thing as too much force or that planted evidence is a good thing or whatever other bs. And the good ol boys who don't arrest their friends and relatives. And the officers who beat their wives (around 2/3 officers are abusive). And we can go on and on and on. It's not even a particularly dangerous job, it's usually not even in the top 20 most dangerous
I recently wanted to apply to be a cop and asked a cop forum about when to apply after my marijuana use which stopped after college though I sometimes vape CBD(which is NON-PSYCHOACTIVE & Federally legal). No lie 98% treated me like I was some junkie and said things like “don’t bother I wouldn’t want someone who had just smoked that shit to come back me up” referring to CBD and “so you still want to get high but just found a loophole fuck off”. I was appalled at the “us vs them” attitude they had even to something that small and the lack of knowledge they had. I even stated how I have a perfectly clean record had not used any hard drugs, rarely drink and am in very good shape and am college educated. I was already hesitant with the current climate but that made me almost 100% uninterested if that was the mindset of my coworkers. The funniest part is the same guys talked about the liquor they drank almost daily on other threads which could ACTUALLY be a detriment to your working ability the next day yet CBD use is criminal shit.😂🤦♂️
A moron with a GED can pass the police entrance exam and get a badge in half the time it takes to get a barbers license so the job attracts desperate idiots, military washouts and anti social thugs. It's one of the root causes of institutional police corruption.
Except that’s simply not true. It’s another media perpetuated myth people bite on like stupid fish.
How about you go take it then? Show everyone just how easy it is. Lead by example. I'm sure if a moron could do it you'd pass with flying colors.
@@mikethecop Here in MN I needed a 4 year degree to even be eligible to go to Skills and take my post test this guy is full of it.
Never trust a man with two first names
Barbers fuck up my hair all the time. There's morons everywhere you go.
We saw the post you made on Facebook in 2007 expressing interest in being a police officer when you grew up...
lmao
"How did you see that post; my Facebook is private?"
"Facebook gave us your email & password so we just scrolled all the way back and saw it ourselves. We updated your relationship status to in a relationship for you since you've been with Kayla for 6 months already by the way."
@@shanedavis22 what a turn of events
Funny enough, Us Army recruiter called me because I checked "interested" on my draft card back in high school...20 years earlier! I'm like, do you even know how old I am? Instead of admitting her mistake she plowed forward saying they have positions for people my age. 🤣
🤣 Well done Sir
"...narrowed it down to 738 other applicants." - must be a small town.
That was the whole town.
When I got hired as a correctional deputy they told me I was 3 of about 1,200 positions that applied. Granted, most of the applicants aren’t even legally allowed to carry peace officer powers, but still. Crazy.
That's a good movie btw.
@@scott8908 damn dude, 1,200?? I used to be Corrections officer a few years ago, the prison I worked in would take anyone that could breathe
@@soap38 yes! The test is if they fog up the mirror. "Get that s.o.b
a badge"
Police are so desperate to hire people now that they gave my dad a speeding ticket and an application at the same time. The officer had police employment brochures in his car I kid you not.
Jeez. That’s actually a big issue, because if order fails, so will the country
@@kmmediafactory there is no law and order anymore just selective enforcement based on what political party or ideology you live by. The land of the free is dead
Idk why but I'm dying. That's too funny and sad. 😂 And all the good police officers are quitting.
@@rainnmoon114 This was in a small town called the Eastern shore Virginia not too far from the large bridge that connects the Chesapeake Bay.
They got my stepmom a while back who is a teacher at the local private school also. She was speeding a couple miles over the speed limit.
When she was pulled over, rightfully so. The officer asked if she thought that the kids seat belts for the booster seat was installed correctly. My gullible stepmother mistakenly believe that the officer was just trying to make sure that she knew how to do it properly so she allowed the officer to check the car seat.
When he noticed that it wasn't properly installed he wrote her another ticket on top of the speeding violation. She got a healthy dose of reality and why you don't cooperate with police LMAO.
@@catcowboy6376 Well, always cooperate but also have enough wit for the game 😂 I would have been like "Yes officer, I believe they do. May I please get my ticket? I'm late for work."
Those are the types of cops who don't have enough crime but have a quota to meet lol!!!
It reminds me of that recruiting scene un Stripes.
Recruiter: Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
Recruit: Convicted? No.
Best military comedy out there
"No... but willing to try"
"That's what they make breaks and lunches for. Just make sure its a mild strain." 10/10
I wish all companies had this policy. 😂
Lol
My boss had this discussion with me last year 😂😭😂
@@gunners4129 and you're not even lying are you? It's crazy how some places are cool with it and other places will kick you out into the rain.
@@bluntfruntac9981 Not one bit lol. I'm a frame tech in a body shop. Very good at my job and always have been. Boss would smell it on me now and again but never said anything. One day it got brought up and I said I'm a lot of things, but not a liar so I'm not gunna bullshit you, yes I smoke. Couple hits before work, couple on lunch. And a couple grams after work. He says he doesnt have a single issue with it, just not to do it on the shops property because he'd rather be able to pretend to the other employees he doesnt know about it lol
Chief of police: we need more officers, what is the hold up on hiring this applicants?!
Recruiters: what applicants?
bruh i have no idea what amount of money would be worth it these days
Pretty soon the police are gonna issue a draft. Being home schooled will be the dodge until homeschooling is banned.
They will start as young as kindergarten.
You need fewer rules.
@@danbardos3498 shoot on sight
@@danbardos3498 I’m sorry did I misinterpret that or are you saying kindergartners are going to be drafted to be officers?
Ironically the increased fear of unqualified cops has led to an increase in unqualified cops 🤣
Perfectly stated
That's how fear works, it's a very intense emotion for manifesting.
Yeah cus all the good ones said aight I'm out.
As Ronin says, it's completely intentional. You are expecting to pass some questionable or flat out illegal laws in the future (or as they're doing now, just enforcing illegal laws), you have a segment of the police force who will refuse to comply. If you pressure them out by making their jobs unbearable and simultaniously making the public hate them, you only get the dregs remaining in the force or applying to join the force. And these dregs will do anything you say as long as they get paid and have a badge to derive authority from.
Things are going to get really bad over the next couple of decades.
things the way they are? You mean accountability? 🤡
Wearing body cams at all times too much to ask for? Reap what you sow. Cops abused power, thank God they’re under the microscope.
My best friend is a Sgt & he’s extremely happy changes are coming. He sees too much crap get swept under the rug. We need more good cops like him, actually educated officers. Not just meat heads.
“Any felonies?”
“3.”
“Yeesh… anyone die?”
“Not yet.”
“Great!”
@@thecoronavirus6636 there’s a lot wrong here…
@@lordlucius1341 yea but anyone die?
@@thecoronavirus6636 bout 5 and a half million so far
"Not yet" ? 🤣🤣
lol um pending. depends on a victim's health
As a former, now retired, police background investigator and recruiter I can confirm the 2010 scenario.
Just a quick question since you were a recruiter. What type of background does the interviewer do? Do they look at school records and stuff? And if you have a horrible GPA are u still eligible for joining?
@ you are to list all schools you attended starting from hs but they dont care about the gpa , especially if you went to college. And they will do an extensive background check on you and your main family members ( mom dad sisters brothers ). They’ll also come to your place of residence to ask your neighbors about you.
@ They will check school records. GPA is not so important. You will have to pass written tests to be considered and be able to do college level work in the Academy or wash out. The background investigation will be thorough. Some agencies divide the work among different investigators. Others, like mine, had one investigator do a background from start to finish, in which case the investigator will know more about you than your mother.
@@stephenpohl Fuck my GPA is horrendous and laughable.
@@stephenpohl off subject but what about part-time jobs from years ago that you’ve worked at for less than a month before quitting? Normally in a resume I wouldn’t include them but for a background check should they be included?
I remember when this is how they recruited soldiers for awhile. Violent assault that’s fine as long as no one was murdered.
Lmfao back in 2008-2009 during the troop surge. They took ANYONE. I was fresh into the Marines, and had so many felons gang bangers and kids popping on drug test at that time all around me
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 When I went in in 2014, the Corps was struggling to push out all the old grunts from that time period. Kicked out almost all the NCOs with actual combat experience while downsizing our infantry.
I had a new E-5 come into the unit and he admitted to another NCO with a bigger mouth that he was an Ex cop that shot someone which is how he ended up in the army…really not too far off
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 If thats ok, can you talk a bit more about how those felons and gang bangers acted in and out of the field, compared to other relatively more ''normal'' marines? I am curious.
This dude in my platoon from boot camp(Parris Island) got in on 2 plus waivers, including one for felony assault. He was just a banger from the bronx, and tried to fight the DI one day like he’s back in the hood. The Marine Corps was so desperate for bodies, that this one kid name Lucas spent roughly 30 days on light duty….and was still awarded his EGA. For instructional purposes only; boot camp was roughly 65 training days, and I spent 2 training days on light duty. This one kid was from St. Louis, on the eastern side of the Mississippi river, had been arrested for DUI and assault. I felt out of place when we got to talking one day in 2nd phase; I had never been arrested, never been in trouble, never did drugs….I was the odd man out. MCRD Parris Island, 1st RCTB, Alpha Company, Follow Series, Platoon 1069.
7 years ago I applied and was in the final stages for being accepted to the academy in my hometown back in San Diego. But they took a few months too long and I ended up taking a job with a mining company in Arizona. Fast forward to now, I’m alive, married, 3 kids and make over $100k a year, plus quarterly and end of year bonuses. Plus I only work 14 days a month. Very blessed for the delay at the police department.
What do you do at the mining company?
Are they hiring🤔
100k with a mining company.... I'm betting you're in the office.
@@SymbolicLogic24 probably, but it’s also possible that they don’t make that much and they are just blowing smoke. Really no way to verify what they’re saying. Also sounds weird he was living in San Diego and trying to get a job there and randomly applied for a $100k job at a mining company in another state.Wouldn’t think the skills needed for those 2 careers would overlap so much. Plus depending on where they live in Arizona, $100k isn’t much. A lot of people hear $100k and think wow, he must be loaded but never think about COL.
@@fieryjalapenos4442 100k a year for mining isn’t impressive at all. I live in Canada and guys make 10k a month for entry level positions to work on natural gas pipelines.
Bro the “you missed a day in second grade according to the records we gotta go visit the teacher in the retirement home and touch base just basic stuff” shit had me DEAD
Half day
Man you got every single word wrong in this quote. Good job
😂
@@warriorguydudething he got second and grade right!
@@Ndkksooejn you should start recruiting for your local PD
Back in 2018 I got declined by Dallas PD despite having military experience a college degree, and a squeeky clean background record as well as zero drug history. The reason was I reported I gave away pain pills that I didn't want to take to my barracks buddy after getting my wisdom teeth pulled. It wasn't the fact I gave them away it was because I reported it was around 3 and it turned out to be around 9. My bad memory of something that happened 10 years earlier when I was 18 saved me from getting picked up by what turned out to be known as the shittiest department in Texas. So bless them for having those high pre 2020 standards 😅
you work for another PD?
Why the hell did you include that? And how did they dig into it?
@@johnnyjacuzzi7498 They will ask you questions during the polygraph phase of hiring (GA)
@@johnnyjacuzzi7498 There was some question about whether I've ever missused prescription drugs or something like that. I just mentioned it offhand without thinking it would be a big deal. Shrug
I took the background for LAPD and learned very quickly that the only way to become a cop was to be a liar.
The judgement of me was unreal.
They asked if I ever cheated on an exam and I asked if they ever completed military online training? We will always cheat on that annual bullshit.
And I am the father of five girls,I have never consumed drugs and worked as a bomb squad technician in the military While working with law enforcement everyday in joint operations.
If you are honest you won't get hired.
This brings back memories. Getting a police job back then was like pulling teeth, now you couldn't pay me enough to be a cop.
Agreed. No way would I put my ass on the line for so little reward.
@@randomcenturion7264 sarcasm? What line? We are talking about useless bullies
@@davidvillanueva3771 Cost of living is higher in safer areas
@@davidvillanueva3771 rookie cops don’t make that much starting off.
@@maumor2 found the 15 year old
Time to restart Police Academy (the movie).
One of the funniest movie ever.
Great movie! If one were made today they should make it about trying to train them all to be politically correct and how to use non violent force to resolve all situations.
@@JSchaffer214 except it wouldn't be made as a comedy. It would be advertised as a documentary
Please, no remake. It was fine as it is!
I need to rewatch the trilogy. Loved it growing up as a kid
Police Department: " Do you work well in tense situations? "
Recruit: " No I freak out. "
Police Department: " You're hired!!! "
Bonus if they cause any incident that leads to the city being on fire within 5 years
You earn a trophy if you're chasing after the perp, and you suddenly have a panic attack, begin shooting wildly in any random direction and need your partner on duty to grab your gun, take it away from you and need him to physically restrain you to calm you down.
Oh, and also loose the suspect in the process.
🤣
@Jibjab Husain nah, police are not very enforcing with covid regulations, considering 84% of them are Trump supporters
@Jibjab Husain Did I say that? Stop misconstruing what I say.
This sounds about right considering how many cops are quitting or retiring early
Literally over a 300% police retirement rate after the George Floyd and subsequent BLM riots.
In democratic areas.
@@twentysecondcenturywoman exactly. States, counties, and cities that are seeing such a record high police retirement rate, is in Democract places.
My brother has been a cop for 10 years and he's finally been trying to find a new career and quit law enforcement. He says there's been way too many close calls on the job recently and many other cops in his and other local stations have been quitting too. It's just way too risky being a cop now a days, more than ever before.
Yeah because they threaten your pension
I actually remember sitting for the police exams about 10 years ago. The competition was insane and without a military background, you almost didn't stand a chance. Funny how things changed so drastically
Why would anybody put themselves in harm's way to see all their hard work pissed away by politicians and be vilified by the public they serve? No thanks!
Even with a military background I failed
Shiz, I have military background and squeaky clean and was given the "no thanks" letter like 1 year ago here in SoCal. I wonder if it was the 20 times on MJ and 5 times on coke 15 years ago. 🤔😆😆 oh well.
@@jessejames5335 what the hell do you wanna be a cop for anyway. Get a real job
@@reedr1659 Can’t beat innocent people without scrutiny anymore? What a shame
After the last 18 months, they could pay me triple and I still wouldn't accept the job.
I'd be a Deputy, but not a State or City Cop
I'd happily be a desk cop
I would do hi-way patrol but that’s about it tbh.
@@Saanonymous80 a Sheriff Deputy is still a cop. So, I definitely still wouldn't do that either. God bless all police! We thank you for ALL that you do.
It depends were you live...
A small town cop in a very conservstive area would be fine..
“That’s what they make breaks for just make sure it’s a mild strain”😂😂😂
“Just make it a mild strain” has to be the best line ever
Lt Friendly - “marijuana use, that’s what they make breaks and lunches for. Just make sure it’s a mild strain” 😂🤣
That shit had me dead
Just make it a mild strain*
Hey cool.
It anyone needs weed, it's the cops for all the shit they put up.
I remember when I got tased and my face ground into the pavement. CUZ I WAS A CRIMINAL.
Ever scince I been on the right side of the law nothing bad happened to me. Crazy how that works 🤣🤣
@@charlesowens4272 tasers might of rearranged some brain cells
This explains Australia's Police alot
Unfortunately so true, and I know personally the boss of the Victorian academy, officer diversity is considered more important then procedure and learning the rights of the citizens
@@DimaEgorovRU have to disagree with how it works in WA. Quite a stringent application procedure. Not saying people don’t get in that shouldn’t be there, but that’s the standard for human existence. There’s always gonna be sh!t on the grass.
@@DimaEgorovRU question. How much exactly do they focus on civil rights? I want to get into victorian police because I live there, if they focus very little on civil rights it would be right for me to do some training myself then.
Those individuals are not police. They are thug enforcers for a left wing regime. I don't look at them as cops anymore than I would for Iran's religious enforcers.
@@DimaEgorovRU "diversity", with quotes. Still looking for diversity of thoughts among NPCs...
So I've talked to a few of the cops in my town about this kind of thing. Told me they didn't have an education requirement or much in the way of training... that does explain a few things I've seen here tho
Very common.
They work as active officers while they do the academy training 😳 one would think you have to at least graduate first but the shortage means no finishing the academy is necessary, as long as you're enrolled
@@ralphiesarch8980 mate I'm just telling you what I was told idk if they do that but I know a cop from another county had to be called in recently to train a few of em. Doesnt seem like it helped as one of them shot an unarmed man the other day 5 fucking times before rolling him around in his own lawn
@@DemonicsInc I'm telling you what a cop friend told me. It's backwards, but it's due to defunding and punishing for optics. People who want to defund and dismantle without having any detailed system to replace it are just being childish. I guess we'll see what bad policing really looks like in the coming years..
@@ralphiesarch8980 first there has only ever been 1 police station defunded and that towns actually doing pretty well with it. The defund the police movement was in response to the multitude of murders committed by police and the heavy militarization of police forces. It was never meant to get rid of them completely but lower their funding so they have to focus on actual training instead of letting these young bloods go running rampant with a firearm and a sense of superiority and buying up military equipment like grenade launchers and tanks.
The only people who said "they want to get rid of all police" were the ones fear mongering and downplaying what's actually been happening behind their closed doors
Not getting hired after obtaining a Bachelors Degree was the greatest thing ever. God was watching out for me.
You were blessed. And you would hate it.
Every day I look back and I was so glad I never made the cut.
Im glad i took the training and dipped because i never wanted to be in a gang. i just wanted to know what kind of training they did. Im glad i made them look like fools at the military base when brass pulled me aside and asked if i was interested in being a sniper. :)
What do you do now? There are no jobs for just having a BA or BS.
@@B33LZ3BUB9419 Yea, that's bullshit.
About 10-15 cops are resigning from the NYPD per day. The last graduating class (Aug 2021) I believe was less than 400. NYPD is so desperate for recruits they were recruiting at homeless shelters.
If this is factual that’s so sad
Sounds like something you made up.
Same with baltimore losing more officer then they can hire
You are joking!
@@CarrotConsumer you either don't live in NY, or have never needed cops for anything. Either way, go to your nearest "hood" which you definitely avoid every day of your life, and ask how often the cops are there.
This is hilarious. I'm in my 20th year as a cop. When I first started, if a PD was hiring 3 positions, 300 guys would show up and they would pick the best of the best. Now the state has lowered the standards and we still have to run multiple testing and hiring cycles just to find 1 qualified guy. It's brutal. I'm so ready to be done.
What’s your craziest story as a cop? if you don’t mind me asking.. just curious
After 20 years. I’m sure “his CrAzEsT day” consisted of coming into work just to be told his shift was covered and he could go home. It’s unlikely but it had to happen once
Of this is true, then how comes there’s so many bad police?
@@Witnessmoo probably because they actively selected the bad ones instead of the good ones. ;)
@@legion4842 im dead
It for sure didn’t use to be like it is today. I remember almost 20 years ago you had to have a CJ degree or be a former officer from a different department to be considered to even be accepted to go to the academy in my town, that’s how strict it was. After roughly 10 years in military they started allowing anyone and everyone to join their department. Now they are seeing all kinds of issues from their officers… news flash.. just because you can pass a test for a high stress highly dangerous job doesn’t mean you are actually qualified for the job..
Police is a high demand job. It should be advertised as that and recruitet like that too.
Where i live, you need as qualification for application, service in the military(or similar for females), learned a different trade with a certified diploma, fitness test and of course a clean slate.
And then you will go in training for at least 2 years and when you dont pass certain tests on the way, you go home.
It limit the suply for fresh recruits and cost alot in the progress. But in the end you have somebody on duty who knows what he/she is doing.
Or how about we stop acting like military is such a good thing to have in your resume for a cop? My whole family is military and even they admit there isn’t much of an actual difference between some 24yr old fresh out of the military with zero combat experience and a 30yr old with 10 years of actual civilian experience.
Wait, you actually WANT to be a cop with things the way they are? Can you fog a mirror? You're hired!
Nice! Excellent point!
First time I’ve heard that one 🤣
@@tamerlane7527 If the cops in Australia smoked a bowl every shift they might not be beating innocent people with sticks right now.
@@tamerlane7527 I heard he is the one who actually planned the 9-11 attacks. He was also the one who lit up a cigarette on the Hindenburg and also designed the Covid variant that became the pandemic. Photos show that he spent some time on the grassy knoll too.
@@tamerlane7527 What’d donut do lol
I've filled out background packets for applications for departments that were more thorough than the packet I filled out for my security clearance in the Navy.
I'm sorry I do not know the current name, address, and phone number for a supervisor AND a coworker from a part time job I had 20 years ago. Nor do I remember my starting and ending salary.
To be fair it was the Navy.
Lol that’s the same with me. “We’re hiring and are really short handed” but they ain’t processing any applications.
Good
I thought this exactly when he was said. “Mild strain” and asked, “did anybody die?” Sounds like recruiters when they are desperate to get quota
At the end when he said "Anybody die?" He should have followed with "...Well how many?" then gave him the green light lol
Then the humour would die.
Let's face it, the real follow up question would be "were they a minority?" and *then* it would be a green light
If you gonna be a killer, be a damn good one
@@TheColSamson "How many died?"
"Were they black?"
"Oh, hispanic? Same thing, you're hired!"
@@THEJPR Exactly my point
Seriously, I applied to the Academy, passed the fitness test, but admitted I tried alcohol once at the age of 18. I was cut. Worked out though, I'm doing extremely well financially.
That's ridiculous because I don't know many people from high school who didn't drink at least once. Most did a bunch. Its normal. In turn they are hiring nerds who got bullied vs average everyday normal people.
Honestly don't know why you admitted that but good on you for being honest! What are you doing now?
They need people who can lie if necessary. Perhaps you were too honest.
@@free22 Fatherless behavior
@@Fool4Lyfe I sure don’t know how many people at the academy are fatherless but tell me about it.
In Texas Correctional System two years ago had 5000 applicants. This year we had 300. The instructors at the academy have been told they can't fail a cadet for any reason. The Texas penal system is 7000 officers short statewide. Most new officers quit within 6 months. Most units are only about 30 to 40% staffed, which is INCREDIBLY dangerous.
I worked for a state correctional system 5 years ago and it was the same staffing issues. I was young, gullible, and fresh out of college. Took the job at a max security prison earning $30,000 before taxes. 6 months in and I quit; shitbag coworkers, a horrible command structure, and the realization that I'm making $10.50 an hour was enough to just kill my enthusiasm and spirit
Uncle joe trying to turn america into lawlessness
@@seanc4501 That's nuts. 10.50 dollars an hour and you're risking your life every day by being outnumbered in an enclosed prison? That is ridiculously low pay. When a grocery worker gets paid more to fill up a few shelves, you know this whole correctional system is screwed up. I guess it's fine though, it's not like you were guarding dangerous prisoners or anything and low staffing will make prisons more dangerous. Can't see that happening
Lol sounds like what’s going on in healthcare.
Not sure about can’t fail anybody. I just wasn’t through the GA dept of Corrections basic academy and that started with 100 and finished off with 54.
Now, that is a tiny class compared to the 300 that would have started last year before All this but yeah. It’s Krazy going into shift with 8 people instead of 54
100% accurate. When I went through you had one or two knuckleheads but everyone else was squared away. Now that I'm an instructor it seems like you have one or two who are squared away and everyone else is knuckleheads.
Depends on where you are in the country.
In 2017 80% of my towns PD had a masters degree or higher
(The recruits for that year)
@@jeffefg90 When comparing every cop having a masters degree to the parody at the end I don't think there is much of a question on the difference in intelligence.
While the federal government's actions have led to lower standards and high cost there is still a enormous difference between your average masters grad and the average American
@@jayyoung5627 I wouldn’t say enormous but I’d agree that a person motivated enough to get a degree will more then likely be more intelligent then someone without.
@@jeffefg90 "The fact that you" lack the *intelligence* to understand the statistical importance of the word *average* I used in my response (used it twice)
"tells me all I need to know."
But I appreciate it
@@jdizzle5083 I know plenty of commies that have masters degree so I agree. It's not a perfect sorting mechanize, (I would argue some bachelors degrees are getting close to worthless even stem degrees...) but nothing is.
Hopefully they at least learn something about their major while they are in school
No pulse? Is the body still reasonably warm?
Damn that’s something Dwight Schrute would say 😅
Ha! This is pretty much any place hiring for their jails
Lol stop 😂
Yes but only cause I f**ked it
Same with healthcare workers right now "are you on life support?" No? "Great! You start tomorrow!"
"Ever been convicted of a felony?"
"Convicted? No."
Since the dawn of time, the hiring and firing processes have always been the biggest flaw in police work. A lot of normal folks got turned away while way too many abusive knuckleheads were welcomed with open arms.
Yeah. I'm a vet with flawless record and masters degree. My sisters husband and I were in hiring process for a local sheriffs office. Her husband got the job. Even though he has no military service, a 2 year degree, he is also a hardcore alcoholic (prior to police work too) his mother found him torturing baby chickens as a child on the farm, this guy has 2 speeding tickets and is abusive as hell to my sister and their daughter...both of which have been hospitalized due to injuries from him.
Somehow I was rejected vs that!?!??!
I only applied because I wanted to ensure he didnt get the job, and I knew that I had all qualifications above and beyond him. But...hes mexican, so maybe a Diversity quota...
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 no, it's not the diversity quota. It's because people seek people that are like them.
So the sherrif wanted someone like him and you sisters husband was just a better match. ;)
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 I'd personally choose non veterans over veterans if I were hiring for the police.
Some argue that it's by design, and it's hard to disagree with them
@@samusiran2243
I have family in PD and I can assure you they're were shitty humans before joining, now they're worse
When I got on the department they told me there was a 1 in 500 chance I would get hired (1999). When I left the dept in 2016 (medically retired) we were practically begging people to do it. Sad.
"Did anybody die?"
"Yeah. Me. But I survived."
"Oh. Good!"
Bonus pay for resurrection skills.
@@tradedate Too bad it doesn't work on others!
“Did anybody die?” That’s the shit I say when my friends don’t like my driving lol
The problem is that the police department looked for people with clean wraps top down. But the best moral people I’ve met were people who dealt with evil and turn their life around. People who were monsters but found purpose to be good. Those were the best people I’ve ever met in my life.
This shit right here. Truly reformed criminals would be the best cops - because they understand the process by which a person turns to crime, and they understand how to bring someone back.
@@Drekromancer You have a point. The best drug rehab counselors are reformed junkies.
You have the same problem as the people you're criticising: you're both marking out a group of people that numbers in the tens of thousands, and saying that all of those people are either monsters or heroes. Every person has strengths and flaws, and no sweeping description like yours is useful in finding people good at a job.
@@TheEvilCheesecake my dearest friend, I believe you mistaken my point. I am only saying that the police’s old practices for hiring, I don’t know their current policy, excluded people who were more exceptional than some police officers I know now.
The policy practices of refusing to hire someone with say a record, even though the record was more than 7 years old, and the person legit turn their life around, are a hinderance to hiring good police officers. I’m not saying hire everyone with a criminal record. I’m saying allow the policies to be flexible when there’s an obviously good candidate to be a police officer. Again, I’m not saying take anyone with a record, there are ways to qualify individuals.
Thanks dems! Alienating cops causing even worse community relations!
LOL I interviewed some real winners. There was one interview I knew would be for record books when the kid had trouble trying to "remember" where he went to high school, and that was page 1 of 16 on my form. Its the only interview where I paused to run a Triple i to see if he was wanted or what else was on his record. Add: he was in several "reformatory schools" and didn't want to tell us.
As a Lt one of my secondary duties was helping Training do recruit interviews. It was actually kind of fun. Got to met and hire some great officers and watch them move up in the PD. On the flip side which is the memorable side, I got to protect the PD and citizens from some truly bizarre, weird, perverted morons.
One loser thought we'd become buddies so he relaxed and I laughed along with his confessions to sexually harassing a female employee at his state agency (non LE). You can't make this stuff up! That was 25 years ago and I've been out ten years. I keep in touch with current Sgt's and Lt's, they can't wait to bail out the minute they hit full retirement date.
A friend of mine who works as a cop near seattle says over 250 cops have quit the seattle force. They are moving to rural areas and getting picked up by the county departments that don’t work Seattle.
Not surprised with all the hate cops have gotten recently
Truly understandable. Trash cities like Seattle do not even deserve a police force. We should just bull a fucking wall around it and let them go apeshit anarchist
@@vbp1996sx Hahahaha. Still crying about Seattle?
They can work in bumfuck middle of nowhere and make half.
@@eidorian101 Yeah or live in Seattle or some other big city and get charged with a crime for justifiably doing your job?
@@eidorian101 if they’re outside Seattle and make half that sounds fine anyway- cost of living is stupid in Seattle right now. Who cares if you’re making half if all the costs are half too.
Idk how this is randomly showing up months from now. But I needed this literally precisely today so thanks for the laugh
“Did anybody die?”
“yep.”
“fantastic! Shows you’re a good shot!”
As long as the person they shot is black then I believe they become captain
@@jDkaufman25 lol
@@jDkaufman25 I used to hate these comments, now it's just funny to me, cops do suck
Best comment yet lmfao!
@@jamesmoore716 NO they don't.
When I applied to be a custody deputy for a sheriffs office, my background investigator was seriously freaking out over a non moving violation I got when I was in high school. He was upset that I didn’t include it in my backgrounds packet, even though I got that small ticket years prior. That was back in 2016. Crazy difference today.
Texas DFW departments require crime for their applicants. I have zero moving violations, zero things on my background, honorable military discharge of three years as a medic, one in Iraq. They said no to me plenty of times, due to no felonies, I can't get hired.
@@medicchester sounds like bullshit but okay
@C D got to make sure you have people willing to violate the Constitution on the force !!
It's funny because a buddy I used to work with around 2010 was trying to become a police officer. He would literally tell us stories like this. Where he passed onto the next phase, which was still insanely difficult with a million applicants and still not be anywhere close to done.
1 job opening. 80 something applicants. I had to outcharm and be a good enough fit. But I made it to the final 3. I didn't get it. Lost out to some Sarge's daughter who was a legacy hire basically it looks like. I was considered a reserve hire if any postings opened up though. Ha
Problem is cops are not all bad but forget that it’s gotten to the point where you are targeted if you become a cop and you will get harassed daily it’s not a job people want anymore but boy are people going to be begging for cops when they have none to protect them and stop shootings from turning into neighborhood massacres
@@John_3563 nobody said they're all bad. The video was making the point that they have gotten _worse_ . Something should be done. And while i appreciate their sacrifices, i hate when someone tries to minimize and avoid the issue by saying "they're not all bad". This doesn't fix the problem.
Yeah that was before everyone filmed cops and all the bullies could just beat people up with immunity.
@@John_3563 hahahahahahahahha
lmao i wish that was my experience. Got nervous on the marijuana part and started spilling my guts on all the times i used it. up to that point, i was doing pretty good. Passed the written test, physical, and i can’t remember what else i had to do, but once the marijuana was mentioned i started confessing like villian in a movie lmao. It effected me a lot. Being denied after feeling like i got so far. But one of my goals is to eventually pass my local police academy one of these days. When the day comes, i’ll leave it as a replay to this comment. Which me luck :))
Oh! Make a skit where people are receiving letter invitations to Hogwarts and when they all arrive it's just the police station :P
"always use your wand, harry!"
"what if they're unarmed?"
"always use your wand, harry"
"any felonies ? .......hmmmm anyone die ? ROFL
I tried to apply to several police departments a decade ago. I was often denied because of concerns w/ my combat experience in the USMC Infantry. I'm still perplexed as to how that was viewed as a negative... Either way, I wouldn't consider applying to another police department even if they promised me a 1 million dollar signing bonus after that experience!
Same. I found out later that most PDs flag vets because of concerns of use of force. Studies showed that vets tend to be more aggressive in confrontational settings and have no bones about pacifying threats.
@@jacksmith6965 Some threats need to be pacified tired of my tax dollars feeding worthless criminals in jail
@@gokublack8342 Keep that same energy about your "tax dollars" the next time politicians in Washington decide to give breaks to billionaires and massive corporations for literally nothing. Keep that same energy the next time they start bitching about not having enough money to fix your roads and schools but find trillions to spend on bombing the Middle East.
But yeah, no, feeding people in jail is the real issue with taxation in the US.
@@account-pending-deletion Those are all also problems but when troubleshooting you fix the simple problems first instead of letting serial killers murderors pedos etc live their lives in prison they should just be executed one bullet is alot cheaper than feeding and clothing that trash for the rest of their lives. Besides they destroyed people's lives why should they get to live anyway?
@@gokublack8342 I'm just gonna be honest, you sound like you have a really immature and underdeveloped understanding of how the justice/legal system/world works if you think just carte blanche prisoner executions are the solution to your gripes with taxation. But whatever dude, luckily we don't kill people based on the opinions of youtube commenters.
This is probably accurate because I know several fire fighters. It was like having teeth pulled to get hired but these firefighters are now saying that as long as you can pass a physical, then you're in.
“Sorry chief I can’t smoke mids” lmao
Yo this had me rollin 😂😂😂
This is the best fuckin answer ever
💀💀💀💀
still hired
This made me laugh more than the video 😂
I applied to several police departments about 8 years ago and absolutely hated myself because I could never get selected. Looking back I'm totally satisfied that I didn't have to make a career out of law enforcement.
Wouldn't want to get in the way of pulling weeds in the motorbay or getting yelled at by top because your barracks room is filled with keyboards.
I think we are cousins.
What crazy is at the time some of the guys who are killing Americans and protecting the rich were hired at that time. Like you could have been classmates with the people we are watching fail the people. Nuts man
Just look at it like god blessing you man you never know what couldve happened to you if you had been hired
@@tynj4173 whats wrong with attacking the members of a corrupt organization?
This is a 100% true story. I worked with a guy some years back during the time McDonald's was getting on the free wireless internet train. He comes into work one evening clearly agitated. I ask "What's wrong?". He responds with his own question. "What's the sign a McDonald's that says "WiFi is here." mean? (He pronouces WiFi as wiffy). I explain it all to him only to find out that he had just come from the drive thru and ordered a "wiffy with cheese". The girl refused his order because she thought it was some kind of prank. He then goes inside and tries to straighten everything out and the entire McDonald's workforce start laughing hysterically. He storms out and comes straight to work, where I let him in on the joke. The point of this story is that less than a week after this gem occurred, he was hired by our local PD.
If this is true then god damn the police are worthless.
They've been processing my application since last fall. They've been on my background investigation for a few months now and I finally got my polygraph scheduled.
Soon it'll be time to be a waycis POS police officer
Mind if i ask what happens during a polygraph test im considering on a career in it
@@ComandanteTresLetrasJGL I could, however I watched a video by officer401 here on TH-cam that really explains the whole hiring process better than I ever could. I recommend watching his videos on the subject. That's what I did. I hope it helps!
Reminds me of 2010 when I was fresh out of high school, and I tried applying at McDonald's. I was declined because I didn't have a YEAR of working experience, nor had an education of at least an associates degree.
FTW!?
For the win!?
As someone who desperately wanted that job and jumped through all those hoops in 2008 and 2011 - nah, I think I'll pass nowadays.
SAME!
@ that’s today. Ten years ago it was to a lesser extent, but now politics has now become affiliated with the police 100%
@ It depends if your morals and ethics are Law & Order (Nation) oriented or People oriented.
I remember when Ron Emmanuel, then mayor of Chicago (2011-2019) said they were lowering the academy requirements.
Things went downhill.
I spent 7 years, 55 applications, 30+ interviews, 4 states, put myself through a 9 month academy while working night shift full time, top of my class in scenarios and physical agility but never got picked up. Moved on with my life, their loss. Still support and respect the hell out of cops.
Wait, didn’t you graduate the academy? Thought at that point you were good to go as long as you didn’t wash out? 🤷🏻♂️
Bro, your story is similar to line. I've done dozens of applications.
3.98 GPA in my bachelor's for law and justice.
Top 10% in my class.
No felonies
No arrests
No drug usage (except Marijuana, in 2012)
I can't get hired. I've failed a few polygraphs.
Still want the dream. Thing is, I make about 110k a year now, and taking a police job would cut my salary by 40 to 50k, but I don't care. Not about the money, it's about serving.
@@mnunez1618 just become a lawyer 🤷🏻♂️
@@mnunez1618What do you do? I'm trying to find careers that I can do that don't require a college degree or job experience.
This is a 100% Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, my interview was literally just talking to two detectives and two deputies and they pass you on and you just show up for your fitness test the next day.
Maricopa’s police force is pretty notorious for being one of the worst in the country so it’s honestly not surprising
Hey leave them alone they got dirt to protect
They are so stupid tbh
@@deadgamer24 we gotta look after those saguaros
That’s funny I did the whole process with MCSO and said nahhhh after doing literally everything 😂
“Did anyone die?”
“Yes”
“Perfect! You’re hired!”
"Was he black?"
"He was latino."
"Same thing. You're hired."
@J Will Latino? You mean Mexican you racist
Did IT have a heartbeat
Yes
Perfect we need a killing spree starting left ending right.
@@youngswoll3 Don't know if you're trolling, but Mexicans fall under the Hispanic/Latino umbrella.
@@kajw.230 that's where you are wrong
Yeah back in the day when I first got out of the military (due to the military downsizing I couldn't reenlist in 2013) all I wanted to do was be a state trooper. That process was drug out over a year and a half. I had so hard tunnel vision on that being the only thing I could do because my whole adult life revolved around being a Marine infantryman and you don't really learn any technical skills by doing that. By the time the academy rolled around and I was accepted, my wife cheated on me, I had gotten full custody of my son, and life completely changed to the point that I wasn't even the same person anymore. After working several jobs in sales, hazmat, construction, landscaping, and grading, I went to school and became a diesel technician. Been making more money than I've ever made in my life and I don't have to worry about being on WRAL news. So glad I changed my mind about law enforcement. Kudos to the good ones that are out there actually serving and protecting. I don't know how you guys can do it.
Tough guy to deal with a tough life. Keep it up.
Is the kid genetically yours? I have heard some wild stories from veterans that I talked to in University.
@@sasi5841 I mean why should he find the answer to the question anyways? He knows and loves the kid like his own son therefore he is his son. Just let them be dude if he wants to do that he will.
@@diego032912 if he loves him, then extra knowledge wouldn't be hurtful. Knowledge is a good thing.
@@sasi5841 sadly the people on the left know no such thing
That 2010 application process..nailed it perfectly 🤣
I was in the police academy at the beginning of 2020 and made it to week 12 of 14 before Covid shut down everything, including the academy. Took 3 months for the academy to open back up, and I did a lot of thinking in that time and decided not to go back. I think it is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Dude you wasted so much money man
@ No, sir! I did not. I got payed to go to the academy by my agency and was payed while working for them when the academy was shut down. Made enough to go back to school and change careers with no debt. No money wasted, only gained lol
@@NmanXwantedX What agency?
@ Not a major one you would know. Small town in American suburbia.
@ deez nutz incoporated
When I applied to be a police officer in 2004, over 3,000 applicants showed up to take the written exam. This was to fill 28 spots in a single academy class that was held once every 2 years. Now, they have 6 to 8 academy classes a year and hardly anyone shows up to even test. They have lowered the standards so much over the years. It's crazy.
Funny that, people have seen the abuse police must suffer and how thankless and almost criminally underpaid they are. How a individual police officer will be thrown under the bus just to appease the outrage mob. Even before all the facts and the reality of the situatuon has come out.
@@a6m3reisen8 That is true. Unfortunately, the police have a number of high profile cases where they failed to police themselves, and now the microscope is on them. Police are going to have to get a LOT better at A) preventing the idiots and bullies from getting into the departments to begin with, and B) re-evaluate officers at a more regular interval because that job can cause trauma/ PTSD that sours good cops and they become bad ones.
**Its an exceedingly complex issue all around, and the "twittiots" that want everything to fit into a 300 character boolean sound byte are never going to be placated.
You can thank the media for demonizing cops and praising criminals like GF & BLM.
@@twentysecondcenturywoman The sad thing is, if the officers hadn't taken him out of the squad car, he'd still be alive (and terrorizing the area or in prison) today. And the TCA is still reeling from the damage that BLM and AF did... so... anyone who wants to claim it was peaceful, just come down to the Twin Cities... the damage is still very much visible, and last I checked, the FSGF is still in place. Criminals now like to run there when they're running from the law because that area might as well be another country.
@@Tank50us saint Floyd died for our sins, amem
“Hey we noticed that your grandfather bought you a lego police set for your 6th birthday 16 years ago and we just want to let you we decided you’d be a great fit for the Seattle Police Department. What’s that? You live in Jacksonville? ... yeah that’s fine don’t worry about it, we’ll send someone to pick you up and we’ll pay for your rent, just have your stuff packed and we’ll get you on over.”
🤣
Jacksonville? Ouu shit lol, being a cop out there has got to feel like signing up for a tour of duty
Jakistan baby
That's ridiculously inaccurate.
If they paid for someone's rent in Seattle, they would be bankrupt in a month.
@@bigboineptune9567 Nice name
This is so true! Shit I applied for a few PD departments 2010-2011. It was super competitive. I recall 20,000 applicants showed up for the CHP test alone!
Every town I've lived in has had a police force rife with nepotism and favoritism in applicants. Even when I was younger in school their was the police chiefs son and all of the other officers boys grew up to be cops. They didn't give a shot about class and barely passed and then got the family job. I'm not here to say all cops are bad or all cops are dumb but when you have a system that builds itself on nepotism instead of properly hiring people it leads to unqualified workers.
I remember a kid who was a bad student who disrupted class and had a job already set up for him after high school. The thing is he actually was actually quite quiet during study hall and used his time to look at new cars on the market (not just the commercials, the stats and options too), his job was at I think his father/uncle's local auto shop, which I think was the one with that show room which contained the owner's personal collection. I didn't like the guy but we agreed on certain things like how bad history textbooks are (I literally told the teacher how it was needless to read the textbook as the PowerPoint gave enough information and that textbooks makes something interesting like history boring and the kid backed me up).
I feel like he was going through a similar thing I was, I was realizing the repetitiveness and uselessness of what was being taught but pushed through it because I believed I would be done with it, yet little did I know what awaited me in college core. He had no motivation to put effort into the education system's worthless information and instead used most of his time to foster his knowledge of cars to which he decided on and knew he was going to work on as a career.
My point is nepotism for those kinds of cops' kids resulting in abuse of power by said kids because all they like about being a cop is the immunity and the idea they can do whatever they want. While on the other hand this other kid actually has an interest in cars and planned to learn and put it to good use. The cops' kids acted as such in school because they didn't even need to be good at their family job while this other kid saw what a waste of time it was and thus devoted it to improve himself in the field of cars, something he held interest in and the drive to put his effort into.
My dad was an officer and my mom and dispatcher and while u do see a lot of cops kids being assholes cuz mom or daddy will make any trouble go away or make sure they don't get into it in the first place. Me on the other hand was taught I better act right cuz I'm a reflection of my parents and if I did get caught doing something I didn't drop their name cuz I hoped they would figure out who my parents were and tell them. Im almost 40 tho and the police and parents act very different now.
@Schodinger's Snufalufagusexcept the power of most jobs isn't that much
That’s called politics and it is found in every single government run agency/program/job
Pretty soon they will just start hiring out of Prison, "Want an early parole, sign up for 10 years!"
A joke now, but isn’t that what they did for low-crime prison inmates for misdemeanor’s to get them in the military with a waver?
That sounds like the military but with less…risk honestly
@sheparddog117 giving criminals a second chance is dystopia, apparently
@sheparddog117 Statistically it's still a way safer job than Pizza delivery driver
@sheparddog117 love this guy
In the 90's they would disqualify an applicant for too many tattoos, prior weed use, too many traffic tickets, getting fired from McBurgers, etc. This next generation of cops is going to be scary.
But like current Australian police arresting non mask wearers outside they will do whatever the government tells them to do.
@@mikect500 yep. The police don’t care about the Constitution anymore, if they ever did that is.
Wtf is mcburgers
It's your generation that fucked things up
"woah that guy blinked after we told him not to move, better empty an entire mag into him and shoot his dog to be safe"
I'd rather have a dude who smoked weed in college than a closet sociopath with a clean record as a cop
"Did anybody die?"
"Yes"
"Were they white or rich? Or both?"
"No"
"You're hired"
"That's what they make breaks and lunches for.."
Lmao that was perfect!
This literally happened to me the other day, met a SGT at the gas station and we started talking. He was like PLEASE apply we are 23 officers short. Due to not being a citizen I was not allowed to even apply… legal green card holder. Can own guns, work, travel and join the military.
God forbid I applied to a understaffed job that are desperate for people, being bilingual and a college graduate xD
Sadly sounds very true… sad but true
how dare you come across the border legally. you're supposed to be illegal so you can live off of federal loopholes and never pay taxes
It's not like the current crop knows what the constitution is, I'm sure you couldn't do worse!
@@bradhaines3142 Illegal immigrants still pay taxes lol, there’s a giant base of the the tax filing industry that relies on doing taxes for undocumented people
@Great White Joining the military is a way for you to get your citizenship. It really shows that you love your new country.
My uncle applied in the 80s with prior air force background and admitted he smoked weed while a teen. Now he makes over 120,000 grand a year as a butcher manager
100% accurate. I have a Bachelors in criminal justice from Ole Miss and 6 years military. I couldn't get on. Filled out 20 - 30 apps thick as the bible. Ended up having to go into a craft. Talked to a bunch of my buddies who are cops and they tell me I make double what they make. Oh well, life goes on.
This made no sense
@@shuaibb8992 I can explain it to you, I can't understand it for you.
When I joined up, I submitted my application in November 2012 and didn't start the academy till August 2013. I almost lost the job because I had once taken my wife prescription 800 ml ibuprofen when I had a migraine and ran out of 200 ml ibuprofen. The same department now starts at twice the pay with a sign on bonus, and you only have to pass half the physical requirements.
NJ cops get paid big bucks but require 4 yrs degree
I mean it's becoming pretty demonizing to be a good cop, obviously interested people will be low, no wonder they r trying to get more people by lowering criteria and increasing perks.
I feel we need to differentiate between right or wrong (things done by individual people) not condemn whole police departments
Ok? Why are you bragging about this? The fact that nobody wants to do your job isn’t something to be proud of just so you know 😂
The US populace wants to do to cops what the tali did to the US in Afghanistan. As far as anyone cares, cops are the oppressors, fat, dumb, and happy driving in marked vehicles on the road. The balance of power is cops get to exist until everyone goes Red Dawn on their ass. Nobody wants to do that. They have better things to do than die at the hands of their countrymen.
Lol...how did they know you took an prescript ibuprofen ?
When my car was t-boned by a fire truck earlier this year. I was helped out of the vehicle and into an ambulance by an officer. He helped me remain calm in the emergency room when I began to worry about how new the car was. Told me to remember your life is more important than a car that can be purchased again. He stayed professional the short time he was by my side and told me to contact him if I ever have issues related to the accident. The guy helped me out when the doctors were the ones with rude bed side manner. And it wasn’t even his job. I salute officers like him. They give me hope in a country where we have issues with law enforcement that not all of them are terrible at their jobs.
People that talk shit about police officers are just as ignorant as racist assholes. I've met alot of great cops that did everything by the book and are respectful professionals.
@@rollinheavy7425 Blanket statements like this are literally what fuel tribalism and animosity.
There's plenty to be angry about when it comes to police. If you've never experienced police brutality, corruption, and negligence, then you really can't really speak to it. Your only path towards understanding would be to LISTEN.
And I don't mean on social media. This isn't a place that sets up to facilitate dialog.
@@nateolison7553 So in order to have an opinion on something that is more rare than dying from covid then we need to experience this rare anonimly to have an opinion on it? Bitch please, land of the mother fucking free. I'll have an opinion if I want. I pay way more taxes then you do
@@Fullsendfilosophy COVID is an act of God. Police brutality is a choice made with my tax dollars. Also, COVID regulations literally cause more dissension than anything in the modern era. So... not a great example there, bud.
But yeah, you make great points, property over people... wonder which institution that's reminiscent of? Policing as we know it, wonder how all that got started?
Notice how I didn't use the word "opinion" I used the word "understand." Also notice how you are 100% engaging in tribalism and disrespect? Also notice how, in regards to Black folks, you don't even start counting shit as unjust until we're dead?
Quite literally a racist. And you're the golden example of why people protest by fucking up property and shutting down systems that don't serve them. They're speaking the only language you understand. Everybody else is collateral damage. Yeah... you're not an asshat at all. 🙄
I would hide behind a fake name if I was you too. Must be tough being insecure AND unintelligent. Thoughts and prayers fam.
@@nateolison7553 your people name their kids shit like "Amon-Ra" and then turn to us demanding we take you seriously. your culture is a meme. you should stop complaining about how things are oh so unfair and start minding your own business.
Spot on once again Mike! I remember the hiring process back in 2012-2013... I had applied everywhere.. sent in multiple resumes to every single place to make sure they got it.. Took tests among 100s of other applicants when the department was only hiring 2-3 Officers.. Took me well over a year to finally get on & now??? Hell we can't find anyone to apply here & as time goes on more of the older Officers are all taking early retirement... and I don't blame them one bit.
Just passed background last week. I feel you. This year I was number 3 on the list out of 6. I remember in 2015 MSP had 2000 qualified applicants and only needed 200.
And yet they still nitpick the absolute smallest shit on a qualified candidate. Maybe if they made the shitty background investigators or sheriff's or chiefs work on the road in place of the people they chose not to hire, they'd actually hire people!
People just don't want to become the problem. Can't say that you're joining to help fix the problem, because the second you try to do anything you are targeted by your higher ups.
@@napalmstickylikeglue Unfortunately in Democratic states, they are making the laws in favor of criminals and departments enact policies that put a lot of liability on the officers if they mess up. Thats why a lot of police officers are retiring early.
@@Ashrafsalehchannel I understand where you're coming from as I absolutely hate Democrats and Democrat ran States. But that's not the issue. The issue is cops have it in their mindset that they are better than the average citizen. It's been drilled into their heads since the beginning of their careers. They believe they should get away with things that we don't and should be able to do whatever they want to us as long as they deem it necessary at the time.
It's hard to break an old dog of old habits. When someone has spent 15 to 20 years doing things a certain way... They're not going to adjust well to doing things the right way. I'm thinking that's the reason for the mass retirements.
@@napalmstickylikeglue I can tell you thats not how I was taught or trained. Maybe back in the day when there were no body cams or even dash cams, officers knew they could get away with it. However its always been very small percentage of officers with misconduct, but those are the ones that usually get media coverage, not the good ones.
"just make it a mild strain" best shit I've ever heard
Police recruiting 2030: “Do you have a pulse?”
hey don't be lifeist there not zombies there mortally challenged
That has been the standard for years already.
It’s becoming like infantry for the Army. That’s the sad truth.
About three years ago I stopped at the local gas station in my town and a cop car pulled up. I thought to myself, its "donut time". Out came my high school bully from the patrol car; he tormented me and others in high school throughout the years. Dude was a psycho, and my heart dropped when i seen him in uniform. He grinned at me with pride as he walked past me, like he'd remembered the good old days when he tormented me. Psych eval must be non existant now for cops.
Psychopaths know why the questions are asked. And know how to answer to seen sane. I know this because I am one (yes diagnosed). And also passed psych evals. When I wasn't seeking answers or help. I'd willfully misrepresent myself on test. It's easy as hell really. They're pointless and would only catch maybe the most crazy bizarre lunatics. But average psychopaths and sociopaths? Nah ... never gonna weed them out that way.
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 I've wondered about psych tests. I'm an honest person, and not incredibly bright; but those sorts of questions are thinly veiled.
All you'd have to do is lie, which is something the human race is particularly skilled at! X3
@Jo He said it's easy as hell.
It's like asking someone if they're lying, and then assuming they're telling the truth just because they said so. X3
@@ayoutubecommenter1827 bullshit, psychopaths do not seek help. They view the rest of humanity as beneath them and incapable of being helpful other than a mere instrument to attain some desired goal/ object.
The only way you are getting help is if you are being forced or coerced.
Same with me. I had a guy in HS that was a bully, had two girls pregnant by age 17, lied cheated and stole all he could. I saw him on FB recently and he was a sheriff deputy! I was in shock.
New sub who is in the process....love your humor sir!
I remember working in the Sheriff’s Office understaffed with like six to seven (If we were lucky someone came for OT) working everyone like dogs with tensions going up due to the lack of Officers and people getting burned out. You’d ask where the applicants were and they’d say “They’re in the pipe”
Let me tell you something, that is one long ass pipe. 😳
Nothing was more frustrating than, "Oh, five quit, but we have four new ones joining!" One quits before the academy, one quits their first week out of the academy, one is fired after found to be smuggling contraband (this was a local jail), and 2 months later, the last one finds that $16 an hour is terrible pay to risk your life and morale for, and resigns to be a lifeguard in California, making $27 and hour. Oh, and it used to be academies would only happen if we had 4 or more applicants, now we regularly (every two months) have academies with one or two applicants. I thought my Lt. was joking when he told me I could make Sgt. in 6 years if I wanted to.
@@macjones6394 Yeah no shit, like we were sending one to two people to the academy. In fact, the graduation photos might be anywhere between 10 to 14 people from all over the state in a class. It was fucking sad time man.
How long ago was this?
The guy answered "Yes." to that last question. That's why he was so psyched to have him on the team, he's been to court before that's like previous job experience or some shit.
Imagine if we all as individuals raised our standards just a smidge. That’d be crazy right
You can't raise your standards for a necessary service when nobody wants to apply for said service
@@suicidalanderson2500 because their standards are so low we get some idiot police officer killing someone or otherwise ruining their life literally every single day. Who would want to be a part of that? Same thing with the military, people are just disillusioned with violent authorities.
@Schodinger's Snufalufagus lol police are corrupt and they don't want to change. Don't be so dumb
What sucks is there is probably people out there who truly care and want to be hired. But the process takes forever and can be denied for using MJ prior.
plot twis: he said yes on that last question
Real question: Colonial or Warden?
Murder is a job requirement ofc
Still hired. Lol.
@@keepingeel7874 colonial all the way we lose this war tho
This is ABSOLUTELY true! I was going for California Highway Patrol back in the late 80's. I was squeaky clean. 2 days absence since kindergarten...they knew it. They found out about an incident I had at Fedco. We had a manager that was flexing her power by doing a dress code check every day. She cleared a guy with a Hawaiian shirt and wrote up a girl with 1 leaf on her shirt. I spoke up and questioned the leap from OK to violation based on how many leaves were on a shirt. She got mad and said I could only wear a plain t-shirt. So I got a white t-shirt and wrote PLAIN on the left chest. She wrote me up for that. They found out about that! By the way, at that time, from the first written test, additional tests, physicals, physical agility, psych tests, interviews with a board, a one on one with my mentor where he brought up the t-shirt incident and ripped me a new one (it was a stress test) and finally acceptance to academy was just under three years.
Considering my history of back talk to my garbage teachers and confrontations with equally garbage classmates, and as an adult ghosting jobs after getting fed up with sociopathic managers, I wouldn't have made it in as a police officer lmao. They'd probably see it as me "having a problem with authority" when it's more of having a problem with people that abuse authority.
@@PatrickRatman lmao that is what my mentor said to me! I fear what he would have done to you!🤣🤣🤣
@@POPPASHANGO my question is, would they even have got you to that point of applying to be a police officer with my background? I feel like that would be a disqualifier in of itself lol
@@PatrickRatman Honestly I don't know. I did know a guy that got popped for shoplifting and he got to the final interview....but he was dropped. They had to have known that before he got that far...so he must have messed up in that or they wanted to see how his character was at that time. But he was going for LAPD and I was going for CHP.
@@POPPASHANGO Damn, well i never did anything illegal but i guarantee none of the managers/bosses i've quit would have anything good to say about me if they asked anything in detail like that lol. I tended to have the knock-on effect of being more sarcastic and working less hard for pushy micro-managers that demanded more work than they could put out themselves. Seniority doesn't mean shi- in retail. you can work at wally world for half a decade and still be more ignorant and useless than somebody that just started. *shrug* i never really planned on being a police officer anyway, but respect for y'all for what you do!
"The Jones' family dog was coming right at me, I swear! It was vicious and threatening and i had no choice but to shoot it 12 times. Mr. Sparkles put me in genuine fear for my life!" "Perfect, way to sell it, you're hired"
My father runs a law enforcement academy. Since taking over 10 years ago he has more than doubled the required hours to graduate, and as an educator he will state it is nowhere near enough. His opinion is that police officers lack community interaction outside of enforcing laws, which has led to them being opposed to their communities as instead of being involved in their communities. The old concept of a beat cop doesn’t really exist. The concept of a second chance is fading.
Reminds me of a joke my dad told me.
The average job interview for cops in my county:
"Were you a bully in High school?"
"Yes"
"Did you enjoy it?"
"Yes"
"Alright, here's your badge."
Some of them were the victims of bullying and now they want to make everyone else suffer for it
@@sydneypaige-writer3112 Maybe in some places, but not in my home county.
Our police/sheriff's office has a very "Good Ol' boys" feel to it.
Your dad's joke suck kid.
@@Zander2212 So like, they lynch black people?
@@spiraljumper74 not to that extreme. They might be kinda racist though. Idk, never had to deal with them personally.
“ that’s what they make breaks and lunches for, just make it a mild strain “ 😂 sounds about right
2010- "You have a clean record, we will keep in touch"
2021- "Can you curb stomp an innocent civilian, and then lie about what happened? Yes? You are hired!!"
After my first deployment, I applied for a city police department in Texas. Ended up not passing the written “psychological” part. Which took maybe 2 months. A week later the department got hemmed up, with officers writing fake tickets and shit. Like a dozen officers lost their peace officer licenses. I was glad, I didn’t get selected with that department lol. Ended up being an instructor with the Army, deployed again then got put in a great position on the civilian side.
2021 recruiting is definitely true now lol. No one wants to really be a LEO, without an agenda. Firefighter FTW 🙌🏾
FBI: Have you ever done anything bad ever?
Me: I set up a harmless group of political dissidents and coaxed them into committing crimes they would never have thought up on their own. Does that count?
FBI: Nah. That’s cool.
Rather->
FBI: You're perfect for the job. We do that regularly in cooperation with the ATF and CIA.
Great. You even have the skill set we're looking for
FBI: Promote that man to deputy director!
FBI: Welcome to the ABC club, you'll fit right in, thats what we do!
I started with my FTO last September after the "Summer of Love." I'm now on my own continuing to love the job because of the people I meet and the experiences I get that I would otherwise not get if I was not a Patrolman. My hiring process was not as easy as LT Friendly made it out to be: The first step was a written test to gauge my skills, then the academy, and then I had to beat out eleven other people through the combination of a writing prompt and oral interview. And then pass the FTO program of course.
Even though I could have denied the job offer back when the hatred for police amplified last year, I still put my head down and continued on because there are still people out there that need police. I'm not scared of the people that hate police, I just don't think they know what we do on a daily basis because the news only reports on things that will stir hate.
I do agree that we need police but I've come across too many police that are in it for the money, the power, and the ego. A correction officer even told it to my face: "Keep getting arrested so that I keep getting paid". Make sure you're current with your laws and stay logical. I've come across too many cops in the PNW that act more on emotion than logic and have even stepped in to stop an arrest that was a result of terribly simplified investigation (bf with cuts on his face and neck: victim? nah no way. gf who says bf is beating her: victim? we got em bois! The poor guy had more cuts and bruises under his shirt)
Thank you for that and your service protecting people.
Thank you for serving. My son applied yesterday. I'm conflicted about it, but he (and sounds like you) are the kind of folks we need.
If police officers condemned the bad apples in their ranks or arrested their "brothers" when they break the law or use excessive force the public would have more faith in them.
The murders and bad behavior from officers are only half the story. The other half is the constant cover ups that show its not just a small part of the force that's a problem. And the unions tripping over themselves to say there's no such thing as too much force or that planted evidence is a good thing or whatever other bs. And the good ol boys who don't arrest their friends and relatives. And the officers who beat their wives (around 2/3 officers are abusive). And we can go on and on and on.
It's not even a particularly dangerous job, it's usually not even in the top 20 most dangerous
@@JK-co4lz so how many times have you been arrested? Lol that's not power tripping, that's you being a snowflake
I recently wanted to apply to be a cop and asked a cop forum about when to apply after my marijuana use which stopped after college though I sometimes vape CBD(which is NON-PSYCHOACTIVE & Federally legal). No lie 98% treated me like I was some junkie and said things like “don’t bother I wouldn’t want someone who had just smoked that shit to come back me up” referring to CBD and “so you still want to get high but just found a loophole fuck off”. I was appalled at the “us vs them” attitude they had even to something that small and the lack of knowledge they had. I even stated how I have a perfectly clean record had not used any hard drugs, rarely drink and am in very good shape and am college educated. I was already hesitant with the current climate but that made me almost 100% uninterested if that was the mindset of my coworkers. The funniest part is the same guys talked about the liquor they drank almost daily on other threads which could ACTUALLY be a detriment to your working ability the next day yet CBD use is criminal shit.😂🤦♂️
America's relationship with soft drugs is absolutely hilarious.
Irony isn’t really their strong suit. You’re better off without them
Making stories isn't one of your talents.
@@Lance-The-BoS-LancerWhat you going on about weirdo😂
@@ross9144 your story, its horrendously bad.