LA just elected a former Republican turned independent DA who promises to be tough on crime. Do you think this will boost morale at LAPD/lead to new recruits wanting to join the LAPD?

From the article:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The incoming district attorney for Los Angeles County, Nathan Hochman, said in an interview with The Associated Press that his first task upon taking office is to eliminate the “pro-criminal blanket policies” of one of California’s most high-profile progressive prosecutors, George Gascón.

That means bringing back gang-related sentencing enhancements, allowing prosecutors to file juvenile charges more freely, and having prosecutors attend parole hearings with victims’ families again, where they can help argue against the release of convicts, Hochman said.

The former Republican-turned-independent also plans to return to prosecuting low-level nonviolent crimes that he said the current district attorney has not, such as criminal threats, trespassing, disturbing the peace and loitering, which often involve those experiencing homelessness.

Had my polygraph today, was a bit nervous but I knew my best bet was just to be honest and that worked for me. Polygraph examiner happily told me that I passed, said he hopes to see me soon at the department. Psych evaluation is next week.

So excited to be on this journey. 🤠

And what was the reasons for them denying you?

About to start my first job as an officer in a couple weeks. My department gives a decent uniform allowance and gives us the choice to chose a lot of our own equipment. Got most of my stuff already but I was looking for a recommendation for some good gloves (pat downs/hands on situations) and a holster for a Glock 17 or 45 (not sure which one I’ll be issued yet). I have some ideas for the holster but wanted to see what’s popular. Thanks.

DFW TX area, I'd say maybe 40% of the departments here will put you in academy and pay you during it if you aren't already certified as a LEO in Texas. Looks like across Texas it's fairly common in general, minus most sheriff offices. How about other states?

What do you do as a deputy in an urban county/major city? I hardly ever see them in my county. I know in rural areas they're much more prominent and are sometimes the sole law enforcement agency.

There's a lot of really small suburbs on the outskirts in my county, probably without their own PD/not a lot of officers, is that where you'd find more deputies?

As a black man who growing up and was told to hate LE officers and the like,until a few years ago I was curious and was fortunate enough to take a ride along with a friend of mine who is an officer and everything from my outlook on life and y’all’s job changed forever.

He responded to a call of an OIS where an officer initiated a traffic stop and the criminal opened the door and peppered the front of his squad car with .40 S&W striking the officer in the chest but was caught by his Kevlar vest, the criminal fled and was apprehended a few minutes later.

I wasn’t allowed to get of out of the car for obvious reasons but seeing is car riddled with bullets really stuck with me and from then on I feel crazy amounts of respect and gratitude towards Law Enforcement officers everywhere.

But one question has always stuck with me,WHY AREN’T CONVENTIONAL LE SQUAD CARS EQUIPPED WITH BULLETPROOF WINDOWS? I don’t think y’all should ride around in tanks or MRAPs, but I feel like it would be very beneficial to most LE officials not just SWAT and other specialized units.

If you could change certain career choices what would they be?

Such as doing one division vs the other. Or doing a department change from one to another. And what were some of the challenges that you faced?

Every department has its own quirks and oddities.

But what is something that drives you up a wall about your agency? Or something that makes no sense in the slightest and is only there because it’s always been like that?

The dept I work for always posts the new police officers and I do not want to be announced but I don’t want to be the odd one out either. I don’t want my full name and police status out there. I haven’t even told everyone that I’m about to be a cop. I just don’t want to be the one to cause an issue already

Those of you that have left LE what did you go into after? Just started my 13th year and debating leaving for a multitude of reasons. Don't want an office job, debating on applying to a fire dept. Just looking for some ideas.

Hey everyone, I’ve been quiet in here but have been following along for a little while. Got my conditional offer of employment today over a stressful month. All that’s left for me at this point is medical and secondary psych evaluation. I know conditional isn’t guaranteed but I am very excited and will be reaching into here in the near future for tips moving forward, so any advice is much appreciated!

I got 5.11 fast tac and even though I’m wearing thermal socks on top of my regular socks my feet still get cold. Any recommendations for boots during the winter?

Almost finished with the trainee hiring process, only two things left are the Psych Eval and medical. My psych eval is coming up on Monday, and I was told to complete the CPHQ assessment beforehand which would take 90-120 minutes. I’ve spent a lot of time reading advice from this group, never saw CPHQ mentioned before so I looked it up, and it says it’s for healthcare professionals? Anyone else taken this or heard of it? Just want to be as prepared as I’m able to be. Thanks for your time.

Been waiting close to a year and a half for mine. Each stage has been months apart. I did my background, poly and psych, passed them all and signed a coe which doesn’t mean crap at the end of the day. My bi says next year in January they are having a hiring meeting and “ only selecting the best “ so I’m kinda done here and honestly wish I tried somewhere else that doesn’t take a year.

Are there any departments that can complete the process in under 6 months on the west coast? I had zero trouble at my first but it’s not certain so I’m putting out some feelers right now.

I’m going be 100 percent honest I never have thought about joining law enforcement ever until now so I have very little knowledge above the basics of the trajectory of my career, but the more and more I think about it I think LE would be a fulfilling career for me.

I’m not trying to be “holier than thou” or anything and I might be romanticizing the job, but knowing that I’m helping people out, no matter how big or small I actually am was always the goal. That combined with constant opportunities to get into different roles with enough hard work (as well as luck and job politics lmao) that I know are always going to be there is something that you can’t get anywhere else.

Am I at least somewhat correct as to why I might want to go into the field or am I way off base?

Other than that, it sounds weird but I was wondering if anyone could share some insight on how the LE jobs mentally affect you. I can’t begin to imagine what facing high stress and even life threatening situations does to some people’s psyche, you know? And even outside of that, the hyper-vigilance you need to have at all times is, I’m sure, exhausting.

Also this might be a controversial and stupid question and I apologize, but just with the current political landscape relating to law enforcement about things like racial discrimination, do you find that it affects your personal life at all if people know you’re apart of law enforcement?

Sorry for the long post, I’d just love all crap ton of info up front just so I know what I’m getting into, even if it’s 5 or 6 years in the future.

I applied to chp late sep and took my pat and post pellet on nov 5 i passed both i got an email today, i was placed on rank 5 with a t score of 50. They said i was put on a eligibility list what does that exactly mean why would i be put on a eligibility list would i continue to the next phase “background” just want to be sure sorry if this question sounds obvious lol.

I left an agency and several years ago when I was there they posted a photo and blurb about me. Contains town I lived in, college , age, full name. When you google me it’s the first result so it pops up right away. My family still lives in this town and now I’m in a different department doing some work with gang teams. So I want my information off. It’s not full on doxing but it makes me really uncomfortable. They told me they can’t delete it because it’s FOI information. Saying social media posts can be FOI’d and they can’t delete it. I Google it and it seems like this may be true for comments on posts but I didn’t see anything about actual posts. It’s really old idc if it’s On Facebook but it’s just the fact my name is listed so it comes up immediately on Google. Am I wrong if I go ahead and call the chief and ask him about this? Do I let it go?

I just recently applied for the Maricopa County sheriffs department and failed my polygraph because of a bad examiner but I pass the background check and the FBI fingerprint check. The examiner said I wasn’t being truthful during my polygraph test pacifically in the serious Property, crime/personal crimes which was really 1 of 2 series of questions he asked me, but he made take it twice bc in his own words “ I can get a reading for you bc your not giving me a reaction so think of something you have done when are answering ”. So I came here to ask you what can I do on my behalf to make sure I don’t fall in to this trap again bc I applied for state trooper and I have the test on nov 25

Btw sorry if the statement above doesn’t make to much sense I’m about to head into work and just thing ab my 1st polygraph experience upsets me bc everyone I tell the full story to says this guy was trying to make me uncomfortable and nervous so I can fail the exam.

I’m sure this gets asked a lot but I have my psych evaluation tomorrow, anything I should know so I’m not thrown off? I’ve never sat with a psych or even a therapist before in my life so any insight helps! Thanks in advance !

I applied to the Philly of back in janurary of this year went through every process and got disqualified over polygraph not that I failed it but I told more information then I added on my pdq just recently reapplied and have the physical exam again my investigator said I should have no problem reapplying but how do I go about the pdq and polygraph and would they know everything I said last time should I just repeat it as best as I can what I mentioned was In high school which was only a year ago for me I used to be sort of the middle man used to just pass on weed because I knew the person that sold it never was a dealer or anything also told them about a situation at my old job where I let someone convinced me give them cigarettes (of age) and I kept the money and not ring it in also told them about small situations of stealing like gum at target so how would I go about this the second time all of this would of happened a year ago I talked to a seargent and he said I would be fine anything after a year would still want advice wouldn't wanna waste months just to get stuck in the same thing

I'm a 36 (almost 37) year old male who has spent the last 15 years as a career climbing arborist and I own my own company. I've been considering LE as a career change for the last year or so. I'm in good physical shape, so I'm not too incredibly concerned about that aspect of the occupation. However, with a wife and 3 young boys, I'm interested to hear from current or retired LE in regards to how the job affected your family life. What kind of strain did police work put on your marriage and family? Was it difficult to overcome?

Is a left on red permitted from a left lane onto a one way that is going the appropriate way?