Your academy class and grad date

[DEPUTYBILL]

regional criminal justice training center at modesto on blue gum road: september 1973

may be one of the first regional academies in california?

Modesto 1976
Last class of the summer. We had agencies as far north as Sonora
PD, as far west as BART, as east as South Lake Tahoe, and as far south as Calxico.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Why anyone "wants" to work past 55 (unless one started late in life) is just beyond me.

QFT!!!!

Perhaps a part time job at a gun counter for pocket money and amusement, but by 55 my lawman spurs will be hung up for good.

[gumby]

OCSD class #45 1-31-80

[TeeMon5]

LASD Class# 162 in 1973. My DI was Dep Gary Rovarino. I was outside agency.

[eta34]

OCSD 143. April 2000.

[trendar5]

Long Beach class #68 March 1995

[SVT-40]

LASD Class 190, August 4, 1978 to December 1, 1978.

Class was 100% LASD, no outside agencies. 89 deputies graduated. Two are still working. One is a current Assistant Sheriff and the other is a K9 Handler who had to get special authorization and medical clearance to avoid the mandatory age 60 retirement. Commanders and above just need permission from the Sheriff.

Sergeant: November, 1990
Lieutenant: March, 2011
Retired: March 30, 2011

I was in the class right behind Ron, although I was not a Deputy.

LASD Class 191 started 9-11-1978. I think our graduation date was January 5th 1979.

I retired in December of 2006

Why anyone "wants" to work past 55 (unless one started late in life) is just beyond me.

Some of us lucky few were able to go at age 50..... I can't imagine working past retirement age.. The risk of getting injured go up dramatically every year after 50...

[daorozco86]

Rio hondo police academy class #182 may 2007

[Spoilerv2]

Why anyone "wants" to work past 55 (unless one started late in life) is just beyond me.

Well, one of my partners has 38 years on. He started the year I was born and is doing two more years.

Background: First wife took most of his retirement.

[fal_762x51]

Why anyone "wants" to work past 55 (unless one started late in life) is just beyond me.

Because the new PERS Safety is 2.7@57.

I do agree with you, should be gone at 50 and loving retirement.

[gumby]

I do agree with you, should be gone at 50 and loving retirement.

I did and am:-)

[retired]

QFT!!!!

Perhaps a part time job at a gun counter for pocket money and amusement, but by 55 my lawman spurs will be hung up for good.

Sooooo, if offered the position of Asst. or UnderSheriff at age 55 you'll refuse and retire.
Ya gotta accept that for at least a year for pension if an "A" or 3 if a "B" I would think.

LASD Class #180, summer of 1976. The class after us was lucky enough to wear long sleeves. This academy was at BC in the trailer with window a/c, not the former high school with central air the OP talks about. The a/c, with one exception, would mysteriously stop working after lunch during 95+ temps. The exception.....the a/c machines in the back where the D.I.s sat. They never stopped and the air was always ice cold. Funny how that worked. They did always tell us that maintenance was going to look at it. I think maintenance may have glanced at the a/c units as they walked by the trailer, but that was the extent of it.

Ron knows what I'm referring to for at least part of academy since he began in August. I usually referred to mine as the "man's" academy when speaking with newer male deputies just to pull their chain. It always got a rise out of them.

[psango]

Central Cost Counties Police Academy 57th. Class 1982

[OLDLEORET]

CHP - CTC 3-66, March 1966.
LAPD - 8-68, August 1968.
Sergeant 1975
Leiutenant 1988
LAPD Retired 1991

[Derbycat]

CHP CTC III-90... I know we graduated before the holidays, sometime in the Fall... that was a long time ago, I forget.