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[Anchors]

I have it on good authority that LAPD really likes to see people with a military background.

Doing cocaine or smoking weed 10 times aren't going to fly with you guys either these days.

Or so I thought?

[ArtSki]

"I've attempted at trying cocaine..but I was too nervous and I don't think I did it...thank god."
You don't "think" you did it?? You either did it or you didn't do it. I'd say the fact that you attempted it pretty much means that you did it.

[lorddivid1]

I didn't do it right..I was more nrvous than anything..

[Notorious]

I started in the early 90's when there were 100 people per slot and I didn't get very far with a lot of places because I was young and dumb. I put myself through the academy and started off as a reserve, then went back and got the full academy done and then eventually went full time.

Right now, you are in the same type of market though, very competitive and slow. Take your time, learn, stop applying for now. The more bad marks, the tougher it gets to be hired down the line. You have to disclose every department you applied to and why you were rejected. While shotgunning applications is one approach, you eventually have to list a whole group of departments that rejected you when you get enough lined up.

Then your BI has to contact every one of those departments to see what they dug up and why they disqualified you. Just get yourself more prepared and ready, then start. You're still young, no need to rush it and get yourself marked this early.

[stagman]

I am putting myself through the 185th academy class at RCC. I have applied several times, with several departments over the last decade, all with no results. At this point, what do I have to lose? Nothing. I'm out of options, and out of time. It's not like I am turning down 50 construction job offers elsewhere right now. If it gives me a better shot at getting hired, then I will try it. If nothing comes of it, then only six months, and 6k are lost.
I also heard, that if you do well in the academy, that departments will pick you up while you are training. We'll see.

[Notorious]

Where's RCC? Riverside Community College?

When does it start? If you are in the Inland, give me your info, I'll be in touch. I know a handful of places that are hiring and if you are putting yourself through, that gives you a leg up on raw recruits and in some instances, it gives you the only shot since some places have no budget to hire recruits, only pre-service or laterals.

[Recession]

LAPD likes to see a 5 year separation between your last usage of marijuana. My BI contact at LAPD told me that the usage or experimentation of hard drugs (cocaine, lsd, heroine, ecstacy) at an adult age are an automatic disqualifier. Their reasoning is that as an adult you should know better.

Unfortunately if you answered yes to experimenting with cocaine, you're going to have to disclose that to every single department that you apply to from here on out because if you make it to backgrounds, they will contact your BI's from the other departments that you have applied to, to check for consistency of the information that you provided.

[lorddivid1]

I'm planning on obtaining a A.A in criminal law.

Then put myself through.

I just turned 24..I. think I have 2 1/2 years to spend on school

[stagman]

Where's RCC? Riverside Community College?

When does it start? If you are in the Inland, give me your info, I'll be in touch. I know a handful of places that are hiring and if you are putting yourself through, that gives you a leg up on raw recruits and in some instances, it gives you the only shot since some places have no budget to hire recruits, only pre-service or laterals.

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