Applied to SDPD any tips?

[Hoopty]

Or.... Once you've been on long enough, become a motor cop.. No need to run after anyone anymore.

[billrd]

They used to go over you with a VERY fine tooth comb there. Spill your guts even if you don't think it's a big deal.. #1 problem that gets LEOs in trouble is LYING. Investigators are like everyone else - been there -done that so they don't expect everyone to be perfect. We've all screwed up.

[billrd]

The horror & inhumanity of it all

Wow - as I read all these recruit academy horror stories I didn't realize how nice I had it at Parris Island in 1950 . Our DIs said they were going to be our mommies & daddies. My old mother was OK but my old man used to beat the crap out of me. Only got hit a couple love taps by my new daddies.
SO academies in late 70s were rather nice actually. A lot of recruits today still live at home, have never had a job, have never had anybody raise their voice to them and have had all the nice things of life handed to them.
I laugh when I see the culture stock hit em . Used to be we would lose at least 10 the first day out of about 60 Don't know what the death toll is now.

[CBR_rider]

I think my class lost about 10% after the first or second day and about 20% by the second week... After that I want to say we only lost a handful of people.

[Boblaw]

Wow - as I read all these recruit academy horror stories I didn't realize how nice I had it at Parris Island in 1950 . Our DIs said they were going to be our mommies & daddies. My old mother was OK but my old man used to beat the crap out of me. Only got hit a couple love taps by my new daddies.
SO academies in late 70s were rather nice actually. A lot of recruits today still live at home, have never had a job, have never had anybody raise their voice to them and have had all the nice things of life handed to them.
I laugh when I see the culture stock hit em . Used to be we would lose at least 10 the first day out of about 60 Don't know what the death toll is now.

From personal experience I can tell you that the Corps' DI's (Daddies) had evolved by the mid seventies. Rather than inflicting the gut punch in front of other recruits, the DI would hold a personal private attitude conference in the head. It takes some "finesse" to turn a 17 year old into a Marine.

[billrd]

From personal experience I can tell you that the Corps' DI's (Daddies) had evolved by the mid seventies. Rather than inflicting the gut punch in front of other recruits, the DI would hold a personal private attitude conference in the head. It takes some "finesse" to turn a 17 year old into a Marine.

Significant changes actually began mainly as a result of the McKeon incident at Parris Island in 1956. Excellent article here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_Creek_incident

I was on an I&I staff in a special infantry company at the time and it affected us quite a bit. One of my heroes - Chesty Puller berated him but justified the incident which I do not agree with. It was not a "training" incident by any stretch of the imagination but an idiotic drunken spur of the moment thing. It was not scheduled, no lesson outline, plan or preparation and no other DIs present or even aware of it. If this was a "common practice" I was sure not aware of it from 1950 to 1962.
We all did some few stupid things with/to recruits but not ever any life threatening things. Even was sent to a shrink once . Occasionally we would have a CO who didn't think we were wrapped all that tight - of course we went out of our way to reinforce his beliefs .
Training is always a huge responsibility and in military & LEO it is especially so considering the future consequences of the end results. Realistic training is beyond difficult and sometimes tragic results are inevitable. There are some things you just can't do in a classroom .
Used to be virtually all DIs were former Marines so what worked for USMC boot camp followed into LEO academies. Don't know about today (except what I see on TV) but I'll assume subsequent generations of LEO instructors tend to emulate their predecessors even today. And I don't personally think that's a bad thing. Difficult for a recruit today with a BSEE, living at home, never had a job, much discipline or even have been yelled at, trying to understand why he has to run 10 miles, do 50 pushups or be personally berated in front of his peers. Hopefully in time he will come to figure it out - if he survives.

[Axelgear]

I've applied to SDPD twice - didn't make it because of "lack of life experience". Evidently 29 and 30 is too young? Or maybe they just lied to me lol. Perfect record, no drug abuse, great credit....and the detective never got back to me.
Oh we'll, screw it, I like working a gun store anyway