After much procrastination I finally put my application in at the City’s Police Department. I figured three years at the prison has been enough so it was time to move on. After all that is the only reason I began working at the prison right? When I started working for the Dept of Corrections it was with the full intention of “moving on” to street cop, and today I took the first step towards moving on.
When I began my career in law enforcement the prison was only going to be a stepping stone use to compensate for my lack of further education. The only problem is over the past three years I have moved up the ranks rather quickly, and I feel felt obligated to stay, it’s almost as if I owed those who gave me a chance to shine. Only now am I realizing that it has nothing to do with “them”, it’s about me. I see a lot of co-workers who came into this job with the intention of “moving on” but for one reason or another chose not to follow there dreams. I will not be one of them.
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The selection process consists of ten steps that must be completed in its entirety prior to hiring.
- Application Accepted
- Application Screening
- Nelson-Denny Testing
- Initial Background Interview
- Background Investigation
- Conditional Offer of Employment
- Drug/Alcohol Screen
- Physical Examination
- Psychological & Polygraph Examinations
- Final Offer of Employment by the Chief of Police
Filed under: Application Process, Police
What made you decide you wanted to become a police officer in the first place, Robert? And what size town do you want to work in?