Detroit Police Requirments

[SWATdude170]

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[pkagel]

They just fired their whole academy class, the city counsel is taking money away from the police budget and they might have to fire some sworn officers, half their officers just called in with the "blue flu" and they pay WAY less than the surrounding nicer areas. You want to work there why :confused:

[pkagel]

http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/police/dept/recruit/recruit.htm

[GPOC]

Hello, I am from Maryland and I want to join the DPD.What are the requirements?


where in Md.?

[pkagel]

'Unusual number' of Detroit cops are ill

Friday, May 27, 2005

BY MARISOL BELLO
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


Detroit police officers came down with a mild case of the blue flu on Friday in what the police chief believes is a protest of the deep cuts to the department approved by the Detroit City Council.

Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings said Friday that several precincts throughout the city received

[Washingtonian]

Hello, I am from Maryland and I want to join the DPD.

Have you thought that through??? :(

[SWATdude170]

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[co911]

"I knew the DPD had some problems,but not this big."

Then can I suggest you go ahead and do some real research before committing to probably the most dangerous city in the nation, policed by the least funded, most stressed, overworked and unsupported cops?

[GPOC]

I was born in Maryland and moved to Highland Park in Detroit.And I plan on joining the DPD.I am from Germantown,MD if you know where that is.I knew the DPD had some problems,but not this big.


Know it well.....Grew up in Crofton,just outside Annapolis myself


GL to you

[Serpico]

Do not waste your time with DPD. I was out at the recruiting office to take my MCOLES writtens and fill out their Application. Their app is a 3x5 card and a couple waivers. After speaking with the background investigator I was told I am automatically DQ'd because of a misdemeanor charge when I was 17. This type of charge is not an automatic DQ is that dept or any other that I've looked into. The woman said "WE dont think you'd make a good fit here"
Now I'm not calling anybody anything, but every Ofc. was AA and I'm white. I get an automatic DQ on something that isn't and told "I wouldnt make a good fit"... Hmmm...To make it worse, the guy in front of me was talking with her and she mentioned "if you can get rid of that agg battery charge, you've got a chance." Hmmmm... Later that night I did a ridealong with a suburb dept and talked with an Ofc. who transfered there from Detroit. He didnt have one positive thing to say about the entire Dept.

Avoid the Detroit PD.

[irishlad2nv]

What was your charge Serpico...and if u are so against Detroit, why apply yo being with and also...words of wisdoms. Watch the racist cracks in here!

[Washingtonian]

I don't think that was a racist crack. AA is discrimination, and it happens.

[irishlad2nv]

....but to put every "Ofc. was AA and I am white"...WTF...Happens, so be it, however, the kid needs to watch his remarks thats all!

[Serpico]

....but to put every "Ofc. was AA and I am white"...WTF...Happens, so be it, however, the kid needs to watch his remarks thats all!

I didn't mean any disrespect by it. Hell, I didn't mean anything by it. It was an observation. Another observation is that the guy who was being interviewed before me was AA and had a felony on his record...yet was told if he could get rid of it, he had a shot. I had a misdemeanor marijuana possession from 5+ years ago and I got DQ'd. Like I said in my first post, I'm not accusing anybody of anything. Just seemed a little harsh to instantly DQ the guy with a misdemeanor from 5+ years ago, yet give the guy with a felony a chance.

"...and if u are so against Detroit, why apply yo being with and also...words of wisdoms."

All due respect, that didn't make much sense. I'll try to answer it the best i can. I am not against the City of Detroit. I've got a lot of respect for any officer working in a **** poor city where a good percentage of the population do not agree with what they do...all the while, they have a mayor that's driving the budget into a huge debt as well as cutting command staff and recruits. The reason I applied is simple. My parents are moving north of Detroit and I wanted to be near them. But after my experience with the recruiting unit, as well as the mayor's situation, I'm a little less than thrilled with the direction the department is heading for.

We eye to eye on this yet?

[wannabeacop]

I too applied with DPD about 2 years ago and was told that I was unfit because of a misd. Assault charge when I was 18. (8 years ago) Of course they didn't tell me this right off when I first applied an told them about it. It apparently didn't become an issue until I had made it too the background investigation and then I was 'automatically' disqualified because of it. Hmmm thats interesting... their website states that misdemeanors will be look at on an individual basis. Now why would they say that if there are misdemeanors that would automatically disqualify you. If its automatic then its not exactly on an 'individual' basis now is it. I felt that I was a good candidate. I know I'm a little biased but I do have a 4 year degree, a clean background including no drug usage ever, and have done alot of volunteer work all over the country. Unfortunately they wouldn't even investigate the situation... they literally saw that I had put that misd. down and then looked at me and said you are DQed. I responded that I understood that the charge looked bad at first glance but that if they investigated it (called those involved including the individual who I supposedly assualted) I was sure they would find that they had nothing to worry about. This had been done by Colorado Springs Police Department a year earlier and they had found just that. The person interviewing me stated that they wouldn't do that and that I would never be eligible for DPD because of this charge... never... that seems a little harsh for a misd assault charge that you haven't even investigated.

Now I'm not saying that I hate the DPD. I support every officer who works hard every day for that department and gets very little support from those that they serve. But this recruiting practice is very disheartening to qualified applicants and would seem to be somewhat self defeating.

[irishlad2nv]

Wannabe...so you looked at "their" website and it states, yes each Misd. will be looked upon on an individual basis...dude...do you not understand that maybe they looked at it, an assualt charge and said "see ya!"? I mean, even though it was a Misd. It's still an assualt charge. But anyway, usually most departments do not DQ you until you get to the Pre-Invest. Stages/ BI. They hardly even look at an application, etc until you meet with your Invest. Which then determines if you are good to move forward. Maybe the day you went there, they had 50 people with the same charges that you had and then DQed them all. And 50 people had no arrest records, etc. Well it would make more sense to take the 50 with no arrest record. Which in the long run saves thier a@@ and yours if it would come to court time and you are being threatened by a defendant stating you beat his a@@ and some hott shot Defense Attorney brings up your arrest record...see my point. It would be in your best interest and the Departments...not to hire you.

Yeah I know you maybe ****ed off, but hey thats life and you move on and apply elsewhere!

[wannabeacop]

Irish... When you apply for DPD (at least when I did) you are required to go down to the recruitment building and fill out the paperwork. For me it was a 3x5 card and some other forms including a form that asks if you have ever been arrested. To this I responded yes and gave a brief description of the misd assualt charge (which was dismissed under deferred sentencing by the way and I was never placed in handcuffs it was a appearance summons). When I was finished filing out the forms I handed them to an Officer behind a desk and he looked them over thoroughly, and by thoroughly I mean he took several minutes. At no point did he mention that this was an automatic disqualifier which would be something I would think they would mention. Maybe not... The point you raise about the court issue is actually not an issue which DPD would have realized if they had done the investigation and called those involved which is what a background investigator is supposed to do, which is all I asked of them to do. The individual who i supposedly assaulted actually stated himself to another background investigator that it was taken too far by his parents (he was 16 at the time) and that I didn't assault him. All things that the DPD would have found out if they had done the investigation or at least contacted my BI in Colorado Springs.

My point in writing wasn't to say that I am bitter at DPD, far from it considering the issues they are going through right now I would say that I am fortunate to have been passed on, but to say that I too had an experience like the one previously posted. I want nothing but good things to happen for that department for the sake of the officers employed there and the citizens served by them. I do however think that they have, at best, some poor policies regarding disqualifiers, and at worst, lazy BI's who look for ways to DQ people without actually having to do their job. I am in the process of completing a police academy in MI and will be applying to other departments very soon. With a little luck I will be an Officer in the state of Michigan at this time next year. I know that there are departments out there that WILL do my background thoroughly and will weigh it fairly and without bias against my fellow applicants and under those conditions I feel strongly that I will be the best candidate... If I didn't feel this way I would not be applying to work in this profession because anything less would be a dishonor to those that have come before me and a disservice to the citizens of whatever area I will be working.

I know that it will be a hard road, especially with the current job prospects in MI, but I know that this is what I was made to do with my life and I will succeed.

[jjr1134]

Oaky guys DPD is a great department to work for if your looking for a lot of fun and to learn police work fast. The department has a lot of great hard working, self-motivated, aggresive police officers. When your getting on duty and your car is 10-20 runs in the whole it makes for a very fast 8 hr shift going from call to call. On the other hand the city and police admin is running the city and police department into the ground fast. They just laid off apprx 150 police recruits from the academy and may lay off another 600+-certified officers this summer. (that's dating back to guys with all most 10yrs on to job) If and when the city does lay off all the officers the city is going to be crazy! We already have the most homicides in the USA.


For the people trying to get hired by DPD good luck it's not going to happen for a long time. (save your time and energy) For DPD recruiting I've been there done that and yes race is everything in the city of Detroit don't let anyone tell you different.

[Serpico]

Oaky guys DPD is a great department to work for if your looking for a lot of fun and to learn police work fast. The department has a lot of great hard working, self-motivated, aggresive police officers. When your getting on duty and your car is 10-20 runs in the whole it makes for a very fast 8 hr shift going from call to call. On the other hand the city and police admin is running the city and police department into the ground fast. They just laid off apprx 150 police recruits from the academy and may lay off another 600+-certified officers this summer. (that's dating back to guys with all most 10yrs on to job) If and when the city does lay off all the officers the city is going to be crazy! We already have the most homicides in the USA.


For the people trying to get hired by DPD good luck it's not going to happen for a long time. (save your time and energy) For DPD recruiting I've been there done that and yes race is everything in the city of Detroit don't let anyone tell you different.

1134, Any idea when Kwame's term is up? I read he went from a suplus in the tens of millions to a deficit nearing 300 million. Also, you're an officer in Detroit, right? Any idea why the recruiting office is "still recruiting but not actively hiring"? I can understand the concept of an eligibilty list, but what's the point when there's a slim chance of hiring officers in the next 3 years?

[jjr1134]

1134, Any idea when Kwame's term is up? I read he went from a suplus in the tens of millions to a deficit nearing 300 million. Also, you're an officer in Detroit, right? Any idea why the recruiting office is "still recruiting but not actively hiring"? I can understand the concept of an eligibilty list, but what's the point when there's a slim chance of hiring officers in the next 3 years?


Serpico,

I can't tell you why the recruiting office is still working.. I guess all I can tell you is that's just one thing that shows people how the city waste money. The recruiting lazy asses should be pushed back onto the street and into a scout working the prct taking police runs. Thats just my .02.

On Kwame he has killed this city............

[pkagel]

You and I both know it is the voters that killed that city and it has been dying for quite some time. Kwame is just a symptom of a much bigger problem in Motor City. I give you huge props for not pulling up and going to another city but I'm not sure if your dedicated or just plain crazy. as close as I ever get anymore is going to some of the pubs near the casinos with my sister and her husband.

On Kwame he has killed this city............

[SWATdude170]

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[pkagel]

Hard to clean from the bottom up. You must wash that city top down.

[jjr1134]

I gotta message for Mayor Kilpatrick.Super Bowl? Lets focus our money on cleaning up this hell hole!Murders,rapes,thefts,and assualts are through the roof! The reason why I wanted to join the DPD was the HUGE amount of corruption this place has.The men and women of the DPD arent doing enough to help Detroit.The citizens hate the DPD,the DPD isnt community freindly,it should be more freindly to the citizens so freindly that you can walk up to an officer and say what up Jen? or what happenin' Tyler?So mayor,lets restore this dump to its glory days.


This **** is bananas B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Swatdude,

First have you ever gone up to a police officer in the city of detriot and tryed to talk to one? I would say you haven't.

second corription? If you haven't ever taken a police run in the city of Detroit you can't ever talk **** about it's officers that are anwsering them. Remember you sleep at night because of the blanket of security that I provide you with. (if you live in detroit like you say)

Third community friendly? Once again you have never been behind the wheel of a DPD scout car or placed that badge on your chest and answered a police run. So, you don't know what some citizens of this fine city do or say to us while we wear that badge.....

As for the officers not doing enough for the city.... You lost me on this one because officers can only do what the administration lets us do.

[kingsman]

Detroits Police problems started a long time ago. I don't know if Coleman Young was the first problem, but he was certainly the biggest. Kwame is just the latest.

You have a city council that thinks they need to get paid like senators, a mayor that thinks he needs to be treated like a superstar, government officials who in similar cities work like normal people but in Detroit get Police bodyguards, and several previous police chiefs that somehow managed to amass personal fortunes while on the job.

I think the new police chief is doing a hell of a job from what I read, but she is not being given the kind of support she needs from the mayor and city council. The Stations in detroit are falling apart, some being cited by the EPA. They had to close the indoor handgun range because bullets were going thru the walls and out into the street!

So, this week the city council will call the mayors bluff and try to over-ride his veto of the city budget. If they do, 600 officer will be laid of on July 1st.
The international fireworks show will be cancelled because there won't be enough officers to cover the event.

I mean, where does it stop?

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