Florida Departments

[pmacgsu]

Florida Departments

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I live in Georgia and I will be graduating college in December. I want to become a police officer in the Orlando area. There are many city police departments that I'm very interested in applying for around the Orlando area. The police departments are the Kissimmee Police Dept., Oveido Police Dept., Altamonta Springs Police Dept., Apopka Police Dept., Winter Park Police Dept., Orange County Sheriffs., and City of Orlando Police Dept.

I would like to know if there is anybody who can tell me anything about these departments, anything about the work environment, the city, or ANY general information you can give?

[PB3021]

Seminole County Sheriff's Office is hiring (county next to Orange and where Altamonte Springs, Oviedo etc are located) All the agencies here are hiring...I'm a recruiter with Seminole and would be happy to tell you about the area and our agency..check our listings and on line application at www.seminolesheriff.org...

[pmacgsu]

Do you think me being from another state with no law enforcement experience will effect my chances in getting hired?

[PB3021]

No, not at all...no agency I know of in this area has residency requirements or restrictions. You have a degree and other than prior LEO exp or military that makes you valuable. Remember, most agencies are shorthanded, that dose'nt mean lower standards, but that they'll take the time to look you over. The only issue you may have as out of state applicant is longer time to complete a background check...