dayton

[jrhodes]

has anyone heard anything since their oral board? hopefully we'll hear something soon after the new year

[gouldat]

Nope......haven't heard anything. Will let you know if I do.

[sgtsavage]

Last I heard, and it changes often, if you passed the Oral Board you should be receiving a phone call from the Cheif sometime after the first of the year. I'm sure it won't be immediately after the new year, they prolly have budget issues to work out or something. How is the process going for everyone?

[jrhodes]

sgtsavage, are you going through this process also? I thought we were suppose to find out through the mail after our oral boards, but a call is fine too, just anxious to hear to see if I passed or not. Hopefully we will hear at the beginning of the year, good luck!

[sgtsavage]

I'm in the process and still waiting news. I was told at the oral board they would send out letters before the end of the year, however, when I spoke with civil service to change my address, I was told I would receive a call sometime after the first of the year, not a letter. Its hard to be left hanging, but hey, thats how it goes in this business.

[acegta2002]

If I find anyhting out on the "Offical level" I'll let you all know. The last word we got was that MAYBE Mid- March.
J

[sgtsavage]

Thanks acegta2002. Any info is greatly appreciated. How do you like working for the PD?

[jrhodes]

Thank you for your replies. Hopefully it won't be too long after the new year before we hear, getting pretty anxious here.

[gouldat]

Acegta-was the mid-March when they're going to let us know, or when the academy is going to start? Thanks.

[acegta2002]

Sorry folks just catching up.
I love working here at the PD. I try to remember that no matter how bad it seems to be, EVERY PLACE has their own problems.

Mid March was supposed to start the Academy. I haven't been back to work yet to actually try and find out the "final" verdict.

[sgtsavage]

acegta2002, thanks for all your help. any rumors floating around on how many they plan to hire? i was told 30, but i'm not sure if that has changed as well. hopefully all of us will be working together in the near future.

[acegta2002]

30 is the number I heard most thrown around, but as anything else that is subject to change. If I find out anything I'll let all of you know.

[gouldat]

Acegta-you haven't heard anything on your end yet, have you? Thanks.

[acegta2002]

Nope,

The Lodge still is hearing March, but nothing offical.

[jrhodes]

hopefully one of us will hear something soon

[jrhodes]

i know it's not likely, but has anyone heard anything at all lately?

[gouldat]

No, unfortunately not.

[jrhodes]

i'd just like to hear about the oral boards, whether i passed or not

[acegta2002]

I talked to someone in the police personel side of things. He said the City was going for May or June. Unfortunately I didn't read this until after I talked to him, I'll check on getting an answer as far as the oral boards for ya.
Sorry.

[jrhodes]

thank you, i appreciate all your help. Like I said, I'm just more curious as to finding out whether I passed and am going on or not, not too concerned with the academy starting right away may or june might let me squeeze another quarter of school in before, so that would work out nice actually. Again, thanks for your help

[gouldat]

Thanks, acegta.

[jrhodes]

got the call today, made the cut and moving on to psych and physical, should hear from civil service next week about setting those up, so exciting! hopefully everyone else hears soon, good luck!
edit- just got another call this evening setting up my psych eval for monday, hope someone else hears something soon!

[sgtsavage]

hey, i got a call too! pretty exciting after not hearing anything for so long and all of a sudden we have psychs in a week. anyone else hear anything? good luck!

[acegta2002]

Good luck folks on the rest. Hurry up and wait :-(. Glad you heard something finally, before I was able to check. Let me know how it goes.

[jrhodes]

sgtsavage, what made you look here coming from ny? family or anything in particular?
also, minus this last waiting on the oral boards the process has been really smooth and fast. being my first one, i expected it to drag out, and it's been great, and even today they call in the morning telling me sometime next week i'll hear from civil service about the psych and physical, then hear tonigth and it's already set up, it's great. anything we need to know about the psych in particular? thanks and good luck to everyone

[jrhodes]

does anyone know if the you find out the results of the psych that day, or is it by phone or mail later? just curious

[sgtsavage]

sgtsavage, what made you look here coming from ny? family or anything in particular?
also, minus this last waiting on the oral boards the process has been really smooth and fast. being my first one, i expected it to drag out, and it's been great, and even today they call in the morning telling me sometime next week i'll hear from civil service about the psych and physical, then hear tonigth and it's already set up, it's great. anything we need to know about the psych in particular? thanks and good luck to everyone


I used to live in dayton when I was younger and Im sick of NY, its too liberal, taxes are too high, and getting a police job is tough as nails, unless you're a minority, which I am not. Any ways, I hope we find out how we do on these next few steps a little quicker than the boards. Good luck with your psych, let me know how it goes.

[jrhodes]

ya, i hope it goes quickly too. really this last wait was the only thing that took a while, so hopefully these next few steps will go quick. when do you have your psych? hopefully they'll go smoothly, good luck

[sgtsavage]

my pysch is on tuesday, looks like you get to be my ginea pig and go first. haha.

[jrhodes]

lucky me, i'll let you know how it goes. like we said before, hopefully we'll know fairly quickly how it went.

[jrhodes]

getting ready to leave for the psych, i'll let you know how it goes

[drewsy64]

Good luck, buddy. Still waiting on mine to be schduled with CPD. Let us know how it went.

[jrhodes]

well i'm back and i think it went well. first talked with the psych then took two different test things on the computer with a couple hundred questions each. good luck to everyone else, now hopefully we wont have to wait too long to hear back

[sgtsavage]

glad to hear it went well man! what did they ask about? did they make you do anything goofy like draw pictures or look at those ink blots?

[jrhodes]

no, none of that, just talked about stuff from my bi packet i filled out and me and my family, but that part went pretty quick, then like i said, couple hundred questions on two different tests on the comp.

[sgtsavage]

ohio just doesn't know how to deal with snow... my pysch had to be rescheduled.

[jrhodes]

that stinks, were you already here? it's not just the snow, it's the ice and sleet moreso, we can handle our own normally. when did it get moved to?

[sgtsavage]

yeah, i moved here last month with my wife. civil service called me as i was pulling into the parking lot. they have to get back to me after the institute opens up again. i dont mind it getting canceled, im just not used to everything closing in this weather, being from NY and all. ill let ya know when i hear something.

[sgtsavage]

hey gouldat, have you heard any news yet?

[jrhodes]

hear anything on your psych yet sgt? any news with anyone else?

[sgtsavage]

i gotta go on friday....

[jrhodes]

should go fine for you, let us know how it goes
acegta- anything new?

[jrhodes]

civil service called today, got physical on tues and gotta go fill out the forms today or monday

[acegta2002]

Sorry,

I was out of the country for awhile with no email. I'll try to contact the detective in personel. I did speak to the academy staff and they have not begun putting the class schedule together.

[jrhodes]

thanks. well finally finished everything, now just time to wait. had two little things in the physical that had to be cleared up, but took care of the final thing yesterday, so now just time to wait.

[sgtsavage]

sorry, my comp was busted....

my psych seemed to go well... hopefully ill hear soon, congrats on making it through.

anything i need to know for the physical? whats involved? treadmill test?

[jrhodes]

first thing they did was the stress test (treadmill test). After that it's the usual, blood, vision, hearing, all that stuff. Also have the pulmonary function test (lung test thing where you blow into the machine). That gave me trouble, had to go back and retest, took me like 8 tries but i finally got a good enough reading. Weird cause I have great lungs and killed the treadmill test and everythign, guess I just don't have very big lungs, but I passed it. Good luck and hopefully you hear soon on getting the physical. Then hopefully we hear soon about whether we made it or not, don't care wehn the academy is, jsut want to find out and start looking for housing and all that.

[sgtsavage]

yeah that pulmanary blowing thing is tough. i had to do that for my current job so i can wear a respirator, my diapragm was burning up after that. how long do you have to run on the treadmill? or how fast? never had to do a treadmill test. hopefully i can get in soon and get it over with. good luck on your search for a home in dayton, not a whole lot of options. heres a tip tho, my polygrapher told me to call 333-cops to find out if an address was really in the dayton limits. thats the non emergency number, just tell em your a police recruit and they'll understand.

[jrhodes]

you go til your heart rate hits 180 if i remember right, so just depends. average is like 8-12 minutes i think is what he told me. unfortunately being young and in shape, i was on it for like 17 minutes til my heart rate got high enough. it gets faster and goes more uphill the longer you are on. i was told about that number also to check and make sure. not gonna start looking yet, wanna make sure im in first, so hopefully we wont have to wait too long after everyone does their stuff. good luck

[acegta2002]

If ya'll get close to looking for housing let me know. I'll check the address to veriffy that it is in the city. I don't want someone getting wrong information,because the city does investigate residency.
Helpfull hints:
Start in the Belmont area, lower priced older home in a well established area.
If you want "COPLAND" theya re a bit on the high price side, because you live in Dayton but can send your children to Huber Heights or Riverside schools, depending on the location.

[sgtsavage]

haha, i grew up in Copland, over off of kitridge, before i moved to ny. it was a great area to grow up. i imagine its still as nice, but def on the pricier side. im over in the belmont area now, cheap rent and the quitest community in dayton that i could find.

my pysch test results came in, and apparently i am just crazy enough to be a cop. i have to go fill out my paper work today and my physical is next week.

[drewsy64]

Congrats, sgt. Is that the last step for Dayton? I'm still waiting for my Psych to be scheduled with CPD. Good Luck!

[jrhodes]

not familiar with dayton all that much. is copland the area of north dayton near huber? also, is belmont over by kettering?

[jrhodes]

hopefully this wont take as long to hear back as it did after the oral boards. either way it's fine, just getting anxious to find out. how is everyone doing, physicals and such go well?

[sgtsavage]

Physical went fine. wasnt as invilved as i thought it would be. nothing left to do now but wait i guess.

[sgtsavage]

anything new?

[jrhodes]

i think i've finally completed everything. I had to get a few things redone from physical, but last thing was my eyes rechecked, which i went back this week and passed that. I called civil service a little bit ago to check see if stuff was sent over and make sure there isnt anythign else i needed to do cause last time medwork didnt tell me i needed to do that for my eyes. Anyways, i was told once you are cleared by civil service, which at least for me once they receive that about my vision since i passed that they send a letter over to detective saying you've been cleared, then the detective will call you and tell you you are accepted and give a tentative date. So hopefully we'll be hearing soon.

[sgtsavage]

hey, i just found out ive been accepted to the academy... anyone else hear anything yet?

[udjoe24]

I just came across this forum. I got the call back on the 27th. Glad this process is done and I'm looking forward to the academy.

[jrhodes]

just got called this morning, he gave tentative date of 14 may, is that what you guys heard? but said when we hear from someone from the academy they will have a more solid date. time to start looking for housing

[acegta2002]

The key here is " tentative date of 14 may". That's better than what Ive heard, "sometime in May".
JRhodes are you still going to take the Cincinnati test?

[jrhodes]

ya, first all he said was sometime mid may, but then did mention the 14th, so we'll see when we hear from someone from the academy. Either way hopefully it's not too far off. And I highly doubt I'll go take that test, no real reason to now.

[drewsy64]

Congrats, guys! That's great news. Enjoy the academy.

[jrhodes]

anyone know where a good place to start looking for housing is. I heard north area towards huber heights is good, but anyone have a good place to start? I'm looking for apartment/townhouse type thing, not a house as im young and no family. Gonna get out this week and start probably.

[acegta2002]

My question is why would anyone want the SPOs for the academy?
You'll get them while in the academy and if you have them before hand (ImHo), it makes it harder. You are less likely to pay attention in class. Just my 2 cents.

[udjoe24]

I got the call today from the academy and he told me that the start date was set for May 14. He asked me for my sizes of shirts and pants and said that they are sending letters out on Wednesday with further info.

[jrhodes]

got the letter today. now gotta find some good boots and garrison belt and get that other stuff done. it says to wear appropriate business attire first day and there will be a follow up letter. if it doesnt specify i would assume that is suit and tie just as everything else, but i'll just call if it doesn't say to make sure.

[Rossn12]

Hey fellas, just found this forum. Looks like we're going to be in the same recruit class. Very excited to meet everyone and get this party started, as I am sure you are also.

In reference to the duty boots and garrison belt, I am wondering if the uniform shop in Vandalia will have that kind of stuff, or if we will have to purchase through Galls or Quartermaster or someplace like that.

[jrhodes]

any ideas how big the class size is?

[Rossn12]

From what I know there are 34 recruits.

[CinFriz]

Would anyone be interested in rooming together for the duration of the academy to save money on rent. If you are interested, please let me know and i'll give you my cell number to discuss it. There are several locations that i've found that would suit the residency requirement. Just meeting does not ensure that you have to room with me; just an option if you're wanting to save money on recruit salary.

Thanks

[jrhodes]

Would anyone be interested in rooming together for the duration of the academy to save money on rent. If you are interested, please let me know and i'll give you my cell number to discuss it. There are several locations that i've found that would suit the residency requirement. Just meeting does not ensure that you have to room with me; just an option if you're wanting to save money on recruit salary.

Thanks
what places have you found so far?

[CinFriz]

Well, just go to apartmentguide.com and type in dayton ohio. That is the only site I found that separates the different municipalities and doesnt just give every address a dayton mailing address. Let me know if this helps - would you be interested in rooming during the academy?

[acegta2002]

CinFriz, Send me the addresses that you might be interested in and I'll verify
they are in the city and type of neighborhood for you. (If you want )

[wpipes]

HEY GUYS,

A buddy of mine from high school is gonna be in this class. i can tell you from experience. my brother has lived in that area for 7 years and dayton itself is pretty ****ty. he lives in miamisburg which is south a few miles and boy is it a hell of alot nicer and well priced for single and family living. just an idea. have fun w/ the academy boys, i'm glad i'm done w/that ****. at least you'll be gettin paid!!!!!!!!!

[MT Guy]

everybody finding housing and everything fine? getting closer and closer.

[CinFriz]

Anyone know how good the area around Belmonte Park N is? The apartment i'm looking at is right behind the Dayton Art Institute. It looks like a very quiet neighborhood, and its nearly downtown....

Let me know what you think, i'm from Cincinnati.

Thanks,
Josh