Phoenix PD to Orange County?

[geek4life]

I'm thinking about moving to Orange County in the near future to be closer with my family. Is there a PD in Orange County needs a Vietnamese-speaking officer?

[Dragon Slayer]

Westminster would be my best guess.

[McGruff]

^ Little Saigon is located in Westminister. Santa Ana might be the second highest Vietnamese population in Orange County.

[LA DEP]

One BIG thing to check for: although you can get a lateral POST certificate through CA POST, not all agencies will accept it.....you will have to go through their academy as well

[ask80]

santa ana, garden grove, westminster

[bigwillie909]

Garden Grove

[avalon42]

Almost all of them will hire a Vietnamese speaking officer (pockets of Vietnamese all around Orange County).

The three cities listed above have the highest concentration of Vietnamese.

I would add Fountain Valley, Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Fullerton to your list.

Good luck Anh!

[geek4life]

One BIG thing to check for: although you can get a lateral POST certificate through CA POST, not all agencies will accept it.....you will have to go through their academy as wellGarden Grove PD will take my waiver cert.

The question is: will CA POST accept my AZ POST?

[ElDiabloJoe]

There's always OCSD also, but your language skills would be in MUCH higher demand somewhere like Garbage Grove, Westminster, Santa Ana.

FWIW,

EDJ

[Blackavar]

Westminster is #1 in Viet population. Garbage grove is #2. Santa Ana is #3.
Santa is a better dept. Garbage Grove seems to be on the rebound.

The only way to find your AZ Post vs. CA Post is to ask CA Post.