What departments/areas is everyone from? - Police Forums & Law Enforcement Forums @ Officer.com

pacers111 · 11-16-2005, 06:11 PM

Hey guys, just wondering where everyone is coming from which department or area??

blackandgold978 · 11-16-2005, 09:08 PM

Central Ohio.

Mid_Ohio_Po · 11-17-2005, 08:35 PM

Southern NE Ohio/Eastern Mid Ohio....

scooterlee · 11-19-2005, 07:29 PM

Cincinnati Suburb

cimcop1 · 11-19-2005, 07:48 PM

Calif Dept Of Corrections (and rehabilitation LOL!) Our new Director added this crap!

L-1 · 11-19-2005, 08:45 PM

I don't think you are going to get much of a response. Forum members here tend to be very candid. It is not unusual for them to vent about problems within their agency, or to offer personal insight and opinions on law enforcement that conflict with the official position of their respective departments. In turn, this could subject them to disciplinary action (I've seen this happen on another forum).

It's one thing if a forum member spontaneously volunteers their agency affiliation up front, but if they don't, it's considered impolite to ask.

hemicop · 11-19-2005, 09:22 PM

You bring up an interesting point. If the offs. views are accurate & can be substantiated then wouldn't it be safe to say they aren't bringing discredit to their Dept., which is what they're usually charged with, but rather simply voicing a truthful observation? I bring this up only because I hear how we're supposed to be so honest,etc,etc., then when we are, offs. get in trouble. I haven't seen it firsthand so I don't know the consequences but I've always been troubled by this inconsistency. So since you brought it up, what's your (& others ) opinion?

L-1 · 11-19-2005, 10:56 PM

You're right. On appeal, a terminated officer might get his job back. Or, he might not.

In the mean time, he would have to endure around 12 months of anxiety, waiting for an appeals hearing to be calendared and then for an administrative law judge to carefully weigh the evidence and render an opinion. In the mean time, he would have no wages or health insurance with which to support his family and he probably would be unemployable with another agency because his old department terminated him for cause. And I almost forgot, while unemployed and unable to support his family, he's going to have to find lots of money to pay the attorney representing him in his appeal. Then if the judge rules in his favor, he has to hope his department doesn't appeal the mater to superior court, in which case he will remain unemployed, broke and looking for even more money to pay his attorney while the new court decides the matter.

I don't know about you but, that's way too big a price for me to pay just to prove I am right and my department is wrong. It's a lot easier to just be discrete in my postings.

bkema · 11-20-2005, 04:04 PM

Northern California

zap · 11-20-2005, 10:56 PM

ummm is the Ohio thread?

JdSnaps · 11-23-2005, 04:03 AM

I am soon to be moving to Ohio and plan on starting the Academy in August. I will be living just south of Akron in Green. I am planning to go to Traynor's Police Academy. Looking for friends and advice.

blackandgold978 · 11-23-2005, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JdSnaps

I am soon to be moving to Ohio and plan on starting the Academy in August. I will be living just south of Akron in Green. I am planning to go to Traynor's Police Academy. Looking for friends and advice.

I am originally from NE Ohio, around the neck of the woods that you will be moving to. Right now, the competition for LEO jobs are extremely keen in NE Ohio. The job openings are very limited, especially for the suburbs. (I have a family member who works for Summit County S.O.) This has been the case for many years now.

You should be willing to relocate to other parts of Ohio if you are having trouble finding employment around Akron. (Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton areas.) If you'd like more information or advice, PM me. Good luck, and happy Turkey Day.

JdSnaps · 11-23-2005, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by blackandgold978

I am originally from NE Ohio, around the neck of the woods that you will be moving to. Right now, the competition for LEO jobs are extremely keen in NE Ohio. The job openings are very limited, especially for the suburbs. (I have a family member who works for Summit County S.O.) This has been the case for many years now.

You should be willing to relocate to other parts of Ohio if you are having trouble finding employment around Akron. (Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton areas.) If you'd like more information or advice, PM me. Good luck, and happy Turkey Day.

Thank you for your reply I would like to get started on a s.o. I am willing to relocate but will not be able to do it for a few years b/c my g/f will be attending college. Hopefully there will be an opening somewhere close in a year for a 22y/o female cop. Happy thanksgiving to you and your family as well.

Lay109 · 11-24-2005, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JdSnaps

I am soon to be moving to Ohio and plan on starting the Academy in August. I will be living just south of Akron in Green. I am planning to go to Traynor's Police Academy. Looking for friends and advice.

I know few guys who have went through Traynor's. Just wait till you meet the commander. Definately old school

I'm from NE ohio as well

zap · 11-24-2005, 09:14 AM

Ditto what B&G said.... paying jobs are quite scarce

.......and if you are open enrollment....you have to worry about your eligibility expiring before you get a job at all

JdSnaps · 11-24-2005, 01:18 PM

I am willing to start low I'm not in it for the money right now my main goal is to get experience right now. We plan on moving back to the central states when we are both done with school. I love living outside KC so I just want to get some time in so when I come back I have something to work from. I don't care if it is a bad pay or **** job I just wanna get into LE and get my future started. Everyones gotta start somewhere. Thanks for the advice. Any tips you can give me at all about academy or finding jobs LE in general are greatly appreciated.

Amanda (aka Jd Snaps)

133MPD · 11-26-2005, 05:12 PM

I went there. He is a Dueshbag, but all of the instructors are pretty good. Traynor is somewhat sexist pay attention the first day of class all of the females are i the front row and be prepared for a sexist comment

Mid_Ohio_Po · 11-27-2005, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by 133MPD

I went there. He is a Dueshbag, but all of the instructors are pretty good. Traynor is somewhat sexist pay attention the first day of class all of the females are i the front row and be prepared for a sexist comment

I too went to Traynor's. 133 has it spot on, Dave...errr....I'm sorry "Chief Traynor"

is a friggin idiot in it for the money. I promise you he'll make a ton of sexist comments and chalk it up to "you'll hear it on the street" so get used to it. The instructors are really good though, and for how often you'll have to deal with Traynor (not very often in comparison to the others) it's not really that bad.

Good luck!

JdSnaps · 11-28-2005, 01:40 AM

Well with all the down sides to Traynors and the trouble with open enrollment would you still recomend it? I would like to start with a local SO and then maybe go to a PD but I plan to only be in Ohio only a few years while my girl goes to college. Then we plan to move back to the Missouri area maybe and I thought if I could get a few years under my belt it would be easier to move.

Thanks always for the advice
Amanda

Mid_Ohio_Po · 11-28-2005, 10:05 AM

If I were you I would bust my arse as soon as I step foot in the state looking for a commission. Don't wait until after you're through the academy. Apply to the reserves where you live, several PD's auxilarys, etc. School will be a decent chance to find some commissions too if you have people in your class that are with a department. It is hard to keep your commission when you go through open enrollment, but most people wait until they're done. If you start before you won't have to worry about the clock ticking down from the day you graduate.

apddawg · 12-06-2005, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JdSnaps

Well with all the down sides to Traynors and the trouble with open enrollment would you still recomend it? I would like to start with a local SO and then maybe go to a PD but I plan to only be in Ohio only a few years while my girl goes to college. Then we plan to move back to the Missouri area maybe and I thought if I could get a few years under my belt it would be easier to move.

Thanks always for the advice
Amanda

I went open enrollment in Ohio and the best I could do was a campus police job in NE Ohio. I wouldn't recommend spending my money on any academy in Ohio. Apply in Atlanta, I was hired within four months, went through their 19 week academy and I've been on the streets for 7 months now. Don't waste your time up north, it's not worth it.

JdSnaps · 12-07-2005, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by apddawg

I went open enrollment in Ohio and the best I could do was a campus police job in NE Ohio. I wouldn't recommend spending my money on any academy in Ohio. Apply in Atlanta, I was hired within four months, went through their 19 week academy and I've been on the streets for 7 months now. Don't waste your time up north, it's not worth it.

I chose Ohio because that is where we are moving to. I did not choose it because of the academy. I can't just move to some other state for a better academy. That is completely unpractical.

thanks anyway,
Amanda

OHDEP69 · 12-10-2005, 12:32 PM

From what I have heard Traynor's is good for nickle and diming ya. I went to the Stark State Academy, which was pretty decent. Expensive, but good, alot of the instructors are from the Stark County S.O., we are also hiring.

JdSnaps · 12-10-2005, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by OHDEP69

From what I have heard Traynor's is good for nickle and diming ya. I went to the Stark State Academy, which was pretty decent. Expensive, but good, alot of the instructors are from the Stark County S.O., we are also hiring.

If you could do it all over what academy would you go to? I am looking for a place to get started. I would really like to work for a S.O. first. I want to get into corrections. I almost got on with a S.O. in Kansas but they decided I was to young after 3 months of tests and waiting. I would love to find out more about working for Stark County. Please send me a private message if you have any other advice.
Thank you for all your time,
Amanda

blackandgold978 · 12-10-2005, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JdSnaps

If you could do it all over what academy would you go to? I am looking for a place to get started. I would really like to work for a S.O. first. I want to get into corrections. I almost got on with a S.O. in Kansas but they decided I was to young after 3 months of tests and waiting. I would love to find out more about working for Stark County. Please send me a private message if you have any other advice.
Thank you for all your time,
Amanda

If corrections is going to be your bag, right now the Delware County Sheriff's Office (north of Columbus) is screaming for C.O.'s to work their newly opened jail facility. Starting wage is about $14.00 an hour, if I'm not mistaken. Not to mention good benefits. Do a google search and access their website for more information.

Stark county is in the midst of building a new jail facility, too.

Check it out on their website.