I had a guy show up at my rental property door looking for someone that he said was a hit-and-run. He said he had the license plate and that’s how he got the address. As far as I know, that information that links a license plate to an address is something the general public doesn’t have access to, but the police would.

He said he filed a police report. Would the police willingly give the guy’s address to a victim like that? The name he was looking for was similar to my tenants name, so it makes me think there is some credibility to the guy’s statement.

Like the disposable gloves box, not the one already in the car.

Hello again P&S Redditors, we are just about at the end of the hiring period for the July of 2024 academy for new recruits AND laterals. The academy will start on July 15th, 2024 right here in Lakewood, CO and the due date for applications is 5/9/24, and it is for testing on May 20th and 21st, 2024 here in Lakewood, CO. Visit www.JoinLakewoodBlue.com to research and apply!

Here are some quick points of interest for applicants, to make this as transparent as possible:

• We require a 4-year degree at hire for all sworn personnel. We are the only department in CO with that requirement for all sworn personnel.
• ~Our testing process includes an in-person written suitability test, physical abilities test (obstacle course), in-person oral board interview, polygraph, virtual job suitability evaluation/psychological evaluation, background, and in-person pre-placement physical ex­amination, drug screen.~ If you perform well during testing, we won't keep you waiting. We can even start you a couple of months earlier.
  • ~For out of state applicants: Two visits in total to CO, the second one is for the medical screening and drug test~
  • ~The written test, physical abilities test, oral board are done on May 20th and May 21st. Out of state candidates will take a polygraph as well while they are here.~
  • ~We pre-hire some applicants up to two months before the academy starts.~

Police Agent (Officer) Annual Salaries:

• Upon Hire as an Academy Recruit:  $75,000.00 (Academy is 21 weeks + 4 weeks of LPD class)
  • Entry into Field Training:                 $80,025.00 (16 weeks of Field Training)
  • Graduation from Field Training:      $85,386.68
  • Two Years from Date of Hire:          $91,107.58    
  • Three Years from Date of Hire:       $97,211.79  (Lateral & Veteran starting salary)
  • Four Years from Date of Hire:         $103,724.98  (Lateral with 4 years of patrol experience) 
  • Five Years from Date of Hire:         $114,380.00 (Lateral with 5 years of patrol experience)  

Promotional Positions:

• Sergeant Pay Steps: 
  • $122,958.50 (Year 1)
  • $127,360.41 (Year 2)
  • $131,919.92 (Year 3)
  • $136,760.00 (Year 4)
• Commander Pay Range:  $143,598 and up
• Division Chief Range:       $175,350 and up 

**Salary is market adjusted in the first quarter of the year when economic conditions allow**

Career Growth Opportunities: 

• Detective:
  • Persons, Property, Task Force
• Crime Scene Investigator
• Special Teams:
  • Traffic
  • Community Action Team
  • Special Enforcement Team
  • West Metro SWAT (Not a Full-Time Team)
  • Drone (Not a Full-Time Team)
  • Training
  • https://www.joinlakewoodblue.com/Specializations

We have a very supportive community that keeps us as the highest paying department in CO, paying 1% above anyone else. They will also give you all the variety you can want in this profession, with a goal of keeping our community safe. Our location varies from suburban to urban, bordering Denver on the west and backing up to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Are you a lateral?:

Laterals: Each lateral applicant’s qualifications and performance are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Most Colorado certified laterals spend two weeks in a police academy setting, and most out-of-state laterals spend less than two months in a police academy setting getting Colorado POST certified. Lateral agents are eligible for an abbreviated field training program as short as six weeks. Lateral pay starts at $97,211,79 for those with at least 3 years of experience, 4 years come in at $103,724.98, and 5 years or more start at $114,380.00. Again, everyone is reviewed on an individual basis, so bring forward the experience you have, and we will look at what pay you qualify for.

• Last call for this benefit, as we are probably making a change on this after July: Qualifying laterals are offered a value-added lateral benefit of the most valuable incentive we could think of - TIME. You will start with 120 hours of Compensatory Time, 80 hours of Vacation Time, and 20 hours of Sick Time - for 220 total hours so you get back some of the benefits of the tenure you leave behind, which can equate up to over a $12,000 benefit. We appreciate your background, skills, and tenure, and won't make you shave your beards or cover your tattoos.

Are you current or former Military?:

The Lakewood Police Department offers our Military Leadership Incentive (which is $97,211.79) for veterans who fall into either one of the below categories:

• Any service member or veteran, E-5 and above, with a bachelor’s degree and five years of active duty service.
• Or any service member or veteran, E-5 and above, with a bachelor's degree and eight years of reserve/guard service or six years of reserve/guard service in a law enforcement AFSC/MOS/NEC.

Are you interested in our benefits?

• Money Purchase 401a Retirement Plan (13% City, 11% Employee)
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan (City adds 3% for a ~Total: 27% Base)~
• Health Insurance Plans (Kaiser, Cigna), Health Savings Account (HSA) (City contrib. up to $2,000/yr)
  • Delta Dental and City Paid Vision Plan
• Vacation Leave (96 hours / year for new employees, max out at 160 hours per year for tenured employees)
• Sick Leave (96 hours / year)
• Holiday Time (104 hours / year)
• Overtime and Extra Duty Opportunities
• Compensatory Leave allowance of 120 hours
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• City paid life insurance 1.5x salary and other life insurance available for whole family.
  • Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Duty Death and Disability Plan
• Tuition Assistance (up to $5,250 / year)
• Complimentary use of recreation facilities (Whitlock, Green Mountain, Carmody, Link)
  • Discounted Golf at Fox Hollow and Homestead
• Apple iPhone for business use
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Lakewood Police Employee Assistance Foundation (LPEAF)
• Uniform Dry Cleaning

 Lakewood Wellness Offerings:

• Lakewood Employee Wellness Portal (New Incentive Program)
• National Emergency Responder/Public Safety Center
• Employee Assistance Program
• Virtual & Onsite Wellness Trainings (Stress Reduction Techniques, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Mental Health First Aid, Retirement Smart Series)
• On-site Flu Shot
• On-site Biometric Screenings
• Employee Wellness Center (Civic Center)
• On-site & Virtual Fitness and Yoga Classes
• Free Recreation Center Pass (general admission classes included)
• Cigna & Kaiser Wellness Resources
• Tactical Nutrition Online Curriculum
• Sigma Cardiac Wellness Screening
• Police Gym (PAL)
• Meal Delivery Service: My Fit Foods
• Individual Nutrition Coaching

You can get more information on the department, our history, assignments, the hiring process, and apply at www.JoinLakewoodBlue.com. You can also DM with questions. If you are looking for NON-SWORN employment, please visit https://lakewood.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers .

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I know this question has come up in past threads but our police department in Detroit just started using BolaWrap this year and so I'm curious how y'all feel about the tool these days (now that more departments have used it). I'm working on a story about this and would love to talk to any of you who wants to share their thoughts.

I’m currently studying everything I can about becoming a highway patrol trooper and I’ve also been studying the feds heavily. The DEA in particular, they have task forces, deal with narcotics and combat cartels and dealers, it’s a very exciting job. So if someone wanted to work for the DEA, how would they do that? I’m in Missouri if it helps and can’t find shit about the DEA online, all help welcomed.

Any tips or tricks for rookies?

I don't believe this violates the rules as this is not hiring but more about Recruitment, Apologies if so.

Outside of the standard better pay, hiring bonus and incentive pay etc, what has an agency, yours or others, done that has attracted quality applicants to an agency. All ideas welcome.

EDIT: Passed the poly, psych, but was DQ’d due to background.

This is from the department: " Although we appreciate your pursuit of employment as a Police Officer Recruit, after a careful evaluation of all factors, we find your background does not match the needs of our Police Department"

"Consequently, any further application for a position with the ******* Police Department is unlikely to be successful"

Should I even bother applying elsewhere?

I was so close, man.

Any advice is appreciated

It seems like every few years the entire country just resorts to demonstrations and riots. I always look at them and see different types of riot control officers during them, Some wearing Camo, some look like regular cops, and some are national guard.

So basically, is there any job or career where people work specifically with riot control or are they just volunteered into doing it.

Edit: I’m not actually looking for a career btw, I’m just genuinely curious.

I have been so determined to join the police academy. I had a c section 9 months ago, lost 60 lbs, improved my running/pushups/sprint dramatically training for the police academy in my city. The limit for sit ups is 27 in a minute. I just can’t do them. I get stuck at 18/20 in 40 seconds. I can’t sit up after that, my abs just don’t work. I had been training my core, reading tips and tricks online (the relaxing abs to fall/bounce back/elbow placement), and I JUST CANT DO IT. It’s so frustrating. I can’t improve, even when I’ve been doing them every damn day for the past month. The academy fitness exam is in 9 days. I don’t even want to apply anymore, I feel so discouraged. I know I can get in better shape and do the sit-ups in a month (around the same time the academy starts). But it looks like I’m going to have no choice but wait for next year… what a waste of time. Any last minute tips? Should I even bother applying during this cycle? I don’t want to show up to the test knowing I’m not prepared in the sit-ups part of the test.

Evening! My EDC is a CZ Rami. 9mm, double stack, solid metal body, customized to look sweet. Standard iron sites. The owner at my gun range also has the same gun as EDC!

I've recently been obsessing about getting a Staccato C2. Throwing a notable red dot and a flashlight on it. I have so much respect for Police Officers, I watch their body cams quite often.

Your service weapons with the red dots and flashlights, are they realistic EDC weapons to carry on a normal basis? Like using inside the waistband carry? Shoulder holster carry (if I'm wearing a tropical button down shirt or my motorcycle jacket for instance)?

I'm a one gun guy.... I don't carry often, on my motorcycle, Craigslist deals, going for walks, nature hiking w my dog, etc.

Anyways wanted to get your thoughts on this. Thanks for being awesome!

Just as the title says, will that come back to me in any way? I reported someone who posted concerning images of firearms on discord. I'm 99% sure it's fake but in this era I don't want to be the one to not stop a tragedy, y'know?

If it does come to be something, will I be involved in any way? The website says it's totally anonymous and they don't collect any data.

I’m currently working on joining the MSP (Michigan State Police) I took the frontline test and got some interesting results. The writing section and the video section were very well above minimum scores, but the reading section was well below. Any tips or advice for retaking and passing the full test? Thanks!

I’m 17 right now and currently working towards my GED which I plan on having before the years over. Since I was a kid I’ve had a dream of becoming a highway patrol officer. Serving and protecting the people and putting away dangerous drivers and preventing the loss of life from accidents are big motivations for this career field. I am looking for any general information about the Highway patrol job and I know it varies on the area and if it helps I’m in Missouri. All help is appreciated. Some specific questions I have are what’s a troopers jurisdiction and do they work with City and county police? What’s an average day look like for a highway patrol officer? What’s some of the gear troopers wear and specifically what’s on the duty belt of a trooper? Does the highway patrol have their own branch of SWAT or a unit like that? Thanks for the help! Can’t wait to become a highway patrol trooper!

Genuinely asking. I’ve read on threads that it isn’t allowed but then on my local police page this pics posted

Just a thought I have had for awhile. I work in NC in a rural county, we have the ability to scan (as I assume most do) other agencies radios on both our handhelds and our vehicles. Now in most of NC, everyone in the county (sheriff, PD’s, fire, EMS) use the same county communications center, or dispatch as some places call it.

The only agency in the state that doesn’t use the county communications center is Highway Patrol. Whenever something has to go through SHP, it goes from the trooper, to their communications center, then to the county, then to the agency needed (fire, EMS, LEO), then back. So as you can imagine, there is a major delay.

So if you have an officer involved shooting, or a trooper needs help, most likely the closest LEO is going to be a deputy or PD car, but (unless you set your radio up right, and there’s not anyone else talking) that trooper won’t get help until their communications calls our communications, who will the dispatch us and EMS, and if we have any questions it has to go from one to another, back and forth.

It’s just very strange to me.

So I just started the academy. Few weeks in. Getting my ass kicked by the exams. Especially penal code. I have ADHD and blah blah blah.

Starting to think I’m too stupid.

Any tips.