How do you exactly go about becoming a reserve officer?

 

Call your local P.D. or S.O. and ask for the # of the reserve division (not all depts have them) they will advise on their proceedure.

 

xcop:
Never been on the ramp at Philly, have ya' ?

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xcop:
Great insight!

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loungelzrd:
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I'd say that's true of the airlines overall, but not of any pilot group I've been with.
It's certainly indicative of how the government treats us.

 

Memphis PD is hiring

Bad news, you have to live in Memphis.

Worse News, you'd be the junior guy in Orange Mound, Whitehaven, Fraser, etc.

 

You got that right, a guy I know just gave continental 1st year pay the finger and got on with the FBI...it amazes me how far people will go to sacrifice for this 'career' to end up doing the common sensical option they could have pursued in the first place...

 

The good thing about being a cop is that you wont be screwed out of a pension and the big dogs stealing all of your money

 

Shouldn't this thread be moved to the "Leaving the Career" section?

 

Some of the best pay in the Nation though! If you live to see those first few paychecks...Memphis isn't THAT bad a murder town, mainly theft

 

The majority of pilots-turned-FBI agents that I know are happy with the stability, but terribly disappointed with the daily routine. Pouring over excel worksheets looking for fraud, making a million phone calls, and finally ordering the locals to execute the door-kicking is a tease. Plan to move multiple times in your career, as there is no such thing as a commuter clause (double-edged sword, I know). Segueing into the air unit consists of flying VFR orbits... a majority of the heavier stuff is operated by senior agents and contractors.

The pay/stability can't be beat (25% flat-rate overtime override, COLA, TSP), but the grass is always greener. It all depends on what you want out of life.

Phoenix PD used to be one of the most modern departments out there, but it was all due to overspending. AZ has the largest budget deficit in the union, and its municipalities seem to be no different.

 

Isn't Phoenix the capital for using radar and red light cameras to try to increase revenues?

After reading articles about them being caught changing the timing on yellow lights to increase fines, I decided Phoenix is not my kind of town.

I'm all for obeying the law, but in Phoenix they are trying to trick unsuspecting motorists into breaking those laws. Unfortunately that trick has spread.

Many Police Officers I know are beginning to complain that the primary focus of Police work is shifting to revenue collection through fines on ordinary citizens for petty, harmless, offenses. Some of the Officers find that very demoralizing.