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Officer Review
Officer's Comment
"Fair promotional process. Training is top-notch. Good place to start career."
Leadership
C+
Command explains decisions?
Rarely
Concerns addressed or held against you?
Ignored
Command works nights/weekends?
Rarely
Training focus or blame focus?
Mostly blame
Optics or officer safety?
Mostly optics
Command competent for critical incidents?
Doubtful
Competency
B
Supervisor could do your job?
Maybe
Trust supervisor's legal answers?
Depends on the supervisor
FTOs producing competent officers?
Hit or miss
FTO sergeant quality?
Just okay
Trust DT/firearms instructors?
Some of them
% of supervisors qualified?
41-60%
Fairness & Accountability
C+
Promotions based on merit?
Connections/nepotism
Incompetent officers promoted?
Often
Discipline consistent regardless of rank?
Sometimes
Accountability flows downhill only?
Usually downhill
Selectors competent?
Mixed
Officer Safety
C
Trust your backup's competency?
Concerns
Staffing ever feel unsafe?
Often
Pressured to go solo?
Often
Injured officers supported?
Treated as burden
Supervisor incompetence endangered you?
A few times
Backup coming fast at 3am?
Not very confident
Morale & Retention
C+
Recommend this agency?
Probably not
Take this job again?
Maybe
Transfer laterally tomorrow?
Maybe
Still here in 3 years?
Probably not
Workload & Mission Creep
C+
Dispatched to non-police calls?
Often
Expected to be MH/homeless/animal control?
Frequently
Non-police calls delayed emergencies?
Occasionally
Overtime voluntary or voluntold?
Mixed
Command understands patrol reality?
Very disconnected