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Officer Review
Officer's Comment
"Great FTO program, questionable upper management decisions."
Leadership
B+
Command explains decisions?
Usually
Concerns addressed or held against you?
Ignored
Command works nights/weekends?
Occasionally
Training focus or blame focus?
Mostly training
Optics or officer safety?
Mostly safety
Command competent for critical incidents?
Probably
Competency
B+
Supervisor could do your job?
Absolutely
Trust supervisor's legal answers?
Depends on the supervisor
FTOs producing competent officers?
Hit or miss
FTO sergeant quality?
Mostly effective
Trust DT/firearms instructors?
Absolutely
% of supervisors qualified?
41-60%
Fairness & Accountability
B+
Promotions based on merit?
Mostly merit
Incompetent officers promoted?
Sometimes
Discipline consistent regardless of rank?
Yes, completely
Accountability flows downhill only?
Depends
Selectors competent?
Mixed
Officer Safety
B+
Trust your backup's competency?
Mixed
Staffing ever feel unsafe?
Rarely
Pressured to go solo?
Sometimes
Injured officers supported?
Mixed
Supervisor incompetence endangered you?
Once
Backup coming fast at 3am?
Completely confident
Morale & Retention
A-
Recommend this agency?
Enthusiastically
Take this job again?
Probably
Transfer laterally tomorrow?
Maybe
Still here in 3 years?
Probably
Workload & Mission Creep
B
Dispatched to non-police calls?
Sometimes
Expected to be MH/homeless/animal control?
Occasionally
Non-police calls delayed emergencies?
Occasionally
Overtime voluntary or voluntold?
Mixed
Command understands patrol reality?
Mostly understand