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Officer Review
Officer's Comment
"Great FTO program, questionable upper management decisions."
Leadership
B
Command explains decisions?
Sometimes
Concerns addressed or held against you?
Ignored
Command works nights/weekends?
Occasionally
Training focus or blame focus?
Depends
Optics or officer safety?
Mostly safety
Command competent for critical incidents?
Uncertain
Competency
B+
Supervisor could do your job?
Probably
Trust supervisor's legal answers?
Usually trust
FTOs producing competent officers?
Mostly competent
FTO sergeant quality?
Just okay
Trust DT/firearms instructors?
Some of them
% of supervisors qualified?
41-60%
Fairness & Accountability
B+
Promotions based on merit?
Mostly merit
Incompetent officers promoted?
Sometimes
Discipline consistent regardless of rank?
Sometimes
Accountability flows downhill only?
Mostly fair
Selectors competent?
Mostly
Officer Safety
B
Trust your backup's competency?
Mixed
Staffing ever feel unsafe?
Sometimes
Pressured to go solo?
Sometimes
Injured officers supported?
Mixed
Supervisor incompetence endangered you?
A few times
Backup coming fast at 3am?
Somewhat confident
Morale & Retention
B+
Recommend this agency?
Yes, with minor caveats
Take this job again?
Probably
Transfer laterally tomorrow?
Probably not
Still here in 3 years?
Uncertain
Workload & Mission Creep
B
Dispatched to non-police calls?
Sometimes
Expected to be MH/homeless/animal control?
Sometimes
Non-police calls delayed emergencies?
Occasionally
Overtime voluntary or voluntold?
Mostly voluntary
Command understands patrol reality?
Mostly understand