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Officer Review
Officer's Comment
"They talk about officer safety but don't back it up with resources."
Leadership
A
Command explains decisions?
Always
Concerns addressed or held against you?
Usually addressed
Command works nights/weekends?
They share the load
Training focus or blame focus?
Training and improvement
Optics or officer safety?
Mostly safety
Command competent for critical incidents?
Absolutely
Competency
A-
Supervisor could do your job?
Probably
Trust supervisor's legal answers?
Usually trust
FTOs producing competent officers?
Competent officers
FTO sergeant quality?
Mostly effective
Trust DT/firearms instructors?
Mostly
% of supervisors qualified?
61-80%
Fairness & Accountability
A-
Promotions based on merit?
Mostly merit
Incompetent officers promoted?
Never
Discipline consistent regardless of rank?
Mostly
Accountability flows downhill only?
Mostly fair
Selectors competent?
Yes
Officer Safety
A
Trust your backup's competency?
Usually
Staffing ever feel unsafe?
Never
Pressured to go solo?
Rarely
Injured officers supported?
Fully supported
Supervisor incompetence endangered you?
Never
Backup coming fast at 3am?
Mostly confident
Morale & Retention
A-
Recommend this agency?
Yes, with minor caveats
Take this job again?
Probably
Transfer laterally tomorrow?
Probably not
Still here in 3 years?
Yes
Workload & Mission Creep
A-
Dispatched to non-police calls?
Occasionally
Expected to be MH/homeless/animal control?
Occasionally
Non-police calls delayed emergencies?
Once or twice
Overtime voluntary or voluntold?
Truly voluntary
Command understands patrol reality?
Mostly understand