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Officer Review
Officer's Comment
"Excellent benefits package. Leadership is hit or miss depending on shift."
Leadership
B+
Command explains decisions?
Sometimes
Concerns addressed or held against you?
Ignored
Command works nights/weekends?
Rarely
Training focus or blame focus?
Training and improvement
Optics or officer safety?
Officer safety first
Command competent for critical incidents?
Probably
Competency
A-
Supervisor could do your job?
Probably
Trust supervisor's legal answers?
Depends on the supervisor
FTOs producing competent officers?
Competent officers
FTO sergeant quality?
Mostly effective
Trust DT/firearms instructors?
Mostly
% of supervisors qualified?
81-100%
Fairness & Accountability
A-
Promotions based on merit?
Mostly merit
Incompetent officers promoted?
Sometimes
Discipline consistent regardless of rank?
Yes, completely
Accountability flows downhill only?
Mostly fair
Selectors competent?
Mostly
Officer Safety
A-
Trust your backup's competency?
Usually
Staffing ever feel unsafe?
Rarely
Pressured to go solo?
Never
Injured officers supported?
Mostly supported
Supervisor incompetence endangered you?
Never
Backup coming fast at 3am?
Mostly confident
Morale & Retention
A-
Recommend this agency?
Maybe
Take this job again?
Absolutely
Transfer laterally tomorrow?
Probably not
Still here in 3 years?
Yes
Workload & Mission Creep
A-
Dispatched to non-police calls?
Rarely
Expected to be MH/homeless/animal control?
Sometimes
Non-police calls delayed emergencies?
Occasionally
Overtime voluntary or voluntold?
Mostly voluntary
Command understands patrol reality?
Fully understand