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Officer Review
Officer's Comment
"Management plays favorites. If you're not in the clique, expect to struggle."
Leadership
B+
Command explains decisions?
Usually
Concerns addressed or held against you?
Usually addressed
Command works nights/weekends?
Occasionally
Training focus or blame focus?
Depends
Optics or officer safety?
Equal focus
Command competent for critical incidents?
Probably
Competency
B+
Supervisor could do your job?
Probably
Trust supervisor's legal answers?
Usually trust
FTOs producing competent officers?
Mostly competent
FTO sergeant quality?
Mostly effective
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?
Mostly
Accountability flows downhill only?
Mostly fair
Selectors competent?
Mixed
Officer Safety
B+
Trust your backup's competency?
Mixed
Staffing ever feel unsafe?
Sometimes
Pressured to go solo?
Sometimes
Injured officers supported?
Mostly supported
Supervisor incompetence endangered you?
Once
Backup coming fast at 3am?
Mostly confident
Morale & Retention
B+
Recommend this agency?
Yes, with minor caveats
Take this job again?
Probably
Transfer laterally tomorrow?
Maybe
Still here in 3 years?
Uncertain
Workload & Mission Creep
B+
Dispatched to non-police calls?
Occasionally
Expected to be MH/homeless/animal control?
Sometimes
Non-police calls delayed emergencies?
Once or twice
Overtime voluntary or voluntold?
Mixed
Command understands patrol reality?
Mostly understand