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Officer Review

Submitted August 26, 2025

Officer's Comment
"Decent place to work. Nothing special but not terrible either."
Leadership
A-
Command explains decisions?
Usually
Concerns addressed or held against you?
Usually addressed
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?
Maybe
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?
Mixed
Incompetent officers promoted?
Sometimes
Discipline consistent regardless of rank?
Sometimes
Accountability flows downhill only?
Mostly fair
Selectors competent?
Mixed
Officer Safety
B+
Trust your backup's competency?
Mixed
Staffing ever feel unsafe?
Rarely
Pressured to go solo?
Rarely
Injured officers supported?
Mixed
Supervisor incompetence endangered you?
A few times
Backup coming fast at 3am?
Mostly confident
Morale & Retention
B+
Recommend this agency?
Maybe
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?
Occasionally
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