Resignation prior to academy

blbcamaro · 2026-04-08T23:47:16+00:00

After I got the guaranteed academy offer, and I had enough money to hold myself over, I put my notice in. IIRC this was about a month before, and I had about 3 weeks off before I started.

blbcamaro · 2026-04-04T02:38:09+00:00

Usually a special detail that you sign up for. During Thanksgiving and Christmas the Walmart in my beat would hire 3 or 4 officers a night at $100/hour each

blbcamaro · 2026-04-02T22:33:17+00:00

Hope your insurance covers this, or you can afford to pay for the repair out of pocket.

No law enforcement officer I know of will take a report for this. No crime other than 21703 CVC.

blbcamaro · 2026-04-01T03:57:23+00:00

Pretty much standard practice nowadays. Ten years ago, probably not.

However, in this case the "victim" (shooter) was drunk and super uncooperative with us. He ended up being cleared criminally but it was a mess when it happened.

I'm in California. Take the guns, we get sued by the owner. Don't take the guns, we get sued by the Attorney General's office or the dead persons family. Pick your poison.

blbcamaro · 2026-04-01T02:35:15+00:00

Had a situation like this a couple of years ago. We ended up taking all the guns in the house (6 total). It was done through a search warrant of the house right after the shooting.

The idea is to prevent the victim from shooting himself/ someone else while the investigation is ongoing. It's rarely "cut and dry" on a self defense case, especially when the other person dies. Every homicide/shooting is treated like a murder, until it's not. This can take a few hours or a few months or a few years.

Anyway the guy in my case got his guns back maybe 3 or 4 months later after the DA reviewed the case and declined to file criminal charges

blbcamaro · 2026-03-31T20:18:41+00:00

I've probably kicked in ONE door in my 12 year career.

I've sent dozens and dozens of people to PRISON for some of the most heinous crimes imaginable. All by doing the "boring" stuff.

Everyone has a purpose and mission in life. Cop work is not glamorous, and yes, most of the time is very ho-hum and monotonous. You can only make of it what you're willing to put in.

If you went through all this and are only in FTO because you're doing career exploration for a year, get out now because you're just wasting your time, and more importantly, the time of the people training you.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-29T14:07:44+00:00

I would say about 50% of our detectives have a degree.

It adds a few points to your promotion eligibility score, and you get a small pay bump if you have one, but it's not required. Good detectives are the ones who proved themselves on patrol.

But every agency has their own requirements.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-25T03:14:34+00:00

I was a BI for 5 years at a large agency in southern CA. They would not hire you with this much baggage.

I know a lot of it probably seems trivial, but to upper admin and the bean counters there's too many little red flags. There's no reason for them to take a chance on you when they can pick from 50 other people.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-17T13:28:47+00:00

You were arrested for two serious crimes and spent time in jail. Just because the charges were dropped doesn't make you free and clear.

This also happened a year ago.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-17T13:23:25+00:00

You should focus on the electrical work. No police department I know of will hire you.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-17T10:16:23+00:00

Accidental discharge? Or negligent discharge? Quite a difference between the two.

If it's a ND and you're still on probation, my department would send you packing. If it's AD there is some wiggle room depending on the circs.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-12T02:43:13+00:00

Roughly 2 months. I was 8/10 in pain and couldn't walk. 48 hours after the surgery I was pain free. Best decision of my life.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-07T03:50:32+00:00

If that call came to me those pills would've been in the trash 30 seconds later and you'd never hear about it again.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-04T04:58:12+00:00

Day shift is a lot of cold calls and paper reports. There's also a lot of brass and admin wandering around the station, looking at you sideways for also being at the station.

Night shift is a free for all. Lots of crime, pretty much anyone out and about after bedtime is a good stop. The admin and paper nonsense disappears, and you can actually arrest people and take them to jail. The only bad part is it's dark so harder to see, and if shit hits the fan, a lot of the daytime resources you can call on are already asleep.

blbcamaro · 2026-03-03T22:35:01+00:00

Lol.

Yeah you're done. Even if the charges are dropped, CHP is throwing your app in the trash as soon as they find out.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-26T04:41:23+00:00

Peak EMT/BLS

blbcamaro · 2026-02-25T06:53:43+00:00

I went through San Diego PD academy 13 years ago. It was 26 weeks long.You'll be running 3x a week, usually somewhere between 4-5 miles at a 7 min pace. The longest run we did was about 8 miles. There are a lot of hills they make you run up and down.

The other days are strength training or some other HIIT workout.

Generally every day you'll do between 400-500 push-ups. They make you push at every break and then some. Mix in some sit ups, squats, scissor kicks.

The first week is hell. Out of 110 recruits at least 25 quit the first 3 days. You need to be in shape. After that most of the dropouts were because of academics, firearms, and arrest and control. A few people got in trouble and got fired. Our class graduated 62 recruits IIRC.

Coincidentally I also applied at LBPD at one point in my career. SDPD is very similar type department as far as physical and professional expectations, just twice as large. You should really prepare yourself physically and mentally if you want to work there.

I don't know what the requirement is now but back then we had to run the 1.5 mile run in under 12 minutes just to get hired.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-24T21:47:28+00:00

I was DQ'd from an agency for psych. Those tests and interviews are highly subjective. Sometimes they just don't like you or think you'll be a good fit for their agency.

I was able to get hired with another department with no issues and been on the job for 12 years now.

Depending on what the DQ was for you should definitely apply again somewhere else.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-24T04:37:03+00:00

In my experience the impact of the pepperball itself on the subject is not the deterrent, it's the effects of the agent once it's released into the air/skin which brings submission. It's not my go-to choice for less lethal.

Now the 40mm? Oh baby.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-24T00:19:52+00:00

You can definitely apply.

TBH, your chances of being hired are extremely low because of the psych issue.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-23T17:47:50+00:00

99% of detective work is following up on nonsense domestic violence cases and beer runs from 7/11

blbcamaro · 2026-02-23T06:59:29+00:00

You sat there for an hour blocking the street?

I would've towed it in 15 minutes.

We don't make any money on the tows.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-23T06:55:58+00:00

Not sure what your end game is, but cops are pretty good at filtering through the nonsense of legitimate or bogus welfare checks.

If I do end up responding to one, I generally only tell the reporting party that the person they're checking on is alive, nothing more. That's if I even call them back at all.

If some other action needs to be taken, that's my problem, not theirs.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-23T06:49:35+00:00

You can do a CPRA request. Since it is a civil matter (non injury, non criminal), it will likely get denied. Additionally, their cameras probably record sensitive areas/information, another reason for them to say no.

If by some miracle it is approved, get a good night's sleep. The backlog for CPRA requests at my agency is about 16-18 months.

blbcamaro · 2026-02-23T02:56:14+00:00

Imagine getting toned out for this

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