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I work at a college police department. The officers I work with are REAL police. Not Rent-A-Cops. Not security. We have guns, we can arrest people, we are even medically trained as first responders. It says on the patches on all the uniforms "POLICE". Right now we are in the process of trying to hire two new people. So far, all the applicants have been through orientation, where we explain who we are and what we do, a physical test, and a written test. They have filled out a background packet and yesterday was the first day of interviews. When you come in for your interview, you bring your background packet and you get finger printed.
Apparently one guy realized as he was getting figner printed that we were the actual police. He apparently thought this would be a funny anicdote or a common mistake or something, because he then mentioned it in the actual interview. The second guy didn't realize we were the actual police until sometime during the interview and I guess the term "Rent-A-Cop" was thrown around at least 3 times.
I'm also amused by some of the answers that we get. If we hire someone, they get sent to Police Training. It lasts 3 months, is paid for by the department and is very expensive. Like the "we've put a big investment into you" type expensive. So when asked in the interview where the people see themselves in 5 years, it's kind of not appealing when told, "I plan on taking advantage of what I've learned here and using it to either go back to school or get a better job." So you want us to spend tons of money on you and then you're going to be gone in 5 years or less? Screw that.
Apparently one guy realized as he was getting figner printed that we were the actual police. He apparently thought this would be a funny anicdote or a common mistake or something, because he then mentioned it in the actual interview. The second guy didn't realize we were the actual police until sometime during the interview and I guess the term "Rent-A-Cop" was thrown around at least 3 times.
I'm also amused by some of the answers that we get. If we hire someone, they get sent to Police Training. It lasts 3 months, is paid for by the department and is very expensive. Like the "we've put a big investment into you" type expensive. So when asked in the interview where the people see themselves in 5 years, it's kind of not appealing when told, "I plan on taking advantage of what I've learned here and using it to either go back to school or get a better job." So you want us to spend tons of money on you and then you're going to be gone in 5 years or less? Screw that.
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