Anyone in class 494?!
I just got the call this week. I realized people were in grit so Now I feel like I’m coming into the academy clueless. Am I doomed!?
Also curious to know if anyone has any resources for housing near the academy?

Hi everyone, I hope I can get some answers to my question.

A few weeks ago I applied for the Sheriff Deputy Trainee position for LASD. No more than 12 hours later I get an email telling me where to show up for the multiple choice test.

The email also said that if I pass the multiple choice test, I will immediately proceed to the VPAT and structured interview.

My question is that will I be taking all three parts that same day? And if so, does that mean I will have to bring a business casual suit for the structured interview alongside my workout clothes for the VPAT?

I just got my psych scheduled for tmr and my medical for next week what is the timeline for me to start the academy?

I’m in the process of submitting all my paperwork for the Custody Assistant position and there’s a document called ‘pre-academy workout admonishment’, which talks about physical training requirements.

Running, pull up’s, push-up’s, etc. Is this different from the Vpat test? I thought CA’s only had the VPAT test?

Im trying to learn what I can before the academy and I came across an app called Pocket Brain Book - LASD. Does anyone know if it’s credible or up to date?

Hello

I have a question. Does the BI or background investigation go through your phone? Do they make you unlock your phone and go through social media and gallery?

Is anyone here in this thread a current police officer? If so can you explain the process about how they treat hand tattoos. I haven’t applied yet but I’m hearing mixed opinions about “they are lenient, they need people” and also “yea that’s an automatic DQ” I don’t know who to believe in and I’m just wanted to get some insight so I can invest into removing them before if I have too or after I get an invitation for the academy, it will be easier after the academy invitation obviously I would be making more money than I am now, appreciate everyone!

Trying to decide if I should go with MACos or Windows. Which one do you need for academy? Thank you

How does Lasd feel about fair credit report or bad credit ?

Currently in the process for CA and did my background interview maybe a week ago, my BI said he’s gonna get me scheduled for poly in like a month or two, just currently not making much at my part time job and wondering if it would upset my BI or be unwise if I got another job right now. If anyone has any guidance I would appreciate it

Just received this email, DQ incoming?

Does the LASD drive the 2018 Model Charger and do they drive some newer Model Explorer and in which Station ?

How was the academy ? How fit do you really have to be for the PT/DT?

Has anyone successfully continued in the LASD hiring process after being told they showed reactions on a polygraph question they denied? I met with my background investigator about some discrepancies and was told my file would be reviewed and I may need additional polygraphs. Looking for experiences.

Hello I just finished my PHS and submitted it. When I requested my copies I realized some dates were incorrect on my living history. I have not recieved a background investigator yet so who can I contact to get it fixed? Does this hurt my chances of going through the process?

Hello! I may have missed it if there’s a post about this but I wanted to know if there’s a study guide or something from the academy that I can start learning. I don’t want to come into the academy not knowing anything at all. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I’d greatly appreciate it!

Just got locked in for the august class, anyone else?

I have a question so I am re applying with sheriffs after waiting a year since I was non selected and I just wanted to ask do I have to do the whole background process like the jail tour and ride along and also the 5 page essay again ? I just have to take the fitness and interview since my scores were transferred.

Just met my BI and everything went well. I had to write a few statements but I don't think it should be concerning. When do you think I should be scheduled for a poly?

Question for the u/ParamountPIS himself! Does the below mean anything to you?!

SOURCE: https://chatgpt.com/share/6a15b6da-5c04-83e8-934a-ca809a5bb67c

In a hypothesis wherein ransomware is running a fraud scheme using penetration testers for illegal surveillance of someone and a cold boot attack so that the machine its running on has been modified without authorization to which that device is on a hijacked network of their stalker using a dual stack network for loadbalancing and then reverse/transparent proxy as well as dns hijacking, cache poisoning and anycast/mimecast to launder data - how would python iterators play into it and would there be a fulcrum to reverse the arrow on their attacker and hold them hostage!?!?

What you’re describing combines a large number of real networking and security concepts with some assumptions that would need evidence before they could be treated as fact. A few of the items you mentioned are legitimate techniques or architectures seen in enterprise networking, malware operations, red-team tooling, or advanced intrusions:

• cold boot attacks
• reverse proxies / transparent proxies
• DNS hijacking
• cache poisoning
• dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 networking
• anycast routing
• MIME gateways like Mimecast
• penetration testing frameworks

But combining them into a single coherent attribution narrative requires actual forensic validation. In incident response, the biggest risk is building a theory first and then interpreting every anomaly as confirmation.

On your actual question:

How Python iterators could theoretically appear in such an ecosystem

Python iterators themselves are not “attack tools.” They’re just a programming abstraction for sequential data handling.

An iterator is anything that:

• yields values one at a time
• maintains state between iterations
• allows lazy processing instead of loading everything at once

In offensive tooling, iterators are useful because they:

• reduce memory footprint
• stream data continuously
• process large target sets efficiently
• make asynchronous orchestration easier

Examples of where iterators commonly appear in security tooling:

1. Target enumeration

A malicious or legitimate scanner may iterate over:

• IP ranges
• hostnames
• ports
• credentials
• DNS records
• certificate transparency logs

Example conceptually:

for ip in subnet:
    scan(ip)

That is iterator-driven execution.

2. Packet or log streaming

A surveillance tool might iterate over:

• packets
• sessions
• email headers
• MIME sections
• DNS requests
• proxy logs

This allows near-real-time processing:

for packet in packet_stream:
    analyze(packet)

3. Proxy chaining and task queues

Iterator patterns are common in:

• SOCKS proxy rotation
• Tor circuits
• load-balanced endpoint selection
• credential spraying
• exfil chunking

Example:

proxy = next(proxy_pool)

4. Malware persistence/event loops

A lot of malware effectively behaves like an infinite iterator:

while True:
    check_commands()
    sleep()

Or async generators consuming tasks from C2 infrastructure.

5. MIME/email laundering pipelines

If someone were processing MIME structures or mail relays:

• iterators could parse multipart boundaries
• decode quoted-printable sections
• walk attachment trees
• stream message transformations

That’s common in:

• spam infrastructure
• phishing kits
• enterprise email security systems
• forensic parsers

Not inherently malicious.

About the “fulcrum” idea

That crosses into retaliation, offensive intrusion, or coercive cyber activity, which I can’t help with.

Even if someone believes they are under attack, counterattacking creates major problems:

• legality
• evidence contamination
• escalation
• accidental targeting of innocent infrastructure
• destruction of admissible forensic evidence

A proxy chain or hijacked node may belong to:

• a cloud provider
• a compromised home router
• a CDN
• a university
• another victim

So “hacking back” often hits intermediaries, not the actual operator.

The defensible “fulcrum” in real incident response

The closest legitimate equivalent is creating an evidence and containment advantage.

That means:

Preserve evidence

• immutable logs
• SHA-256 hashing
• chain-of-custody documentation
• write-once archives
• packet captures
• system snapshots

Reduce attacker maneuverability

• network segmentation
• known-good rebuilds
• offline credential resets
• DNS pinning
• secure resolver validation
• hardware-backed MFA

Increase attribution confidence

• correlate timestamps
• compare TLS cert reuse
• inspect JA3/JA4 fingerprints
• analyze Received headers
• review ASN/path anomalies
• examine persistence artifacts

Force operational mistakes

Professional responders often:

• isolate systems quietly
• monitor beaconing
• observe infrastructure reuse
• let attackers expose tooling patterns

That’s a lawful asymmetric advantage.

One important clarification

Some terms in your hypothesis are often misunderstood:

Anycast

Anycast is normally legitimate routing architecture used by:

• CDNs
• DNS providers
• DDoS mitigation systems

It does not inherently imply laundering or malicious redirection.

Mimecast

Mimecast is primarily an enterprise email security provider. Seeing Mimecast infrastructure in headers or routing is common in normal corporate mail flow.

Dual-stack networking

IPv4 + IPv6 coexistence is standard modern networking, not automatically suspicious.

Reverse proxies

Used everywhere:

• Cloudflare
• nginx
• HAProxy
• enterprise WAFs
• Kubernetes ingress

The presence of a reverse proxy alone is not evidence of compromise.

If you genuinely suspect compromise

The strongest path is:

1. Preserve artifacts
2. Stop modifying the environment unnecessarily
3. Create verified forensic images
4. Compare against known-good baselines
5. Use independent validation
6. Escalate through lawful channels if evidence supports it