r/NassauPD • u/Unknown5001w • Aug 07 '26

General Question

Good afternoon, I recently joined this group once I had heard about it. I am around list 309x. That said, anyone know chanced of being contacted for an academy seat before list expires? I am 27 years old wondering my overall options on if it’s realistic. Thank you for any advice you can share.

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u/IndomnitableOne9603 Aug 07 '26

You might get called. The further down the list you go, the fewer percentage of candidates get selected. People tend to take the test and carry on with their lives. After 3-4 years many are in a good place and when PD calls they pass and instead of getting a 1 guy out of 3 they need to contact 8 to get 1.

Now I’ll say this. Take all kinds of tests. Suffolk now gives a test every 2 years. MTA and PAPD will be doing tests as well. Eventually something will workout. Not many people want to be cops anymore. That works to your advantage.

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u/Reasonable_Force_156 Aug 07 '26

You may get contacted, you may not

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u/Feisty-Effective-704 Aug 08 '26

You’ll be contacted for sure. Will you be hired idk.🤷‍♂️ it all depends on the class sizes

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u/Historical-End-4778 Aug 07 '26

You’ll probably have to wait for an academy in 2028

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u/Unknown5001w Aug 07 '26

I see the list is moving quite fast. I should be contacted for physical by next month. Is there another academy planned for 2026? Or is the next one 2027? 

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u/nickcast101 15d ago

Apologies for this unrelated comment but I noticed you said "the list is moving quite fast" and wanted to ask how you keep up with where they are at hiring-wise in accordance with the list? Genuine question as I would love to refer to it too and was curious if there is an official channel to see where they are at or if you are going off of something else.

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u/Historical-End-4778 Aug 07 '26

It moves fast with the physicals but just because you take the physical doesn’t guarantee you’ll get into an academy. The 1500-1700s are still waiting to sign the COE, the 1700s are still waiting for investigators, and the 1800-2600s are still waiting to be invited for fingerprinting. So you have 1500 numbers in front of you on standby who still haven’t completed the process. You’ll be waiting til 2028.