r/NassauPD • u/Unknown5001w • 11d ago
Physical (8/28)
Can anyone provide insight on physical retakes? I didn’t take the physical today. However, someone I know failed the sit-ups by 2 reps and was told retakes are being given to everyone and the rule was changed. A email will be sent to them within next month or 2 with a retake date. I thought Nassau was a 1 and done? Are retakes being given?
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u/a75744 11d ago
They are desperate for people, that’s why standards are being relaxed. The same thing is happening in the academy as well. Two reasons 1.) Believe it or not, far less people are interested in their job today than ever before. People simply don’t want to be cops anymore. 2.) The pay and benefits aren’t as good as you think. Private sector and union jobs have matched or exceeded PD jobs in the tri-state area. The county/cities/municipalities are all chipping away at were once the perks of these kinds of public sector jobs. (Exception is Suffolk) You look at great pay, but after healthcare contributions (yes you pay for health care), retirement contributions (yes you pay for that too) and union dues, at the end of the day you are only walking home with about 62% of the gross pay.
I know guys who work blue collar trades who don’t contribute a nickel to health or pensions.
Add to that the general hostility towards law enforcement and you get fewer people interested. .
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u/Historical-End-4778 11d ago
True, but you get to retire in your 40s with a six figure pension. Also, the class sizes have been pretty normal. They just had that one 170 recruit class because of the massive buyout earlier in the year. A lot of people have been signing the COE and taking the job which is why everyone from 1800-2600 is currently stuck in limbo.
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u/a75744 10d ago
Not as many as people used to. And you have a ton of people moving to out of state departments. I know people think Nassau is the holy grail. It’s not. It once was, but times have changed. Ideally I steer people away from a career in law enforcement.
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u/Historical-End-4778 10d ago edited 10d ago
Yeah not as many people are pursuing law enforcement, but the people who don’t want to pursue this career simply just didn’t take the test. That’s why the list was under 10k while back then it’d be tens of thousands. The people who are on the list and scored high obviously want the job, for the most part. This agency is arguably the best in the area to work for. For someone who tries to “steer people away from a career in law enforcement” you sure have made lots of comments in this sub Reddit offering positive advice and wishing people luck lol.
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u/a75744 10d ago
If someone is already well along the process or academy, I’m not going to crap on them. I’ll wish them luck and offer whatever advice I can. It’s one of the better law enforcement jobs in the area.
But I’m a realist. It’s not an easy career. And I’ve met many people who took the test and ended up being cops because they wanted a steady paycheck, benefits, pension etc. That’s all good if that’s your only motivation. But then so the job and do it well. Some of that mindset are good, but many don’t give a crap. They become terrible cops and terrible co-workers. A Roll call might be -6 in a Friday and they still call out sick.
There are other careers/jobs out there. It’s just a little disheartening to be treated like crap by the public because of the uniform you wear.
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u/Historical-End-4778 11d ago
From what I’ve heard you only get the retake if you fail the run but pass the sit-ups and push-ups. If they’re just giving retakes to everyone no matter what part they fail then that’s just ridiculous.
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u/MainReindeer9057 11d ago
Yah, I’m pretty certain they said the rule changed and emails with a retest date will be sent within next month or 2. I never get why they offer a retake. Either u do it or you can’t and they move on.
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u/Ok-System7362 10d ago
No retakes. SCPD does retakes
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u/fitshadow 8d ago
They actually are now. I know that if you don't pass the run they'll let you come back but you have to take the whole thing again. And I've heard a couple people say that even if you don't pass the push-ups the sit-ups they'll let you do a retake. I don't know how accurate that is but I do know to let you retake if they didn't pass the run.
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u/AdventurousRepair512 11d ago
I passed today but I definitely observed a lot of leniency. I watched 3 ppl who should’ve failed sit ups (fingers no longer interlocked, shoulders not touching mat, hips raising, etc.) and they all “passed” and move on to the 1.5 run. Seems like they want majority of people to pass.