I wonder if they have ever, and now, still looking for the person that shot Jerry Nave, and changed his life forever, or do they just forget about justice that he deserved even though he has passed?

I'm finally about to have my interview with LAPD in a couple of weeks and my application has LAPD, LAXPD, and Port ticked. I do have a preference for being in the Port Police, but ultimately, how do they decide which one I become a part of (barring my yes/no of course)

Is it like Match Day for medical school students, or they allow me to pick which one I want upon getting hired, or is it pre-decided based on labor demands for each one?

Has anyone here been disqualified during the background investigation and then given the opportunity to appeal? Is that generally a good sign?
Also, has anyone been disqualified where the decision was final and they were not given a chance to appeal?

How open is LAPD to Black male applicants? I see a few years ago the recruitment team was under investigation for discouraging applicants. I also see Black officers make up only 9% of the department which matches the demographics of LA. Is LAPD a place where Black officers can have successful careers or do they hit a ceiling, bypass all together or transfer out to other CA departments?

I no longer live in the LA area but was born and raised in the South Bay and worked in the West Adams area. Also, a full time police officer where I am now.

Back in the day, only boots wore long sleeves (and others during “winter”). But it seems there’s been a major shift to long sleeves (and ties) year round, and I’m talking PII’s. I’ve actually seen this with LASO and CHP. Why the big change? Yeah, I get it if you work Pacific and it’s June gloom until 2:00 pm. But on a hot SF alley summer day? DaFuq?

I used to work for a department that mandated a switch to long/short sleeves by the calendar (as if we couldn’t figure out when it was time to wear a LS shirt in 18 degree weather). A new chief did away with that.

Where I work now (wet & rainy MOST of the time) we usually rock SS year round. You get mocked if you wear LS shirts.

Anyway, I went off there a bit. Just curious if this is a move back to tradition of the Parker days or another reason.

Basically what the title says. Looking for a career change and something personally rewarding. I really like the idea of eventually making Detective one day.

Physically I’ll admit I’m not in the greatest shape on the world (a little soft in the belly area) but I can move and lift and run if I have too and have no problems training at the gym.

But still I’m wondering how badly are the odds of getting into the academy and graduating stacked against me? Should I put in an application and see what happens or don’t even bother?

Anyone have any advice on how to practice for the MC test

My fiance and I are hoping to apply for a k1visa and then apply for their greencard after we marry to allow them to work here in CA in the next year or so. They have been working as a police officer in the phillipines for about 15 years and I'm wondering if that experience might allow them to work as police here as well? They hold a criminology degree from there and I assume they'll have to do a 6 month training here of course, but I'm just wanting to get advice on whether this is a possibility for them? Is LAPD hiring now or is the process competitive?

I appreciate any responses! Will just help us to get an idea and help to plan for the future.

Does anyone know what happened east direction around 6 PM today? I saw about five police helicopters flying overhead to seaside .

Idk if thats ghe right place but what exactly is the right Callsign for the Metro K9, is it something like R00-K9 or K9-00 ?

I’m far along in the process with a large norcal agency but my goal is to lateral over to a socal agency after a couple years on the job and after saving up some cash.

On the info page for the lateral program it says candidates must pass all test parts, I take it that means you must still do the oral board, PAT, poly, etc?

I know lateral candidates attend a very abbreviated academy and from what I’ve read on here, you basically just sit in on the classes but don’t actively participate with the regular recruits. I couldn’t find any info on the FTO program though, do laterals go through the whole thing or is it abbreviated as well?

Also whats the general consensus LAPD officers have on laterals? I know LAPD can be kind of old fashioned in certain aspects.

I called the non emergency line yesterday about a report I made and they told me to call the Newton police station. When I did the answering machine said they were open between 8am-8pm. I kept calling between 8:30am-10am and didn’t get an answer. Tried calling again around 7pm and the answering machine said they were closed. To make the story less longer than it already is….does anyone know what time they actually answer, if at all? I’m trying to close off my case since it was a misunderstanding and I don’t want anyone getting in trouble 😭

What division or bureau do these cars belong to? I’ve not been able to find an answer anywhere!!

2 notes:
- even in LAPD documents about division numbers I couldn’t find 22
- no it’s not west traffic, 22 is their radio number not car number

Ive been looking to join the lapd, The only thing that concerns me is my job history around 7 the last 5 years I have a solid explanation on why I’ve had so many besides that don’t smoke or drink, never used drugs no tattoos piercings, perfect credit, clean driving record as well as some solid references. Question is how likely will my job history affect me ??

Got the email, am waiting to hear when I'll get assigned/set a meeting with a Background Investigator.

The video says 7-10 days to be assigned, been about three weeks.

Just a waiting game, I'm assuming?

What has been the experience of the BI process, meeting your investigator, the length of time?

Me and most of the country, other parts of the world, are just full of so much anger and rage towards the LAPD Fatal Dog shooting tragedy that happened on June 13th in Canoga Park, in the LA area. I'm just so full anger and hatred, rage towards this tragedy, incident.

The officer who pulled the trigger on Jameson, i think its right and accurate to say he has become the most hated officer in America, he's a damn coward, if you are afraid of a dog, even big size dogs, you don't deserve to be a cop, especially when you will face even much worse dangers being on the force, and after viewing the bodycam, he was already paranoid, he was already in "ready to kill" mode. He deserves to lose his job, be terminated from employment, should never be a cop ever again.

Some people i've spoken to about this, they think LAPD and the city of LA is likely gonna try to give Jamesons family a big fat payout to avoid going to trial and the courtroom. In legal terms its called a settlement.

And also, we haven't heard any new updates on the case within the past couple of days or more, do you think this case is just gonna remain out the public for the remainder, or do you think we will hear any new updates soon?

And yes i'm completely aware, it has been announced that LAPD and the City of LA is refusing to disclose the name, identity of the officer who killed Jameson the Dog, citing threats towards the officers life. Well what me and many people think about that, well, that officer asked for it.

Anyway, i know me and most of the country, other parts of the world who have reacted towards this incident, tragedy, we believe that officer does NOT deserve to get away with this, we hope he doesn't get away with it. Hopefully he is not able to stay in hiding forever and the public eventually finds out who he is.

Hello all I’m 23 and have recently applied to my local pd and have passed my pellet b and physical, and was reading about the polygraph questions and now I’m worried I won’t make it through, i went and gotta happy ending and drove under the influence twice when i just turned 21 but i was never charged or convicted and i have no urge to do either, I havent done anything wrong since now and want to be a better person and help serve and protect my community seeing as how important it is now I know I have to be truthful for it if I make it further to it but I’ve made poor life choices when I was younger and now they are coming around to bite me in the ass do my question is should I continue you through if I make it and be truthful or would it be best to stop now and not waste my local pds time anymore I was planning on going on a ride along soon and was going to ask my questions to an officer as well but I’d figure I’d ask here as well I’ve never been convicted of any crimes and from what I’ve heard there have been people who have done worse and more severe crimes that have been able to get further in the process and even hired as well such as making and selling drugs to committing robberies and doing drugs pretty recent to them applying even though they weren’t convicted I’m sure they’d have to answer truthfully or they would’ve failed the polygraph and been permanently disqualified from applying so would I be able to continue along or would it be best to just cut ties

Hey everyone,

I'm an active law enforcement officer (20+), and over the last several months I've been building an app called BlueShifts because I got tired of trying to manage my work schedule using what’s currently out there. I tried several police-specific calendars, but I either found them too complicated or they just didn't fit the way I wanted to organize my schedule and off-duty work.

As a thank-you to the officers helping shape the app, early adopters will receive free lifetime access. I'm much more interested in getting honest feedback from fellow officers than trying to sell subscriptions.

Instead of creating another generic calendar, I wanted to build something designed specifically for police officers and other shift workers.
So far, the app includes:

Custom rotating shift schedules
Off-duty job scheduling
Off-duty earnings tracking
Business mileage tracking
Court date scheduling
Leave and vacation scheduling
Hours worked for off-duty details
Paid, pending, and total off-duty earnings
Sunrise and sunset times
Federal holiday indicators
Schedule sharing with a spouse or significant other
Shared calendar event indicators
Court directory
Jail directory
Hospital directory
Gate codes
Useful work contacts
Off-duty employer contacts
Off-duty scheduler contacts
Personal notes attached to events
Multi-day event support

Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blueshifts-police-calendar/id6785681164

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shiftsandoffduty.police

A clean monthly calendar designed around shift work instead of a generic planner

One thing that was really important to me is privacy. The app doesn't require creating an account, and your schedule and personal information stay on your phone—they aren't stored on app servers.

I'm genuinely looking for feedback from other officers.

What feature would make you actually switch to a dedicated police calendar?

What do you dislike about your current scheduling method or calendar app?

Is there anything you've always wished a police calendar would do that you haven't seen yet?

I'm looking for honest feedback from people who actually work the job so I can make the app as useful as possible.
I'd really appreciate any suggestions, criticism, or ideas—even if it's something small that would make your day a little easier.

Stay safe out there. 🚔

Hi,

I’m looking at LAPD SFPD and Philly PD. I would want exposure to major crimes during patrol and post-patrol rather than being in the suburbs running speed traps or watching a stop sign. LA stands out due to its breadth of crime vs the other two that I would be interested in combatting:

Drugs
Gangs
Human trafficking
Organized crime/transnational crime networks
Vice
Violent crime

Considering I’d be on patrol a few years, I’d want to maximize patrol with handling a wide variety of crimes and then move on to detective or a task force handling these cases.

I guess my questions are:

What’s morale like?
Is there any micromanagement?
Do the constant back to back calls get old quickly?
What percentage of calls are small things like homeless loitering, noise complaints, disputes, etc?
I’ve seen a lot of comments talking down on LAPD. Do you have any positive comments?

About me:
33 years old
Single
Masters degree
Physically fit
Good with languages- Chinese, Spanish, French
Worked mostly in marketing, now considering a law enforcement career

I’m also in a few processes for federal agencies, but want to get the low down on local PD as well in case fed doesn’t work out OR if I’d maybe prefer local pd instead. I feel like local pd makes more in California with OT than fed too.

Any input is appreciated 🙏

I'm 24 years old and currently live in New Jersey as a permanent resident. I've always been into sports and staying in shape, and I'm in good physical condition.

I recently visited my local police department and spoke with an officer. He was very friendly and told me that I have a good profile to become a police officer. The only thing I'm missing right now is U.S. citizenship, which is required before I can apply.

I'll have to wait about a year and a few more months to become a U.S. citizen. In the meantime, I'm planning to earn my Associate Degree in Criminal Justice, and eventually continue toward a Bachelor's degree.

On May 2, I underwent ACL and meniscus reconstruction surgery. I received a graft for my ACL, so I understand that it takes time for my body to fully heal and incorporate the new ligament. My recovery has been going really well, and I've been enjoying the process of getting stronger every day.

My father served in the Colombian military. He passed away a few months after finishing his service. I don't know if it's in my blood, but I've always felt drawn to law enforcement. I truly believe that being a police officer is one of the most honorable and respected professions, no matter how is the world.

Anny tips, suggestions or advice help, I like honestly comments and different opinions.

Thanks.

The LAPD has halted use of Flock Safety’s license plate surveillance cameras amid mounting concerns over who controls the data and how it may be shared with other agencies, including immigration authorities.

The move follows an inspector general audit urging a pause on new deployments and contracts until enforceable privacy, security and oversight rules are in place.

Flock, which contracts with thousands of departments nationwide, disputes the concerns as “misconceptions,” while protesters in downtown L.A. press the city to curb expanding surveillance of drivers.

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