Police Academy Adventures

[Excaliber]

Your best bet is to go through the main city or county page of each agency. Make it a full time job applying for full time jobs.

A detective I used to work with spends every saturday testing for jobs since he just moved out of state. It takes time and effort to get the best positions available.

Also keep a copy of every application.

It makes filling out the next ones MUCH easier and referring to the earlier ones can keep you from creating inconsistencies if you're in a hurry or don't remember something.

I plan on scanning the personal history statements this time. Seems a lot of the smaller departments use the generic 32 page history and don't mind if you type it. I will scan them and it will make the process much easier.

That's even better for the agencies that don't insist on forms handwritten in black ink.

[nightmare69]

My hand writing is horrible. I can write neat but I have to write very slow. It took me 3days to fill out the last application that had to be hand written cause my hand kept cramping up.

[Excaliber]

My hand writing is horrible. I can write neat but I have to write very slow. It took me 3days to fill out the last application that had to be hand written cause my hand kept cramping up.

My handwriting is "autoencrypted" too.

Try printing - it works for me.

[WildBill]

My hand writing is horrible. I can write neat but I have to write very slow. It took me 3days to fill out the last application that had to be hand written cause my hand kept cramping up.

My handwriting is "autoencrypted" too.

Try printing - it works for me.

I stopped writing in 7th grade.

[Abraham]

Wow, I didn't realize I was in the company of so many penmanship-challenged people like myself.

My cursive was always horrible and now that arthritis has settled into my hands it's undecipherable.

I do though get a kick out of signing credit card purchases with an X.

No one has yet challenged me. I'm assuming they think, well you can guess what they think...

When I just can't avoid putting down information on a form of some kind or other, I slowly draw the words as calling it printing would be laughable.

[Wodathunkit]

To go completely off topic.....they don't even teach cursive anymore! Penmanship is dead.

[nightmare69]

To go completely off topic.....they don't even teach cursive anymore! Penmanship is dead.

I was taught cursive until 6th grade. After that I printed everything Writing checks is the only time I use cursive.

[Blindref757]

As an elementary school teacher...I can verify that cursive is dead. In preparing students for the future, it is critical that they leave elementary school with strong keyboarding skills. Over 85% of our written communication in the professional realm is done on a keyboard. Cursive was once deemed as critical to a person's future marketability as a productive citizen. Times have changed!

[texanjoker]

As an elementary school teacher...I can verify that cursive is dead. In preparing students for the future, it is critical that they leave elementary school with strong keyboarding skills. Over 85% of our written communication in the professional realm is done on a keyboard. Cursive was once deemed as critical to a person's future marketability as a productive citizen. Times have changed!

Many proactive LE agencies now require a 35 wpm typing certificate since a large portion of police work is being a mobile secretary.

[WildBill]

As an elementary school teacher...I can verify that cursive is dead. In preparing students for the future, it is critical that they leave elementary school with strong keyboarding skills. Over 85% of our written communication in the professional realm is done on a keyboard. Cursive was once deemed as critical to a person's future marketability as a productive citizen. Times have changed!

Many proactive LE agencies now require a 35 wpm typing certificate since a large portion of police work is being a mobile secretary.

They no longer teach typing skills, it is called "keyboarding".

[srothstein]

What are some good websites that post LEO jobs since I graduate next week?

http://www.tcleose.state.tx.us/content/ ... ancies.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This is the old address. They finally changed their web site address to reflect the new name:
http://www.tcole.texas.gov/content/statewide-vacancies" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[spongeworthy]

What are some good websites that post LEO jobs since I graduate next week?

http://www.tcleose.state.tx.us/content/ ... ancies.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This is the old address. They finally changed their web site address to reflect the new name:
http://www.tcole.texas.gov/content/statewide-vacancies" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Aha, thanks, that's more helpful - I'm looking around for myself as well.

[nightmare69]

Seems TML and TCOLE are the best sites out there for job vacancies. I wish either site had a feature that you enter a zip code and can search for jobs from X miles from that zip code.

[TomV]

On the TML site, you can list municipalities separated by a comma in the first search box.

[texanjoker]

Seems TML and TCOLE are the best sites out there for job vacancies. I wish either site had a feature that you enter a zip code and can search for jobs from X miles from that zip code.

Indeed.com has that feature and there are quite a few jobs listed there... .