Tag: Passing Probation

Careers

How to Ruin Your Daily Evaluation

Through my years of dealing with rookies, I've read far too many cavalier statements by either brash or totally unwitting rookies. Here are the most common ones that you'll want to avoid.

August 20, 2012

Careers

Murphy's Law for Police Rookies

Murphy's law is the adage that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Count on these three Murphy-isms to crop up during your first year as an officer.

June 19, 2012

Careers

Recruit Life As a Single Parent

This blog often focuses on tactics, off-duty survival, surviving the FTO program, or making it though the academy. However, what can often get overlooked is making it through those first few years as a parent. A single-parent recruit has been given the most difficult assignment of all.

December 6, 2011

Patrol

NYPD Cop: Positive Cocaine Test Caused by Coca Tea

Alvaro Casado was fired by the NYPD in March. He challenged his termination, saying he likely tested positive because he drank Mate de Coca tea his girlfriend's mother gave him after he was in a car accident.

February 18, 2011

Careers

Are You Willing To SPEAK UP?

Add S.P.E.A.K. U.P. to your acronym list, and you'll improve your chances for a successful law enforcement career. These are the fundamentals.

November 14, 2010

Training

How to Survive Probation

During this critical period, your agency and your fellow cops are checking you out; make sure they like what they see.

April 30, 2008

Training

What Didn't They Teach Me In The Academy?

Those were heady days, when the excitement of graduating from the police academy and "hitting the streets" was awaited with great anticipation.

October 31, 2007

Patrol

Officer Not All There

"If anything happens tonight and we have to do any shooting, you have to do all of it," Hero said in a most relaxed manner.

August 31, 2002