Step 10: Hit the Streets

80 Comments

You’ve finally been cut loose and your FTO is no longer breathing down your back. But you’re still a rookie. Here are some tips that will help you get through your first year:

• Ways to Avoid the Top 10 rookie mistakes

• What to expect your first few weeks

Ways to Avoid the Top 10 rookie mistakes

A...

Premium content is for PoliceLink members only. To continue reading, please sign in or create an account — it's free and takes less than a minute!

Flag as inappropriate

+61

atrap88

over 4 years ago

4 Comments

thank you so much for the advice i look forward to using every word of it.
goodcop88

over 4 years ago

2 Comments

great advice. I will use all of this to help me in my future career
HB613

over 4 years ago

48 Comments

put your car in park...priceless advice
GuardianXPS

over 4 years ago

2 Comments

Agreed, very sound advice and article.
liljenjen

over 4 years ago

176 Comments

Excellant Advice! Great Article.
cedorville

over 4 years ago

2 Comments

Great Article.....Only missing the Pre poligraph questionos, about 200 and those question can take you out of the process even before you get hooked up to the machine, tell me about it....but GREAT STUFFS
dreadnoggen

over 4 years ago

4 Comments

excellent!
brittany_vittorio

over 4 years ago

18 Comments

Very Interesting!
JRich81

over 4 years ago

1420 Comments

Great stuff!
blose373

almost 5 years ago

22 Comments

very good
retrever

almost 5 years ago

1572 Comments

Excellent, excellent, excellent article. I liked every inch of it. However if I could throw in something else that may not be a known factor, many of my surrounding agencies will not pay for the academy at this time (mostly due to the economy, it could be a more or less a local anomaly I really don't know so check - some may pay after successful completion and some year(s) of service to that department) so be prepared for that as a just in case thing. Also what you've said about 4 year degrees is very true, many do have that standard now. At least here in Mi they do.
And I loved number 10: Put your car in park. It is a good reminder, you get all happy, happy joy, joy and yippeee leaping out of the car for a stop or a call and forget that little thing called park.
finley

almost 5 years ago

40 Comments

Sounds good to me. Coming from a FTO
downton

almost 5 years ago

4 Comments

The advice was great. It was what i wanted too know and more. two more weeks and i test for the EL Segundo,CA PD
HeinrichLightle

almost 5 years ago

138 Comments

Good advice! I can't wait to be doing this stuff!
pjyoung

almost 5 years ago

2 Comments

This was very informative. I would liked more info on the oral boards. That is the one part of this process that,cause the most stress.