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I am new in the field!!Houston!
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Posted almost 3 years ago Hello all, I am going to start Police Academy in Houston(HCC) at the end of this month. I would like any advise on what to expect. I will be doing academy in the evenings for 9 months. I would like any input at all. I have been a teacher for the last 7 years in HISD and making the transition. After a couple of years, I want to try for SWAT. ANyone from the area, or did thier academy at HCC? |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago First off, welcome to Police Link from Michigan. Secondly, didn't know they had academies in the evening hours only. Usually an academy is similar to a boot camp. . . .up before dawn in the morning, physical training right off before breakfast, book learning (lectures) before noon and then practicals in the afternoon. How they run a 9 month, evening only academy. . . .I wouldn't even begin to try to figure out. I can only say that there is probably a lot lost compared to a "full time" academy. Things such as discipline, learning how to work together as a class and in general learning how to deal with the stresses that come about in everyday work in this field. Good luck with your academy though and just remember that the more you put into the schooling. . . .the more you get out of it. |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Thanks for responding. This is part time, for people that work a regular job during the day. I will work my job, then have academy from 530 to 1000 Monday through Friday.. Otherwise, I would not be able to afford to quit my job to start academy. Its a great set up and I have Orientation Monday. |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Good luck to you in your endeavors. Also, if you are looking at SWAT as a possible goal, just remember that their fitness requirements are extremely high. If I were you, I would start running to build your endurance, maybe join a gym to build your strength. Obviously not having met you before, I make these suggestions knowing that the "fitter" you are, the more confidence you will have and the closer to your goal you will be when the time comes. |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Welcome to PL! Adapt, improvise and overcome.
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Howdy! Greetings from Hotlanta and welcome aboard. The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head
Nemo me impune lacessit YaYa SuzieQ
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Welcome to PL from PA YaYa Sister |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago I posted on your other discussion. My State of Missouri has evening classes for students that work a full time job. I commend anyone that works and attends academy classes on their own time. |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Hi, Welcome to PoliceLink from Long Island, New York |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Welcome to the link from the bluegrass of KY. I visited Houston and Galveston a few years back, beautiful place but to dang HOT for me! Good luck and GO HARD in your academy!!! |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago In Ohio we have part time academies day and night. When i went to the part time academy was only at night. Best of Luck! Some departments still have their own academies , the state runs a full time academy as does the state highway patrol. I went four nights a week for 4 hours a day and 8 hours on Saturday, still worked my regular job at 40 hours a week. |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago You must mean 1730 to 2200hrs. |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago We have the same kinda academy here. The one i attented had morning, nights and weekeneds. Working and going to the academy can be a pain, but stick it out, it only makes your dedication stronger. I agree that a full time mon-fri is a better option, but some of us dont that that option. I wish you the best of luck, all i can say is dont slack off because u see other people doing it. I saw alot of that and in the end they would not pass the state test. Welcome to Police Link and i wish the best of luck to you. I like things challenging and complicated otherwise what fun would it be. ;-) |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Welcome to policelink from KS. Here is an old, but interesting thread reference AA1168 : http://policelink.monster.com/topics/66343-academy-graduation-percentage/posts |
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| Posted almost 3 years ago Its very common in Texas to see night academies at community colleges, and your universities even have day time academies that are the same 4-5 hours that night academies are. All your community colleges with law enforcement academies have day academies that are 8 hours. VERY VERY few academies in Texas are the type of academies that are like the DPS or the University of Texas Police where you live in a barracks and pretend that you are in the military. Thats by and large gone by the wayside. And those agencies that operate their own academies are generally large metropolitan police departments such as Houston PD, Pasadena PD, Dallas PD, Harris County Sheriffs Office...etc etc. Almost every agency in Texas requires you to send yourself to the academy and then apply, or be prior service police officer from another agency. Even the agencies with their own academies are not the military basic training type academies...you go home in the evenings..etc etc. Regarding SWAT, make sure you work for an agency that actually has a SWAT or SRT unit. SWAT units are generally full time teams and those are limited to your Houston, Dallas agencies....not sure if Fort Worth, San Antonio, etc etc have full time teams. Most agencies that even have SRT units (generally part time/on call teams) are few and far between. SRT/SWAT is NOT common in LE...and in a bad economy, many of them never see SWAT/SRT call outs as the money (and the personnel) are "back to basics." |
