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Posted by 510cpskid (Member # 8277) on :
 
one of my friends wants to be a cop and hes is trying to figure out how long you have to stop smoking for to become a cop. I know that chp is 3 years, is it the same to be a regular cop?
 
Posted by sharkattack (Member # 645) on :
 
More to it than just that. Any other hard dope and he can forget it. Arrests, driving record, credit history, job history, life experience, etc, are all taken into account. Just weed? I'd say 3-5 years but everything else should be spotless. To be honest and speaking from my own experience sitting on oral panels, I'd take the guy who addmitted to weed with everything else clean over the guy who has not used any dope and is all kinds of screwed up ( bad credit, fired from jobs, hasn't done anything with his life)

There is a lot to look at when hiring. Outof 20 people who make it to the oral portion of the testing process, I'd say maybe you get 5-7 that pass. Out of those, you may get 1-2 potential hires. Everyone else is weeded out in backgrounds. Very competitive these day too. More so than 5 years ago.
 
Posted by 707vibrantcobra93 (Member # 4702) on :
 
I agree 100% with the above stated. In my oral I was asked in the last 3 years. Backgrounds is what gets most people and chp use voice stress analysis. If you have nothing to hide chp is where the money is and they are exempt from furlought. There academy pay is 400 dollars more than my corrections pay after 2 and half years in corrections. Just a forewarning, these days prior military and a college degree is priority over the random street guy.
 
Posted by SheerSliver03 (Member # 6589) on :
 
ill give you this example: i was dropped from the application process because I quit a job when i was 16 and didnt give 2 weeks notice...
 
Posted by 5.0-srt-4 (Member # 5864) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by SheerSliver03:
ill give you this example: i was dropped from the application process because I quit a job when i was 16 and didnt give 2 weeks notice...
[Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by adower (Member # 5955) on :
 
If you go on the CHP website it tells you. Weed is like 3-5 years and depends on frequency. Hard stuff is like 10 years.
 
Posted by 50DADDY (Member # 3076) on :
 
Some ex-drug users would probably make good cops,know the ins and outs better than someone whos never lived it.Just my .02$
 
Posted by 92Chp (Member # 5574) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 50DADDY:
Some ex-drug users would probably make good cops,know the ins and outs better than someone whos never lived it.Just my .02$
What makes you say that?
 
Posted by 50DADDY (Member # 3076) on :
 
Not talking about spun out,burned out crackheads.Im talking about truly reformed people who were once involved in the wrong side of things.They know the way these things work,not what some teacher taught them about it or what they learned in the academy.But what they learned from real experience.Some things can only be learned from the inside.
 
Posted by sharkattack (Member # 645) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 50DADDY:
Not talking about spun out,burned out crackheads.Im talking about truly reformed people who were once involved in the wrong side of things.They know the way these things work,not what some teacher taught them about it or what they learned in the academy.But what they learned from real experience.Some things can only be learned from the inside.
You be surprised what you learn on the job. Don't need to live the life to know the life.
 
Posted by Eddie510- (Member # 2354) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by sharkattack:
quote:
Originally posted by 50DADDY:
Not talking about spun out,burned out crackheads.Im talking about truly reformed people who were once involved in the wrong side of things.They know the way these things work,not what some teacher taught them about it or what they learned in the academy.But what they learned from real experience.Some things can only be learned from the inside.
You be surprised what you learn on the job. Don't need to live the life to know the life.
+1.. My best friend was an explorer for fremont when he was 15 and did it for about 4 years, Got his degree,Hes very dedicated to it but fails because of his credit. Thats the only thing he says he can think of thats stopping him. So soon he will fix it. People think its easy. Its not for everyone
 




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