Originally Posted by JCM1975

Is it possible for a white male, non-veteran, to be hired by the MBTA Police Department? To the best of my knowledge a veteran with a 70 will get hired by the T Police over a non-vet with a 100. I believe that another state agency, MSP, gives veterans 2 or 3 points. If all of the above is accurate, will the T Police ever change their hiring guidelines to a more ideal standard like the State PD, where veterans are recognized, but still have to have a solid score etc? One must ask if a person scoring a 70 (or even 80 for that matter) will make a better Cop than the person scoring a 100 (or 95 etc.). The test is not designed for a Rocket Scientist folks!

Originally Posted by JCM1975

Is it possible for a white male, non-veteran, to be hired by the MBTA Police Department? To the best of my knowledge a veteran with a 70 will get hired by the T Police over a non-vet with a 100. I believe that another state agency, MSP, gives veterans 2 or 3 points. If all of the above is accurate, will the T Police ever change their hiring guidelines to a more ideal standard like the State PD, where veterans are recognized, but still have to have a solid score etc? One must ask if a person scoring a 70 (or even 80 for that matter) will make a better Cop than the person scoring a 100 (or 95 etc.). The test is not designed for a Rocket Scientist folks!

Originally Posted by masscopguy

I worked with a non vet white guy who just went onto the Transit police. He got a 100% on the test. I don't think they give points to Veterans, I think they go to the top of the list behind other people with special consideration. Like sons and daughters of officers killed in the line of duty and sons and daughters of 100% disabled police or firefighters.

Since I am a white non veteran who usually scores in the low 90"s I never spent much time looking into it. I just knew my score was to low to be called by my City. That is just the way it is and there is not much I can do about it so I looked into other types of "police work"

There are plenty of jobs out there if you want to move or work in some other type off law enforcement. Patrol work is the backbone of Public Safety but it is not the only thing you have to strive for.