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Posted by: Randbo

Surprise!!! they have a opening again!!!

Title: Campus Police Officer
Job Code:
Facility: Memorial Campus
Location: Worcester, MA

Description:
Position Summary:

Qualifications/Experience:

Department: SECURITY
Hours: 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Schedule: 40 hours (Full Time)
Shift: Days

Contact Information:

Url: www.umassmemorial.org

Posted by: masscopguy

Is the place really that bad?

Posted by: Foxy85

Whats the story with this place......And what are some of the typical duties of these officers?

Posted by: sgtsmithers

I work at another hosp in Worc and have a lot of contact with the overnight shift at Memorial. Most of them are decent guys and like working there. The Dept did expand which accounts for some of the openings. Also, some recent hires left for various reasons including better pay elsewhere. There also seems to be issues with the Sgts. The Dept has no Chief and is managed by 3 or 4 Sgts. At least 2 or 3 of the Sgts have only the Reserve Int/Academy and nothing else except experience at Memorial. As the Dept hires new, better trained, better educated and more experienced officers, most must find it difficult to be supervised by the 'crusty old guys' who run the Dept like it was 1980 and society/ surrounding community hasn't changed

. Some Officers were made promises when they were hired that did not pan out. Almost seems like the Sgts are intimidated by some of the Officers' train/edu/experience. Sgts are armed and the Officers are in the process of being armed. Starting base pay is about mid- $14.00. Hourly differential is $2 for 2nd shift and $4 for 3rd shift. All shifts extra $2. on weekends. Probably why night shift is happy= $18.50+ for sleepy time.

MedCity is better but they only fire people and not hire replacements. Uh, oh time to destroy the harddrive.............

Posted by: Foxy85

I thought Med City was just a security dept., no police?

Posted by: rg1283

They (Med City) have Worcester PD like badges and have a Ford Explorer that says Hospital Police. I don't know where they get there power from.

Posted by: mikeyd1313

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgtsmithers

MedCity is better but they only fire people and not hire replacements. Uh, oh time to destroy the harddrive.............

where did you hear this? I was there for 5 years and i never saw 1 person get fired, only 1 didn't make his probationary period. Was that YOU????????

As far as police powers more than half the department is spo.

Posted by: masscopguy

I would assume that since the hospital is owned by the Commonwealth they get special state police status they same way the DPH, DMR and the higher ed institutions do.

If you can make $18.50 an hour for overnights that is considerably more than you would make to start at a Ma Community College. I beleive Mass Bay Community College starts you out at $14.00ph.

Posted by: Skiierxxx06

FYI all state schools are the same all under AFSCME I forget what step although they are all the same step... (14.65 ballpark)

Posted by: bag-o-bones

I heard they had a pretty cute female officer working at Memorial and they you can say pushed her out!!!! They get one good female officer and WOW they lost her. what the hell is wrong with that department.

Posted by: RPD931

UMass Memorial is NOT a state School. It is NOT the medical school. This is often a point of confusion. If you work at UMass Memorial you are NOT a state employee... it is a private healthcare corp. Hospital. UMass - Worcester is UMass Medical Center, this is the "School" with University Police Officers. University Officers are on a different pay scale than State College Officers.

Posted by: masscopguy

Thanks for the clarafication. I inaccuratly assumed the hospital was part of the U Mass Medical School system. Thanks for the correction

The thing that keeps my applying to the State Schools is the pension, the low cost of health and the tuition benefits. I know if you get on at Harvard, BU, BC they have great education programs but I doubt that is going to happen for me.

If you already have all your social security quaters, have put soem money in an IRA and can hang on with the state for 20. You will not have a bad pension/retirment fund at the end of it.
I beleive your pension is based on of 3 highest yearning years. The trick is to get real close to a powerful politician who can find you a high paying gig before you ready to retire. It happens all the time.

Posted by: sgtsmithers

If anyone is actually interested in jumping ship where they are and working at Memorial, or any other Campus they find appealing, why not apply and go thru the interview process. When, and if, your offered the position, ask to do a ride-along type thing for a few hours with an Officer during the shift you would be assigned before accepting the job. I'm sure most applicants have numerous questions best not asked at an interview. Better to sacrifice a few hours of your time than screw-up your career path.

Posted by: mikeyd1313

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgtsmithers

If anyone is actually interested in jumping ship where they are and working at Memorial, or any other Campus they find appealing, why not apply and go thru the interview process. When, and if, your offered the position, ask to do a ride-along type thing for a few hours with an Officer during the shift you would be assigned before accepting the job. I'm sure most applicants have numerous questions best not asked at an interview. Better to sacrifice a few hours of your time than screw-up your career path.

Maybe you can get car jacked like another officer did while off property.

Posted by: sgtsmithers

Maybe you can get car jacked like another officer did while off property.

He went out on sick leave (wink-wink) and never came back.
untrained security guard combined with a marked police cruiser equals a good time.
I sure he's missed.

Posted by: mikeyd1313

Quote:

Originally Posted by bag-o-bones

I heard they had a pretty cute female officer working at Memorial and they you can say pushed her out!!!! They get one good female officer and WOW they lost her. what the hell is wrong with that department.

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What did Ed G***** say to her to make her leave?

Posted by: hunter3277

This place is not a good place to work. To many chiefs not enough indians. The Sgts. are untrained, uneducated, and they think that this place is a real PD. Most of the sgts. could not cut it as a real PO so they do this security job, with a police title "WOW". Some of the guys are great guys to work with. If you want experience work at a college not at the hospital, at least not this one. The pay is not worth the problems. All the sgts. sit in their little bunker in the basement and twiddle their thumbs and pray nothing happens, because they won't know what to do if any thing does happen. Trust me, work at a state college or private college what ever you can get. They have been saying that the patrol guys are going to get firearms since 2002. In 2003 the sgts. got them. what is the point of the sgts. having the firearms when they are in the basement and the patrol guys are out on the road. There is a reason their is a turn over rate. Think about it????????????

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