my question is in regards to derry police department and nashua. My problem is that i want to take both upcoming police tests for derry and nashua coming up in january. However, i am only able to get off work for one of them. Can anyone throw me some ideas as to whats the best bet if u had to choose between the 2 in terms of a better hiring chance. I mean hiring chance as in who would be taking on more officers. I am stuck in a problem cause i want to take them both but can't.
Posted by: HousingCop
Take 'em both. Bang in sick both days. What kind of work do you do, brain surgery? I am sure the world will keep turning if you're not at work. Plus you've got over 2 months to execute your plan. But just in case NASA needs you that bad, I'd go with Nashua.
Posted by: LAWPD79
Nashua is by far the superior dept., and is prob. the largest muni dept. NH. I would say go with Nashua but also Derry has the contract for Manchester Airport and they been struggling to fill positions. So it comes down to Nashua has more opportunity to advance in specialize units and Derry you get small town with Big CONTRACT. But do your homework before you choose because either because if you make to oral boards with either, they do ask you questions about your knowledge of their respect city or town
Posted by: J5254
i guess i will have to do my homework on because i live in nj and don;t know much about nashua or derry lol.
Posted by: AdamJ1984
I thought that Londonderry had the contract with Manchester Airport because the southern part of the airport is basically in North Londonderry. I believe this to be true, so take it as it is.
Posted by: Inspector
Londonderry P.D. has the contract for Manchester-Boston Airport. Be careful if you consider a job there as they have and will hire officers since getting that contract and should they, like the Rockingham County Sheriff's, lose the contract (which they could) they are expected by some to reduce the size of the deparment and last hired will be first to be let go. I understand overtime was available to Londonderry officers as a result of the detail, and that they have been having a time filling the slots. The positive thing is if you do get a job in NH you will be graduated from the academy which is a plus for seeking other jobs in this state (You need to be hired to get in). Nashua is a very busy, really urban department with plenty of action. Derry is a bustling suburban community right in the middle of action (as is Londonderry). Some of the Deputies who had worked the airport transferred over the Londonderry P.D., others went to other departments, and a few are still working on the Sheriff's Department. The airport is actually skirts the Manchester-Londonderry line, with much in Manchester. There has been some question of jurisdiction since the local department took over (Sheriffs have unlimited state-wide police power in this state) while local officers are restricted to their own communities. At one point, while the airport was not quite as busy, Manchester P.D. worked there and they have from time-to-time made noises of getting back there. With their busy city now I'd say it's not likely they will try that soon. Also in the running is the State Police who did give the contract some consideration in the past. Take into account the airport is actually in Hillsboro County that department could also take a swing at it...perhaps both Rock and Hillsboro Counties would combine and submit a contract proposal as all their deputies would have full powers wherever they were.
Posted by: AdamJ1984
Inspector, lots of interesting information you have, and I appreciate reading it. I was wondering, and maybe you could help me out, but when Hillsboro County Sheriff's Department was hiring, they were doing so for CO's. I am unsure about Rockingham, but I think their facility is in Brentwood, so were people specially assigned at the airport? I have checked the Rockingham website and am unsure of what they do, are they strictly a correctional unit or do they/are they involved in patrol?
Posted by: KozmoKramer
Adam - the Hillsborough Sheriffs Department is a completely separate entity from the Hillsborough Department of Corrections (which is what I think you are referring to). The Hillsborough Sheriffs do not man the jail like in Mass. The HDOC is on a constant hiring process. The low pay coupled with severe short staffing produces a lot of ex-employees. I shoot with an ex HDOC screw and he despised working there.
The Hillsborough Sheriffs primarily do Civil Process and district court security, as well as some police work, but I'm not sure of the scope of that particular responsibility. I'm sure Inspector can backfill that which I'm unaware of. Rockingham sheriffs are very active in the LE aspect, but they do not seem to hire as frequently.
Posted by: AdamJ1984
Kozmo, thank-you, you are right, I was thinking it was like here in MA where the sheriff's are primarily responsible for inmates. So there is the actual Sheriff's Department and the county corrections, good to know when looking into certain places. And yes, they seem to always be hiring and their pay is low compared to MA, would not really consider it.
Posted by: Inspector
Koz is correct. NH has two separate positions, correction officer and police officer. Both are trained (no matter what department one works for) at the New Hampshire Police Training Facility in Concord. The training programs are different. In most counties, including Rock, the agency which runs the county jail is the Department of Corrections, not the Sheriff's Office. In NH all sheriff's deputies are certified police officers and, in addition to doing prisoner transport, superior court security, and civil process serving, deputies in most counties do some (although limited in the populated southern tier of the state) patrol work. Deputies throughout the state, however, do work when major incidents, bank robberies etc. happen if requested to back up local departments. In Strafford they supply K-9 units for searches (hound and shepard). Departments also have contracted to provide patrol for some towns, patrol and security for the airport (in the past), and in all counties do communication and dispatch for many, if not most communities. Rockingham has assigned units to back local officers at Hampton Beach on the major summer holidays, all SO's provide security for the county fairs, I believe it's Belknap SO which has an accident recon unit. Deputies also serve on regional SWAT units, search for fugitives, and participate in a variety of joint investigations. They do some highway traffic enforcement. Strafford has for sometime held contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service to back that agency in various ways, including federal prisoner and witness transportation, security issues, and federal fugitive apprehension. Deputies are assigned to work with the Marshals daily. They just picked up a contract to work with with Homeland Security. The number of deputies in New Hampshire is very small. Full time openings are usually filled from the ranks of local departments. I've known of only one full time opening on a sheriff's department state wide in the past three years. It was filled by an experienced certified local officer. Part time openings are almost always filled by retired state and local police officers. I can say the fact they have to possess and maintain New Hampshire Police certification and have long experience in responsible positions usually keeps non-qualified people from carrying a star up here. Unlike the Commonwealth, Local and State officers have less of a negative feeling about deputies perhaps because of the joint academy and the fact the Sheriffs up here make it a point of doing alot of work behind the scenes and, like the friendly undertaker, are always close at hand but try to never be in the way. Oh yes, Rockingham County House of Correction and Jail is located in Brentwood,about half way between Manchester and the seacoast.
Posted by: jgl518
Nashua is second for local Deapartments in size to Manchester. NHSP is largest overall. Nashua is a better PD to work for than Derry. Derry is very good, but I think Nashua makes more money is more active.
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