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Posted by: BSP1

How hard is the MBTA Police Academy

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Posted by: lofu

In what regard? Discipline=Hard, PT=Hard, Academics=Average. If you are prepared, you can get through any academy.

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Posted by: sempergumby

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Posted by: mpd61

If you're young and dumb, go to T!
If you're old and smart, go to Plymouth!

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Posted by: h174

The T must be doing something right when some local pd's who have an academy in their own town send their officers to the T

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Posted by: Sniper

What diff does it make to them 174 ????? Basic knowledge is basic knowledge. All important stuff is learned after the academy. All the chiefs want is numbers......

My academy bragged about self discipline but once the DI turned his back at dismissal every afternoon, people did whatever the fuck they wanted........ Square corners in the hallways going to the head???????? PFfffff. Only if the DIs were in the hall.

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Posted by: Inspector71

You guys ain't nothing if you didn't go to PoliceCorps @ Weymouth. Even the Weymouth Academy bowed back then!

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Posted by: Delta784

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Originally Posted by h174 The T must be doing something right when some local pd's who have an academy in their own town send their officers to the T

Departments send people to whatever academy has open seats. The certification is the same at the end, and everything valuable will be learned during field training anyway.

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Posted by: Macop

Who gives a shit how hard or easy the academy is, the paper is the same in the end, your smart if you can get in!

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Posted by: Q5-TPR

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Originally Posted by Inspector71 You guys ain't nothing if you didn't go to PoliceCorps @ Weymouth. Even the Weymouth Academy bowed back then!

Isn't that the same Academy that was disbanded because all the instructors were sleeping with the student officers or something like that??

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Posted by: mpd61

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Originally Posted by Q5-TPR Isn't that the same Academy that was disbanded because all the instructors were sleeping with the student officers or something like that??

Not all the instructors were "doing it". What's really important is the fact that Police Corps main theme was integrity above all else. Oh my goodness!?

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Posted by: new guy

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Originally Posted by Delta784 Departments send people to whatever academy has open seats. The certification is the same at the end, and everything valuable will be learned during field training anyway.

That depends on who your FTO is. If you get a good one than I agree.

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Posted by: Delta784

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Originally Posted by new guy That depends on who your FTO is. If you get a good one than I agree.

You should have, at minimum, four FTO's during field training. If none of the four know what they're doing, then you're working for one screwed-up department.

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Posted by: 94c

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Originally Posted by Delta784 You should have, at minimum, four FTO's during field training. If none of the four know what they're doing, then you're working for one screwed-up department.

How does your FTO system work?

Is there some type of process behind it?

We have guys/gals thrown to the wolves their first week on the job. Since they are part of minimum manning this happens often.

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Posted by: JaneDoe

anyone know if the start date is still tentatively march 10th ?

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Posted by: new guy

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Originally Posted by Delta784 You should have, at minimum, four FTO's during field training. If none of the four know what they're doing, then you're working for one screwed-up department.

"Should," is the operative word. Our FTO program doesn't rotate FTO's or shifts. I was lucky enough to have a solid FTO.

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Posted by: COto50

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Originally Posted by JaneDoe anyone know if the start date is still tentatively march 10th ?

Macrh 10th and the class is full.

my bad....website says march 3rd

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Posted by: devilcop76

March 3rd.......anyone on here starting that day? If so, be ready for it.

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