Nashua is testing again. Apps are due by the 13th of this month, testing is on the 28th. Google their website for more info, it's all there, including a very thorough tattoo policy. Anyone here that tested with them ever get picked up? Seems like they test once every quarter.
The LAPD of New England. It's a department with a terrific reputation and very strict standars or so I've heard. I know a guy who's son is on there and loves it. Best of luck to all who apply.
I took the oral board about 2 weeks back. I am eagerly awaiting the results and if I am to move forward in the process.
Great department. VERY tough to get on. They hire squared away people. If you are looking to get on somewhere and be a slug, don't apply to NPD. If you are interested in doing police work, and want to stay in New England, I highly recommend NPD. You'll get assignments (Detective etc) based on performance, not "who you know" etc. As far as getting promoted......they promote on "merit" as well, so if you are proactive and give it your best, there is a very good chance you'll get promoted. Unlike MA (except BPD etc), NPD Detectives handle everything, including homicide investigations. Their drug detectives get assigned to DEA as well as NH task forces. Great place if you want to do proactive police work. Much expected and you will be "supervised".........
Consider the Manchester NH Police as well. Large dept (I think about 240 Officers from Chief on down). Many parts of "Manch Vegas" are complete shit holes. You'll stay plenty busy if that's what you are looking for........ http://www.manchesternh.gov/website/Departments/Police/tabid/185/Default.aspx
Thanks for the great info SgtAndy. I am very interested in the Nashua Police Department. I was an MP for 6 years and was interested in them even before I was an MP. I was too young and didn't have much experience yet.
I agree with Sgt Andy, Ive got a friend on that dept that is a detective...very squared away Good luck
Having worked for a short time in NH, not Nashua, and having worked very closely with guys on Nashua, I would agree...great department. But don't ever forget....you're looking from the outside in and EVERY department has it's own set of problems. I don't know of a "perfect department".
I constantly hear other cops in MA rave about my department ("best contract in the state") and about how lucky I am to have gotten on. My stock response is "If you only knew what I know".
I have heard that if you are from MA. they give you a bag of crap, about not being able to get hired in MA. so you come to "their" state. This is coming from someone who did interview with them a while back. As far as i'm concerned with an attitude like that they can go to hell.
With an attitude like that, it's not surprising you weren't hired. Remember....you're applying to a police department, the police department isn't applying to you.
They might be testing your response to being given some grief. Part of the interview isn't so much what you know but how you answer. Though your answers are usually important, there are some questions that by design you won't be able to answer, and are only asked to see what your reaction is. BTW, I imagine there are many Massachusetts people working in Nashua, as with many southern NH PD's.
If I could take my years and retirement with me, and make close to what I make in Quincy, I would leave tomorrow. The BS, especially petty BS, is thick.
We have the "haves", the "will shamelessly suck ass in a futile effort to be a have", and the "have nots". Unfortunately, we've reached the point where the "have nots" are outnumbered by the other 2 categories, mostly the suckasses.
No idea what your babbling about. I am quite familiar with the NPD. I have never heard of anyone there knocking anyone else for being from MA. If I had to guess I would say 70% of the Cops there are from MA. I think you received bad information from someone that didn't "cut it". They have an open hiring process and hire from all over the country. They could care less about where you are from or the MA "residency" BS.........
I used to be a police explorer there years ago and I was from Massachusetts and the officers were nothing but friendly with me and the others from Mass. In addition, I know a few officers that still work there and they are nothing like you described as giving people a "bag of crap" about being from Mass. And to say to an applicant that they couldn't cut it in Mass infers that NPD is less of a dept. NPD is a Nationally Accredited department and has some of the best trained officers in the country.
So you're not applying because of a disgruntled candidate that's trying to rationalize why he wasn't selected to move forward. You should see for yourself before judging NPD. As for your friend that told you that... A message for him.
Some are sooooo blatant. I observed a "suck ass" the other day chatting it up with a station SGT for a 1/2 hour or so (this officer is assigned to a cruiser). Same guy comes back in later and chats it up with a different station SGT for another 1/2 hour. I can (almost) guarantee that this same guy will be getting a coveted specialty position in the near future. Not everyone gets positions this way, but MANY where I work do indeed. The guy I talk about isn't a "bad guy" and is a decent Cop, but doing what he does (suck ass) on a consistent/blatant basis drives me nuts. Others kiss a certain LTs ass on a constant basis. In turn, they are sent to all kinds of "secret squirrel" training. They are always getting "days due" etc for all this training that no one else seems to get. You can tell who these guys are because they talk openly about the LT all the time. They are on a 1st name only basis with the LT, never call him "Lieutenant" etc.........
The last training I went to (private company), I paid the $95 course fee out of my own pocket, and went in lieu of shift (no day due). In my QPD career, I've gotten 3.5 days due...1 for Reagan's funeral that all city employees got, 1 for CPR update, and 1.5 for playing Santa Claus on Christmas Eve on my day off.
A few of my professors at UMASS:Lowell were from MPD. They were always squared away and had no problem explaining to us about the shithole that is Manchester.
I fully agree with that. You have to give them a reason for them to want you on their team. Gotta keep a positive attitude!
