[mcleveland084]

If I take the civil service exam and get a good score. What are the chances of getting onto BPD even though I am not a resident? New to the civil service system and politics of Boston PD. While I understand the preference for residents, veterans, and those who are bilingual. Does BPD take non-residents, given the extreme situation with police staffing?

 

[HuskyH-2]

If I take the civil service exam and get a good score. What are the chances of getting onto BPD even though I am not a resident? New to the civil service system and politics of Boston PD. While I understand the preference for residents, veterans, and those who are bilingual. Does BPD take non-residents, given the extreme situation with police staffing?

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[trueblue]

Be prepared to become a resident If you get on.

 

[Roy Fehler]

If I take the civil service exam and get a good score. What are the chances of getting onto BPD even though I am not a resident? New to the civil service system and politics of Boston PD. While I understand the preference for residents, veterans, and those who are bilingual. Does BPD take non-residents, given the extreme situation with police staffing?

Your chances of being called off the list are very good right now, few people want to be cops anymore, and even fewer want to be Boston cops. That isn't a slight to the guys and gals of Boston PD, it's that the politicians have ruined the job.

Be prepared to;

Move into Boston and stay for at least 10 years. Don't even think about using a fake or convenience address, someone WILL rat you out, and you WILL be fired if you get caught.

Pay a holy fortune for a house or even rent, and if you have kids, a boatload more money for private school, because I wouldn't send my dog to most Boston Public Schools.

Get the Covid vaccines/boosters against your will.

Be ordered/forced to work overtime on your days-on (mandatory doubles) plus your days-off. The money is great, but at what price to your personal life and sanity?

Be assigned your vacation periods. You get the last 2 weeks in September? Oh well, hope you like cold water at the beach!

Use of individual vacation days are the discretion of the district commander.

Also keep in mind that being called off the list doesn't translate to getting the job, you still have to pass a background check, physical/psychological/physical fitness exams, and then make it through a 6-month police academy.

Still sound like a great deal?

 

[USAF286]

Your chances of being called off the list are very good right now, few people want to be cops anymore, and even fewer want to be Boston cops. That isn't a slight to the guys and gals of Boston PD, it's that the politicians have ruined the job.

Be prepared to;

Move into Boston and stay for at least 10 years. Don't even think about using a fake or convenience address, someone WILL rat you out, and you WILL be fired if you get caught.

Pay a holy fortune for a house or even rent, and if you have kids, a boatload more money for private school, because I wouldn't send my dog to most Boston Public Schools.

Get the Covid vaccines/boosters against your will.

Be ordered/forced to work overtime on your days-on (mandatory doubles) plus your days-off. The money is great, but at what price to your personal life and sanity?

Be assigned your vacation periods. You get the last 2 weeks in September? Oh well, hope you like cold water at the beach!

Use of individual vacation days are the discretion of the district commander.

Also keep in mind that being called off the list doesn't translate to getting the job, you still have to pass a background check, physical/psychological/physical fitness exams, and then make it through a 6-month police academy.

Still sound like a great deal?

I have bad days at my place and just think of all of this being very accurate and realize that the money is just not worth it.


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[mcleveland084]

Your chances of being called off the list are very good right now, few people want to be cops anymore, and even fewer want to be Boston cops. That isn't a slight to the guys and gals of Boston PD, it's that the politicians have ruined the job. Be prepared to; Move into Boston and stay for at least 10 years. Don't even think about using a fake or convenience address, someone WILL rat you out, and you WILL be fired if you get caught. Pay a holy fortune for a house or even rent, and if you have kids, a boatload more money for private school, because I wouldn't send my dog to most Boston Public Schools. Get the Covid vaccines/boosters against your will. Be ordered/forced to work overtime on your days-on (mandatory doubles) plus your days-off. The money is great, but at what price to your personal life and sanity? Be assigned your vacation periods. You get the last 2 weeks in September? Oh well, hope you like cold water at the beach! Use of individual vacation days are the discretion of the district commander. Also keep in mind that being called off the list doesn't translate to getting the job, you still have to pass a background check, physical/psychological/physical fitness exams, and then make it through a 6-month police academy. Still sound like a great deal?

I understand the downsides of BPD and appreciate the feedback. Just trying to figure things out. I am already vaccinated and worst comes to worst I can leave the dept if I don’t want to make a career out of it. I’m 21 so I’m not too worried about trying BPD and seeing if it’s something I find worthwhile. I am finishing up my degree and currently work as a call firefighter for my town here in MA so I’m just trying to figure things out.

 

[HuskyH-2]

I understand the downsides of BPD and appreciate the feedback. Just trying to figure things out. I am already vaccinated and worst comes to worst I can leave the dept if I don’t want to make a career out of it. I’m 21 so I’m not too worried about trying BPD and seeing if it’s something I find worthwhile. I am finishing up my degree and currently work as a call firefighter for my town here in MA so I’m just trying to figure things out.

Go for it, they need you


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[EUPD377]

I have bad days at my place and just think of all of this being very accurate and realize that the money is just not worth it.


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Yup. First job was in a big city with seemingly the same problems as Boston. Every time I get frustrated with my job, I remember getting ready to go home after a ten hour shift, then being waylaid by a Sgt at the door and forced into a mandatory double. I remember all the months where I got one or two or zero days off total. I remember getting denied off on my anniversary, or my kid’s birthday, or my brother’s wedding because “we don’t have the staffing” then trying to have to bribe coworkers who haven’t been drafted yet to take the day so I can actually enjoy a family event.

Don’t miss it.

I cleared over $95k a year there in the South, which with the cost of living factored in, is close to $200k in Boston, but I never actually got to enjoy any of that money because I was constantly at work. But hey, I guess I could afford to supersize my greasy cheeseburger meal I managed to choke down between the 300 pending calls we have stacked.

 

[USAF286]

Yup. First job was in a big city with seemingly the same problems as Boston. Every time I get frustrated with my job, I remember getting ready to go home after a ten hour shift, then being waylaid by a Sgt at the door and forced into a mandatory double. I remember all the months where I got one or two or zero days off total. I removed getting denied off on my anniversary, or my kid’s birthday, or my brother’s wedding because “we don’t have the staffing” then trying to have to bribe coworkers who haven’t been drafted yet to take the day so I can actually enjoy a family event.

Don’t miss it.

I cleared over $95k a year there in the South, which with the cost of living factored in, is close to $200k in Boston, but I never actually got to enjoy any of that money because I was constantly at work. But hey, I guess I could afford to supersize my greasy cheeseburger meal I managed to choke down between the 300 pending calls we have stacked.

Also the stories from the guys that worked the jails here in MA make the worst muni dept seem like a delight. They seem to be the happiest ones in my dept.


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