Weymouth police force adds 3 new officers

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kwflatbed

Discussion Starter · Feb 20, 2013

Posted 5 hour(s) ago
Three new Weymouth police officers were sworn during a ceremony Tuesday. The three - Lindsay M. Flipp, 24; Jason T. O'Brien, 27; and Michael S. Lang, 29 - graduated from the police academy in New Braintree on Friday and will now undergo six weeks of training with a field training officer.

http://www.patriotledger.com/news/c...906/Weymouth-police-force-adds-3-new-officers

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Johnny Law

· #2 · Feb 20, 2013

Hank Moody said:
She's CUTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully she doesn't become "morale gear" though

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· #3 · Feb 20, 2013

Hank Moody said:
She's CUTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know what I USUALLY would say, but don't want to get threatened by anyone again...

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Pvt. Cowboy

· #4 · Feb 20, 2013

GMass said:
I would...

FIFY. Just deleted a little.

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· #5 · Feb 20, 2013

mtc said:
Said the guy who "came out" in another thread.....

Oh. Yea, Im coming out as straight now. lolol

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csauce777

· #6 · Feb 20, 2013

GMass said:
Oh. Yea, Im coming out as straight now. lolol

Very questionable

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Inspector71

· #7 · Feb 20, 2013

Congrats to the new centurians!!!!!!!!!!

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LA Copper

· #8 · Feb 20, 2013

kwflatbed said:
Posted 5 hour(s) ago
Three new Weymouth police officers were sworn during a ceremony Tuesday. The three - Lindsay M. Flipp, 24; Jason T. O'Brien, 27; and Michael S. Lang, 29 - graduated from the police academy in New Braintree on Friday and will now undergo six weeks of training with a field training officer.

That's it, just six weeks with an FTO? Is that average back there?

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Bloodhound

· #9 · Feb 21, 2013

LA Copper said:
That's it, just six weeks with an FTO? Is that average back there?

Sounds a bit short, even for around here. We do 12 weeks.

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· #10 · Feb 21, 2013

LA Copper said:
That's it, just six weeks with an FTO? Is that average back there?

Ours used to be 8 weeks, now it's an abortion where I have someone different every night, so there's no continuity. I'm not doing FTO for the class we have in the academy now if it stays like that. It's not fair to me to try to formulate a recommendation when I'm with someone 1-2 times.

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LA Copper

· #11 · Feb 21, 2013

When I was a probationer, our FTO program was an entire year, all 52 weeks. In the last few years, it has cut been back to six months where a new officer shall work with an FTO while still being on probation for the entire year. If an officer isn't "cutting it," after that six months, they would be extended and have to continue to work with an FTO for the next six months. If they still couldn't "cut it," they would be asked to leave.

In my opinion, six to eight weeks is not nearly enough, especially if one works in a department that isn't very busy and wouldn't be exposed to a lot in that short amount of time. We are remiss when we don't take the time to teach new people as much as we can before putting them on the street alone to "go get 'em."

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· #12 · Feb 22, 2013

LA Copper said:
When I was a probationer, our FTO program was an entire year, all 52 weeks. In the last few years, it has cut been back to six months where a new officer shall work with an FTO while still being on probation for the entire year. If an officer isn't "cutting it," after that six months, they would be extended and have to continue to work with an FTO for the next six months. If they still couldn't "cut it," they would be asked to leave.

In my opinion, six to eight weeks is not nearly enough, especially if one works in a department that isn't very busy and wouldn't be exposed to a lot in that short amount of time. We are remiss when we don't take the time to teach new people as much as we can before putting them on the street alone to "go get 'em."

You have to think like a chief who is appointed by the mayor....all our sector patrol cars are one-man, so having someone on field training for a year means hiring more OT to cover the one-man sector cars the new officers can't work, because they're in field training.

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Code 3

· #13 · Feb 22, 2013

She's smokin. I may trade in Newton Savage's sister for this broad.

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LA Copper

· #14 · Feb 22, 2013

I understand about the one officer car thing and I wouldn't really expect your new guys to work with an FTO for a full year, however, a scant six to eight weeks still isn't nearly enough. The potential liabilty for an officer who has very limited training, to do something that could cost the city/town a lot of money is a very real possibility in that scenario.

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