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1月23日

Police Exam Preparation

Sergeant George Godoy (Ret.) is a 22 year police veteran.  During his police career, Sergeant Godoy served for 5 years as a police recruitment specialist where he personally tested over 1,000 potential police recruits.

Sergeant Godoy has produced a unique video presentation where he takes you step by step through the police examination process in a little under two hours. You can go to
Sergeant Godoy's website to check out his ONLINE VIDEO Police Exam learning system.

In the meantime, you can read articles by Sergeant George Godoy on my site at CareerPoliceOfficer.com
 
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1月12日

Police and Sheriffs

If you're a little bit confused about the difference between a police officer and a sheriff's deputy, go to my article Police and Sheriff's on my site at CareerPoliceOfficer.com
1月8日

Women - Unmarked Police Cars and Traffic Stops

I wrote this article on my site at CareerPoliceOfficer.com mainly for women who find themselves being signaled to pull over by an unmarked police car.  However, for those of you planning on a police career, it's an article you should also read.  I've also included a terrific article by Gary T. Marx ,professor emeritus of sociology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of "Undercover: Police Surveillance in America."
1月5日

Police Entry Level Testing

PoliceExam911 - Sergeant George Godoy (Ret.) is a 22 year police veteran.  During his police career, Sergeant Godoy served for 5 years as a police recruitment specialist where he personally tested over 1,000 potential police recruits.  Sergeant Godoy has produced a unique video presentation where he takes you step by step through the police examination process in a little under two hours.  You can go to Sergeant Godoy's website to check out his ONLINE VIDEO Police Exam learning system.
 
Visit Sergeant Godoy's pages on my site at CareerPoliceOfficer.com where you can read the following articles by Sergeant Godoy:
 
 

Why Police Employment May Be For You

Becoming A Cop - The Blue And You

The Police Test - Techniques For Top Scores

Police Officer Test - Tips To Jumpstart Your Career

Police Test Tips - Timing As A Factor

Police Polygraph Exam Tips

Police Oral Interview Preparation

How To Become A Police Officer

Police Polygraph Questions

Police Oral Boards and the Use of Force Continuum

Police Exam - The Police Physical Ability Test



10月26日

Ask Your Questions about Becoming a Police Officer

Join my BLOG and post your questions about Becoming a Police Officer.  Here's the deal... I'm doing my best to make my website as helpful as possible to those of you contemplating police careers.  However, I know there are always questions that require a more specific response.  I'll be checking back often to post responses to any questions you have.
4月23日

Becoming a Detective

There's a lot of misconceptions about how one becomes a police detective.  I'm continually adding information to my site at careerpoliceofficer.com to provide young people insights on a police career. 
3月28日

Law Enforcement Jobs

So, you’re seriously considering a job in law enforcement.  But, you have questions – What’s the job really like?  How do I apply?  Where can I find openings?  What is the process like?  How can I score the highest possible?

These are important questions.  Indeed, anyone who has gone through the application process for a law enforcement job knows it is critical to score as high as possible.  It’s your score that gets you in the door.  Remember – the highest scores are passed on to the next phase of the application process for a law enforcement job and they are the ones who ultimately become the cop on the beat, the homicide detective, SWAT or tactical officer; or, even a future chief of police.

But, those dreams never happen if you don’t score as well as possible.  Every cop gets asked these questions and two of them have taken the time to write down the answers.  First, the Police Officer Exam, 3rd Edition, was edited by Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.), MPA.  Many of the questions were updated to reflect current testing.  More importantly, entire passages were re-written or developed to give you practical, down-to-earth advice on the process.  Detective Lieutenant Barry Baker, Baltimore Police Department (ret.), has written “Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider’s Guide to a Career in Law Enforcement.”   Lieutenant Baker’s book not only helps you with the process, but helps to visualize your career and to make that career happen.

Lieutenants Foster and Baker give you a coast-to-coast perspective on a career in law enforcement and the one-two punch you need to score high, get the job and begin your career.  You need both books to be successful. Order both books today!

1月9日

Police Report Writing

I've noticed from traffic to my site at careerpoliceofficer.com that a lot of people are interested in police report writing.  It's not that complicated; although, a lot of police officers seem to make it that way.  I've added additional content, so stop by and check it out.
1月1日

Police Salaries and Benefits

If you're considering becoming a police officer, you're certainly going to be interested in a police department that offers you a good salary and benefits package.  I've linked you directly to the salaries and benefits pages of some of the nations largest police department.
9月14日

Becoming a Police Officer

 
 
Book Description
Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider’s Guide to a Career in Law Enforcement is a serious examination of police work that is directed toward young people who are contemplating a career as a police officer. Author Barry Baker draws on over thirty-two years of experience from some of the most violent streets of any city in the United States to show you the unembellished truths of law enforcement.

Baker describes the self-satisfaction that can be found in police work while identifying its pitfalls and how to avoid them. Before ending his career as a detective lieutenant, Baker spent his first twenty years on the force as a patrol officer, making him uniquely qualified to speak from a breadth and depth of experience.

Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider’s Guide to a Career in Law Enforcement covers topics a newly trained police officer must appreciate—and master—to ensure success and safety, including the following:

  • Self-evaluation for a police career
  • Recognizing and ignoring bad advice
  • Rapid advancement toward self-sufficiency
  • The immeasurable importance of integrity
  • Matters of life and death

Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider’s Guide to a Career in Law Enforcement is a valuable insight for those seeking a career in the honorable and important profession of law enforcement.

About the Author
Detective Lieutenant Barry Baker retired from the Baltimore Police Department in 2004. During his thirty-two year career, Baker served as a patrol officer, sergeant, and lieutenant, as well as a special operations lieutenant and detective lieutenant.
8月17日

High Speed Vehicle Pursuits

502 innocent victims of pursuit killed
in the United States from 2000 to 2003!

(Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and these are just the deaths reported to NHTSA!)

 
One minute, Kristie Priano was a 15-year-old honor student laughing with her brother in the back of the family minivan on the way to her high school basketball game. The next, she was one of hundreds who die each year across the nation in high-speed police pursuits. More than a third are innocent victims. A teen fleeing from the police plowed into the Priano's minivan, killing Kristie.
 
Prior to the chase, officers knew the identity of the teen who took her mother's RAV4 without permission. Officers violated their own pursuit policy by chasing her through a poorly lit residential neighborhood. This chase wasn't necessary to keep others safe. In fact, the fleeing teen went home with her mother while innocent Kristie died in the hospital.
 
Kirstie's mother, Candy Priano, launched Kristieslaw.org in a effort to prevent the carnage resulting from high speed police pursuits.  Candy Priano is not anti-police...far from it.  She is a mother who's experienced what no mother should -the loss of her child under such needless and tragic circumstances.
 
In most states, if not all, the orginal crime the fleeing teen comitted doesn't even rise to a stolen auto.  In Maryland, it's called Unathorized Use - a big nothing as far as a crime goes.
 
When you become a police officer, you're going to be doing a lot of driving.  The times will come when you'll be faced with bad guys fleeing from you in automobiles.  Before you even take that Civil Service Entrance Examination, go to Kristieslaw.org and get a good dose of the responsibility you'll be assuming when you pursue a vehicle.
 
Barry M. Baker
8月14日

Becoming a Police Officer

When I published my book of the same title, Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider's Guide to a Career in Law Enforcement, I really had no idea just how many young people are contemplating a career in law enforcement.  As time goes by, I hope this blog will become a valuable resource for those of you considering a police career.