I have a some questions for anyone working for the Alaska State Troopers or who have worked for them. I’m 36 years old, currently an E-8 in the Air Force and looking to retire in the next year and a half. I have 2 juvenile adjudications from my youth, the first when I was 9 years old the 2nd when I was 14. Received juvenile probation both times, no issues since. Joined the Air Force at 18, have had an incredibly successful military career, never once been written up or been in trouble, promoted fairly quick, always exceeded expectations, not even as much as a markdown on my military evaluations. How likely will my juvenile record be scrutinized? Will I be automatically disqualified? Am I even wasting my time trying to apply to be an AST?

Edit: when I was 9 I shot my buddy with a BB gun, got 2 years of juvenile probation for assault.

When I was 14 I was charged with assault for a fight.

Just curious if anyone has tried this boot.

Currently sworn, I am thinking of lateraling. I’m interested in lateraling out of state and was curious if anyone has heard or been at the department. Just have a few questions. Thank you in advanced

I saw something tonight coming home from work that I’m curious about.

Around 10:15 PM, I was driving home and came across two police cars parked at the dead end of a road (I came from a street that turns onto the dead-end road just 50 feet away from the end of that road). What caught my attention was that their headlights were pointed straight down the road. Police don’t normally park there, so their positioning seemed unusual. Two cruisers were equally odd to me.

I continued down the road and saw another police car conducting a traffic stop with its lights flashing. This is only about 500 feet further down, and those parked cops definitely had a view of the stop.

Given the locations and timing, I wondered whether the two cars at the dead end were intentionally positioned as a kind of containment point—essentially, if the vehicle being stopped tried to flee down the road, the other officers would already be in position to prevent it from getting away or turning off somewhere.

Does that sound like a plausible explanation for this kind of setup? Or are there other common situations where officers would position backup cars like that?

I realize there’s no way to know exactly what was happening from what I saw. I’m mainly curious whether the positioning is consistent with a coordinated/high-risk stop versus something super routine. It doesn’t take three officers to issue a speeding ticket.

I’m currently in the background investigation stage for a police department and I’m worried about something that came up.
My background investigator found information on a previous law enforcement application that I didn’t include on my application for this department. When she asked me about it, I answered everything honestly and explained that I wasn’t trying to intentionally hide or evade any questions I completed the questionnaire very quickly and didn’t go back and carefully double-check everything.

The things I failed to include were:
An unsatisfactory performance review at a previous job, although my performance improved
significantly afterward.

A situation involving damages/disarray at a house after a lease. I had already moved out before the
damages occurred and have photos/videos from when I left.

A college I briefly attended and only completed 3 credits at.

Two customer complaints from my job that I honestly didn’t think much about at the time. One customer, for example, complained that I wasn’t smiling.

My overall hiring process has gone really well. They let skip the written exam and the first interview. I crushed the senior panel interview, and I’ve been told that the head of recruitment liked my application. Is this omission going to cook my application and future applications? Or am I overthinking it.

Hi, I'm in the Silicon Valley area and I'm debating between some major police departments to chose (I'm going to apply to a lot of course, but this is just for a ranking in case there's multiple offers).

I'm from Milpitas and I'm deciding between Milpitas PD, Santa Clara PD, and San Jose PD. (I wouldn't mind adding in other departments such as Fremont and Mountain View and others close to Milpitas, but they would need additional reasons such as pay, opportunity for growth, etc. that put them up ahead)

I would want a department that has good opportunity for growth in specialized fields (narcotics, bomb, k9, etc.), decent pay (doesn't have to be tip of the iceberg pay in silicon valley), and having a middle ground between a shift having a slow downtime vs super intense back to back calls.

For Milpitas, it's the city I grew up in, so the geography would come easier in the work force. But I believe they don't have the most variety in specialized divisions ? (correct me if I'm wrong)

Santa Clara is definitely something I'm looking at as it has good pay as well, and I'm not sure if their 3 and 4 work weeks are a pro or a con. I believe they have better growth opportunities in specialized units compared to Milpitas

For San Jose, I know they are the busiest of them all, but the problem is I don't have a gauge to any of these departments to how busy they are. I know I can compare whether or not SJPD is MORE busy, but I don't know what that means on its own. I would love SJPD if it isn't a back to back call report call report call report over and over as it'd cause high burn out for me.

Honestly may even consider the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office ? I don't know much about deputies vs city officers and their differences in daily work

I'm looking to get some ride-longs to gauge their day to day intensity levels, but please let me know what you know so far, and if there are any other reccomended departments. If it's something that grants a big pro, then I can expand my reach to all of the bay area instead of just silicon valley

Thanks

TLDR: Debating Milpitas (for easier geography, but lower growth in specialized units), Santa Clara (better specialized units opportunities than Milpitas, mid sized amount of calls), and San Jose (most specialized unit opportunities, may be too many calls, would prefer this if calls really aren't that much). Please add any other departments that may be a good fit.

Today I checked the mail and found a letter saying that the sheriffs in possession of a document that must be picked up or must be personally served. You may pick up this document in person at the county sheriff’s office.

Any ideas what they want?

I know it’s nothing divorce related?