Austin P.D.

[Evileyes]

I'm in week six of the Austin, Tx P.D. Acadamy, and loving it. It's tough, lots of law material I never knew even existed. Just wanted to share. 26 more weeks to go. SWEEEEEEEEEETTTTTT.

 

[mswaim]

Study hard, pay attention to officer survival lectures and training scenarios and above all --

Good Luck!!!! :thumbsup:

 

[1stmustang]

Evileyes,

I moved from Austin to Chicago 8 years ago. I have 2 very good friends in the Austin PD and many other casual ones. I was very close to becoming an officer in Austin myself. You have just joined what I believe to be one of the best police departments in the nation. Good luck.

 

[Evileyes]

Thanks guys, I can't wait to join the ranks.

 

[rb22886]

26 weeks?!?! At the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy its 9 full weeks. Highway Patrol is 16 weeks. I never knew that would be that long over there. Learn something new everyday. Good Luck man! :coolman:

 

[FordSVTFan]

South Carolina = 9 weeks That answers a bunch of questions :uh oh:

 

[Lawman85]

Heyyyy..... watch it FordSVTFan, my academy was 10 weeks!! The academy we host for our department is 22 weeks now I believe...

 

[SOLISIMO]

Good Luck :beer:

 

[Evileyes]

9 weeks, 10 weeks, there is no way I would ever feel ready after such a short time. Then again all states are different.

 

[FordSVTFan]

Heyyyy..... watch it FordSVTFan, my academy was 10 weeks!! The academy we host for our department is 22 weeks now I believe...

I sure hope that included a large amount of time with a T.O.!

I went to the sheriff's academy in 1989 and it was 21 weeks.

I went to Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and it was just under 26 weeks.

 

[Lawman85]

That time doesn't include the FTO training... that was another 3.5 months.

 

[rb22886]

South Carolina = 9 weeks That answers a bunch of questions :uh oh:

I'm not trying to start anything, but its like what evileyes said... all states are different.

 

[Evileyes]

Austin acadamy is 32 weeks long, then 3 months with an FTO, then a one year probhation period. Go figure.

 

[TXRickC]

When you get some time off, you should out and meet some more svt peeps
www.austinsvt.com :banana:

 

[spinscan]

When you get out be nice to us Svt'ers

 

[rb22886]

Austin acadamy is 32 weeks long, then 3 months with an FTO, then a one year probhation period. Go figure.

South Carolina is 9 weeks long, then 4 weeks with one FTO and then another 4 weeks with a different FTO and then 1 week with investigations, and 1 week with dispatch. Then your on your own. :coolman:

 

[TXRickC]

there is an '03 cobra owner who is an Round Rock PD officer, he's a pretty cool guy.

I'd just wish DPS would back off a little on the front plate law. They seem to be the only ones who really enforce this one.

 

[Evileyes]

My uncle is DPS out in west Texas, if you're in violation of any traffic law you are pretty much getting a ticket.

 

[Evileyes]

My uncle is DPS out in west Texas, if you're in violation of any traffic law you are pretty much getting a ticket. About Austin SVT'ers, if all goes well and I make it to graduation I'll be nice within reason.

 

[LightningFast00]

My academy in Raleigh was 26 weeks, and then 20 weeks of FTO... I have been at it for 8 years now... Welcome to the family... BTW, SC is more than 9 weeks, that would only be 360 hours, and I don't know of any state with that few hours mandated by their Training and Standards division. Academy's in NC have to be a minimum of like 580 hours. I went through over 1,000 hours at RPD.