Pros
The pay is good only when you have hours.
Kontras
Where do I start……you aren’t guaranteed any hours. I went over 9 months and have never received 40 hours a week. Some weeks I didn’t even work. Couldn’t pay bills. You don’t get insurance. They take the lowest plan from Aetna and then cut that in half. Most sergeants and higher ranking supervisors don’t know what is going on. They just sit there and make up there own rules. You have to pay for training and if you are by yourself it could add up to over $3k. They take your first few checks away from you because even if you don’t stay in the hotel provided for training they already schedule you there. Probation is 9 months. You are not guaranteed a clearance as they say. A lot of officers aren’t told that there was a pause in the investigation or if they lost their fingerprints. The scheduler has favorites and will literally send you home to have one of her friends work your post. Pay went from $40 to $30 and nobody was told. You have to get to work an hour and a half early. You have to pay for parking everyday. This job doesn’t help you retire.
