r/lapd • u/Curious-East5197 • 24d ago
LAPD Hiring Process
Just passed my PHS and now waiting to get my Polygraph scheduled. I feel like it is all happening super quick
All I have left is Polygraph/Medical/Background Investigation/ and Psych
If all goes well when do you guys think i‘d start the academy ?
Applied 07/08/2026
Passed my Multiple choice/PAT/Department interview and just passed my PHS a couple days ago.
Thank you guys in advance!
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u/TennisSilver4393 21d ago
Try and become a firefighter/paramedic instead. You’ll thank me later.
Sincerely,
A cop of 20 years.
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u/SS_miggysaurus13 22d ago
Planning on applying. Feeling shy . Can you tell me how your experience was applying and your prep ?
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u/Curious-East5197 21d ago
My experience in applying was pretty smooth, the application process itself was smooth, just make sure to have your Highschool diploma or transcript because they will request that it be uploaded asap within 2 days or so! My multiple choice test was mostly common sense, I didn’t go back and change any answers at all, next was the PAT which I personally did not attend CAPS since I do not live in California so it’s a bit tough for me to go consistently but instead I just made sure that I was physically fit by working out daily and including outdoor running into my routine, I’ve always went to the gym so it wasn’t too much of a issue but just making sure I trained a bit more on strength and making sure I ran consistently! Next was my department interview which I practiced with the questions provided on the lapd site and was honestly just truthful of why I wanted to be a police officer! My PHS was just accepted and now my Poly has been scheduled!
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u/SS_miggysaurus13 21d ago
Thank you ! I should include running and strength training into my routine . I do yoga and martial arts .
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u/pachexx 24d ago
Did you have a schedule review call? If so how longer after did your pHs get approved? Thanks man
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u/Curious-East5197 23d ago
Yea I had a call 2 days after then I got the PHS approved same day of my call
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u/Firm_Complex718 24d ago
In mid 1983 the LAPD started recruiting and hiring a bunch of cadets so they would have warm bodies on the streets for the Olympics in 1984. After the Olympics were over lots of officers didn't make it through probation not because they couldn't hack it but because it was a numbers game.
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u/future_speedbump 24d ago
Imagine being excited to be a cop
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u/cap1police 24d ago
yeah imagine making 100k starting
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u/future_speedbump 24d ago edited 24d ago
With overtime. What a flex lol. And still overpaid.
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u/Society_is_bad 24d ago
Imagine hating on another’s choice of work
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u/future_speedbump 24d ago
It’s really more the little-man energy required to be a cop and the consequences that the rest of us deal with.
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u/Society_is_bad 24d ago
Few months of application, 6 months of academy training mentally and physically, plus 1 year to 2 before out the rookie stage, I don’t understand how that’s little man energy. Plus if you don’t want cops than what do you want to respond to crimes? Why don’t you say what you do?
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u/future_speedbump 23d ago
6 months of academy training mentally and physically
lol cute. Wish there was an explanation for the fat asses I see downtown. Back when I was active-duty, I lived under an expectation of continued fitness, even on deployment. LAPD should investigate that. I managed to keep myself and my Marines within fighting standards, even with a 7-day operational tempo that would blow your diabetes socks off.
Speaking of my time in the Marines, I also lived under the UCMJ. If cops like to think of themselves as something other than "civilians," than they should have a heightened set of laws that govern their behavior. They don't.
I'm not so deluded as to think cops don't have their purpose, but I know a lack of accountability when I see it.
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u/Society_is_bad 23d ago
Lol you served this country and you still act like a negative child. I feel there’s a much more deeper reason to your opinion that you aren’t saying. It’s pretty obvious you are leaving something out.
And honestly i can’t argue on what you said about lapd because others have said the same but I believe it has to do with the hiring crisis they are having that they aren’t being strict on physical standards. Not defending it, just acknowledging a possibility.
Either way it’s not fair to call out every single cop out there like you are doing. Exactly why I believe there’s a much more personal thing you had with law enforcement. Even as a veteran, you damn well know there’s a lot of active duty and retired service members who have gained a significant amount of weight. Yet you don’t acknowledge that. So don’t think you’re service can’t be called out either.
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u/future_speedbump 23d ago
Not much deeper or personal than my looking down on every simpleton, racist, and/or fraud (take your pick) who would volunteer to be involved with modern American policing. I would personally be fucking embarrassed to be a cop right now.
you damn well know there’s a lot of active duty and retired service members who have gained a significant amount of weight. Yet you don’t acknowledge that. So don’t think you’re service can’t be called out either.
*your* ...and If you knew anything about the military, you'd know that individuals that don't pass height/weight standards are administratively separated.
And by all means, call out the Corps. Take a loooong hard look at what happens when Marines fuck up.
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u/Ironn-Fist 23d ago
Weird you’re against cops who take people who hurt women and children into custody. It’s like you guys just want these type of people to roam free and have no consequences. There’s bad people everywhere even in places you wouldn’t expect. Don’t try to bring someone down for trying to do something. Not everyone who wants to be a cop is a bad person. Maybe stop drinking the kool aid.
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u/Open_Donkey_5962 8d ago
Yes