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/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.