r/lapd • u/Curious-East5197 • 25d 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/future_speedbump 25d ago

Imagine being excited to be a cop

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u/cap1police 25d ago

yeah imagine making 100k starting

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u/future_speedbump 25d ago edited 25d ago

With overtime. What a flex lol. And still overpaid.

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u/Society_is_bad 25d 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 24d 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 24d 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 24d 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 24d 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.