[VRing]

“take my word on this: it is going to be a lot worse in 5 short years”

Why in 5 years?

[thefactor]

they lowered the standards about 2 years ago. they are REALLY scraping the bottom of the barrel now. all their lists from prior tests are used up and now they are begging for people. the last class was budgeted for 2800. they were lucky that they got about 1300 (that's the number i heard).

in about 5 years, the rookies going in now will be off probation and beginning to get into specialized units, and becoming bosses and detectives.

all the veterans are leaving after 20 years. there was a huge hiring boom in the mid-80's and they are all leaving. no more expertise to help the young guys. the job has gotten very young. it's going to be bad.