To: gaijin
BART PD isnt the same as OPD, for sure, but I heard that in Oakland recruiting standards are such that documentation showing former membership in a street gang is NOT grounds for precluding an OPD candidate from employment there:
You can be an ex-gang member, but later go on to become a cop in Oakland, I heard.
You heard correct, as you go through the process they will tell you that being a former gang banger will not automatically disqualify you. They say this because it can't.
What they don't say is that during your background investigation if anything comes up that is a gang related crime you will fail your background and will no longer be considered for a position within the department.
That poor Bart cop is sooooo toast. I have to think after watching the video, over and over again that he went to pull his teaser due to the constant struggle and grabbed the sidearm instead.
62 posted on
01/07/2009 3:01:05 PM PST by
glaseatr
(Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
To: glaseatr
constant struggle? i didn’t see a ‘constant’ struggle - i saw a sitting man, with his hands up, dragged to a face down position - we can be sure they were frisked prior to being told to sit down
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