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Hiring process
Added By PEO#4 on 5/15/2008
Message: Anyone hear from Monroe PD after backround packet/poly & pshyc?
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  Posted by: CW -  5/27/2008 8:52:00 PM
  Message:  NICK: It's just a process...some people get lucky right away, and others keep going and going and going...(like me)...I keep getting bumped by lateral transfers..I'm actually testing for the Dallas, TX PD in June...don't think I can affor...
  Posted by: EJR -  5/26/2008 8:04:00 PM
  Message:  Your age is not the problem, I graduated with two people in their forties.
  Posted by: steve -  5/25/2008 8:12:00 PM
  Message:  Just dont give up. I have been trying for 1.5 years and have been getting closer each time. I am 43 and am just the police chief interview away from getting hired by Hartford. I was close a few times before but never gave up. (keep running)

HARTFORD ORAL
Added By --- on 5/15/2008
Message: CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT TO EXPECT?
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  Posted by: LT -  5/20/2008 12:40:00 PM
  Message:  Very similar to any other oral board....3 interviewers, lots of situational questions. I think it took me about 20 minutes.

Hartford Process
Added By tC on 5/14/2008
Message: Does anyone know if there are a lot more people that have do medical exams before the June Academy?
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  Posted by: TG -  5/21/2008 8:42:00 AM
  Message:  My agility test is for next week on Wednesday morning. Good Luck to all!!
  Posted by: LT -  5/20/2008 12:36:00 PM
  Message:  So does everyone else from hartford have their CHIP test on Friday early in the morning?
  Posted by: steve -  5/15/2008 8:55:00 PM
  Message:  I was told to get the packet signed by my doctor before the agility next week.

East Windsor
Added By BC on 5/14/2008
Message: Anyone hear from EWPD after dropping off the background packet at the end of Feb?
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  Posted by: BC -  5/19/2008 11:58:00 AM
  Message:  Thanks for the info. I guess I am out. Nice of them to notify me. They never even called any of my references. Oh well, suck it up and move on.
  Posted by: BC -  5/15/2008 4:28:00 PM
  Message:  Thanks for the info. I guess I am out of the running.
  Posted by: jt -  5/15/2008 11:52:00 AM
  Message:  they did hire 2 in east windsor that are currently at academy

CSP Process
Added By Apllicant on 5/13/2008
Message: Anyone hear about any dates for the remainder of the process (Medical / physical fitness) test? Or approximate academy start date for the 120th troop? Good luck !!!
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  Posted by: cu -  5/16/2008 5:48:00 PM
  Message:  got my oral this coming week
  Posted by: Knight911 -  5/14/2008 8:14:00 PM
  Message:  Oral interview May 21-23 Medical tentatively scheduled May 31 Final physical agility test June 7 Academy begins June 20th All according to what was told at the psych test in April

Police Academy
Added By PEO#4 on 5/13/2008
Message: Does any one know the date for the next police academy?
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  Posted by: steve -  5/15/2008 8:59:00 PM
  Message:  I was just told by a Detective in Hartford that the Acadamy starts June 16.
  Posted by: Peo#4 -  5/15/2008 8:34:00 PM
  Message:  Thanks.
  Posted by: Carv -  5/14/2008 7:16:00 PM
  Message:  which one.. meriden.. JULY 7th... Milford.. July 11th...? new haven... May 20th...Hartford..first week of june

Hartford PD
Added By RCK on 5/13/2008
Message: Wanna apply to Hartford, whats next step after handing in the application?
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  Posted by: RCK -  5/15/2008 4:57:00 PM
  Message:  Thank you
  Posted by: eLsEe -  5/14/2008 4:59:00 PM
  Message:  The next step is waiting to hear back on a date for the written, then the oral board, the background information, the polygraph, the written psychological, the sit down psychological, the medical, then hopefully HIRED!!

Hartford PD
Added By RCK on 5/13/2008
Message: Want to apply to Hartford, after turning in the application whats next step? When would academy start?
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New applicant
Added By Lori on 5/13/2008
Message: I was rejected a few months ago from a department after taking my poly and psych, just was not picked. What are the chances of being hired by another dept., when applying to another dept do I have to tell them I was rejected in the past.
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  Posted by: Bill -  5/17/2008 11:13:00 AM
  Message:  As long as the polygraph and psych didnt' turn up anything serious in your background I think you should keep applying. In future applications you wil have to disclose the fact that you were rejected. Simply state the reason, if any, that you w...
  Posted by: ? -  5/16/2008 3:11:00 PM
  Message:  you dont have to tell but i can bet my life they will find out.....remember their job is to find stuff on you so be very honest and explain everythin
  Posted by: CW -  5/16/2008 12:29:00 AM
  Message:  yep...tell them. Rejected means NOTHING...sort of..everybody on here has "not gotten hired" by one department or another...just keep going....I think I'm the pinnacle of applicants, if I can toot my own horn, and I have lost out on my pa...

Polygraph
Added By Pete on 5/12/2008
Message: I took the Enfield poly 2 weeks ago, passed, and got a dear john letter 3 days later. Ideas? Comments? Yesterday I took the Hartford PD poly with the state police, and the detective "would have to look at the charts" to see how I did. Am I be...
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  Posted by: Pete -  5/21/2008 1:10:00 PM
  Message:  Thanks for all the feedback, guys. It's good to know that I'm not the only one getting jerked around. I went to HPD this morning to sign some papers and saw a note saying that my CT state police poly was on record, so I'm assuming that&#3...
  Posted by: CW -  5/16/2008 12:23:00 AM
  Message:  The problem with the poly is it is NOT an exact science..too many flaws in the system...why does it make me nervous? I tried to write a paper as a pre-law student (before I ran out of cash) that was pro using polys in the legal system...I had to cha...
  Posted by: Pete -  5/14/2008 12:09:00 PM
  Message:  Not for Enfield. Like I said, I passed and they wasted no time in dropping me. But as far as I know, I'm still in it for Hartford...



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