http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363 Some of you bloggers really like to throw stones at giants. Here's your chance to prove how much tougher you are. Interested in becoming a cop and willing to foot the bill yourself? The Kern County Sheriff's Department will be testing for two upcoming academies at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The testing will last all day and include a physical agility test, a written test and an oral interview. If you successfully complete the tests, you will be placed on a list for academies to be held in April and May. You will have to pass a background check before being accepted to the academy. If you are accepted, you will have to pay your own way as a non-affiliated student, including the cost of your uniforms, equipment, driving school, ammunition and tuition. Once you complete the academy, you will be eligible to be hired by most law enforcement agencies in the state. The testing will be held at sheriff's headquarters at 1350 Norris Road. For more information, contact the department at 391-7660 or 391-7412. Some of you bloggers really like to throw stones at giants. Here's your chance to prove how much tougher you are. Interested in becoming a cop and willing to foot the bill yourself? The Kern County Sheriff's Department will be testing for two upcoming academies at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The testing will last all day and include a physical agility test, a written test and an oral interview. If you successfully complete the tests, you will be placed on a list for academies to be held in April and May. You will have to pass a background check before being accepted to the academy. If you are accepted, you will have to pay your own way as a non-affiliated student, including the cost of your uniforms, equipment, driving school, ammunition and tuition. Once you complete the academy, you will be eligible to be hired by most law enforcement agencies in the state. The testing will be held at sheriff's headquarters at 1350 Norris Road. For more information, contact the department at 391-7660 or 391-7412. en-us Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:57:16 PST Throw stones at giants? Is that what you call what I have said in past blogs?<br /> <br /> If this was directed at me, then let me tell you that having been beaten up by a police officer is usually a disqualifier during the background check stage. Trying to enroll in the class would be pointless.<br /> <br /> Secondly,&nbsp; I (if this is directed at me) have problems with only two BPD officers, and some of the administrative decisions. I do not think all police officers are bad, quite to the contrary. If you have read all of my previous police related posts, you'll note that my problem with the two officers in question is that they brought the respectability of other police officers down.<br /> <br /> When the general public sees reports in the news of police officers planting drugs, or assaulting people while they are handcuffed (and not resisting arrest, as in my case), the police department suffers as a whole. It gets compounded when other police officers (or bloggers on behalf of the department) defend the officer who is in the wrong, instead of agreeing that officers (such as in the examples given) that abuse their power should be fired. <br /> <br /> So the question is then raised... Do good officers support the bad ones? Is there really a &quot;blue shield&quot; effect? I don't think so, but then again, it's been a while since I worked in the department. Maybe an &quot;anonymous&quot; blogger can correct me. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_48915 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_48915 Throw stones at giants? Is that what you call what I have said in past blogs?<br /> <br /> If this was directed at me, then let me tell you that having been beaten up by a police officer is usually a disqualifier during the background check stage. Trying to enroll in the class would be pointless.<br /> <br /> Secondly,&nbsp; I (if this is directed at me) have problems with only two BPD officers, and some of the administrative decisions. I do not think all police officers are bad, quite to the contrary. If you have read all of my previous police related posts, you'll note that my problem with the two officers in question is that they brought the respectability of other police officers down.<br /> <br /> When the general public sees reports in the news of police officers planting drugs, or assaulting people while they are handcuffed (and not resisting arrest, as in my case), the police department suffers as a whole. It gets compounded when other police officers (or bloggers on behalf of the department) defend the officer who is in the wrong, instead of agreeing that officers (such as in the examples given) that abuse their power should be fired. <br /> <br /> So the question is then raised... Do good officers support the bad ones? Is there really a &quot;blue shield&quot; effect? I don't think so, but then again, it's been a while since I worked in the department. Maybe an &quot;anonymous&quot; blogger can correct me. I can correct you and I do not have to do it &quot;anonymously.&quot;&nbsp; Yes, there is definately a &quot;blue shield&quot; effect in police departments.&nbsp; I am not so sure that &quot;good&quot; officers support &quot;bad&quot; ones, but how is one to tell who is good and who is bad?&nbsp; My trust is gone....completely gone.&nbsp; When they can sit on the stand, under oath, and lie and not give a damn that someone else will do time for their crime, there isn't a thing left that I can't expect them to do.&nbsp; Our case is corrupt, foul and dirty.&nbsp; Thank God for karma because they will get theirs! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_48919 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_48919 I can correct you and I do not have to do it &quot;anonymously.&quot;&nbsp; Yes, there is definately a &quot;blue shield&quot; effect in police departments.&nbsp; I am not so sure that &quot;good&quot; officers support &quot;bad&quot; ones, but how is one to tell who is good and who is bad?&nbsp; My trust is gone....completely gone.&nbsp; When they can sit on the stand, under oath, and lie and not give a damn that someone else will do time for their crime, there isn't a thing left that I can't expect them to do.&nbsp; Our case is corrupt, foul and dirty.&nbsp; Thank God for karma because they will get theirs! Dude, live, laugh and freekin move on already.&nbsp; The straws in the bag! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_51464 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_51464 Dude, live, laugh and freekin move on already.&nbsp; The straws in the bag! <p>Seems to me the kind of person that talks smack on an anon BB wouldn't be the kind who would make a good cop in the first place. For my money, I'd just as soon they not apply.</p> <p>One thing people don't take into considereation when talking about cops and what they make, what it takes, etc. is the pressure these guys (and gals) have to be under just wearing the uniform. And I don't just mean from getting shot at.</p> <p>Have you ever been at the scene of a really bad accident, crime, or other disaster? The citizens are milling around expecting the officers to give them direction. This is true not only at disaster scenes but all the time. They are expected to arrive upon a scene, and immediately access the appropriate response. If they don't they can be submect to everything from derision to discipline.</p> <p>That, it seems to me is a tremendous amount of pressure for the average person to endure. And we haven't even mentioned the physical danger they&nbsp;may face. They earn their $$ IMHO!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_115395 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BecomingACop/4363/#c_115395 <p>Seems to me the kind of person that talks smack on an anon BB wouldn't be the kind who would make a good cop in the first place. For my money, I'd just as soon they not apply.</p> <p>One thing people don't take into considereation when talking about cops and what they make, what it takes, etc. is the pressure these guys (and gals) have to be under just wearing the uniform. And I don't just mean from getting shot at.</p> <p>Have you ever been at the scene of a really bad accident, crime, or other disaster? The citizens are milling around expecting the officers to give them direction. This is true not only at disaster scenes but all the time. They are expected to arrive upon a scene, and immediately access the appropriate response. If they don't they can be submect to everything from derision to discipline.</p> <p>That, it seems to me is a tremendous amount of pressure for the average person to endure. And we haven't even mentioned the physical danger they&nbsp;may face. They earn their $$ IMHO!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>