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On Monday, the new officers will hit the street for the first time with the their training officers. At about the same time, a new group of trainees will begin the academy. A few days before they graduated, I asked the officers what advice they would give the trainees about making it through the academy. One officer, who I will not name, gave a slightly malicious laugh and said 'none.' Most said that that the it was too late for the real advice, which would be to get in better physical shape and to work out harder before the academy begins. Here's what else they had to say: Officer Jeremy Piper "Realize that it's a job and they're preparing you for the streets when they're yelling at you," Piper said. "Don't take everything personal." Officer Nicolas Gospich "Be prepared mentally and physically. If you haven't been in the military, like some of us haven't, it was something totally new and different," Gospich said. "You're going to get...
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