Art Acevedo Update, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...

[Diamondback]

BG45, I'm sorry but the guys who did that have even LESS business being cops than she did. If they'd do that to "one of their own" it's not that far a leap toward abusing members of the public similarly...

[BoringGuy45]

BG45, I'm sorry but the guys who did that have even LESS business being cops than she did. If they'd do that to "one of their own" it's not that far a leap toward abusing members of the public similarly...

The thing is, they have a lower view of "their own" than they do of the public. There are a lot of departments in that county that follow that model. It's high risk to get involved in those PDs because if you fail, your entire adult life could be set back years. One of my best friends was a cop who lateraled from one of the departments in Philly. When he was at his first PD, he was a SWAT officer and had even been an FTO himself before he transferred. When got to the new department, he got a similar FTO to the woman I described and this guy did absolutely everything he could to wash him out...a friggin' fellow cop! Every screw up was treated like a fatal flaw and he was told over and over that he didn't belong and the fact that he made it all the way to SWAT and FTO didn't mean shit at the new PD; he was a rookie puke just like everybody else. Luckily, my friend, due to his experience, was able to pass probation (mostly thanks to the chief and no thanks to the FTO), but the two guys he was hired with were washed out and will probably never work in LE again.

Some PDs want to train rookies to be good cops and push them beyond what they think they can do. Others see FT simply as a time to evaluate whether or not the rookies have the gear to serve on the department by doing everything they can to get them to fail. I guess it's debatable which is the "right" way.