Inside the LAPD's Recruitment Process | NBCLA

NBC4’s Robert Kovacik takes us through the recruitment process to join the LAPD.
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[@scholarishere]

Why can’t they just hire who’s best for the job, regardless of race or gender? This isn’t a catalog or the cast of Power Rangers, it’s a matter of public safety.

[@jamalihamilton7866]

Because officers that are from a community are much more invested in community policing than officers that aren't from that community....

[@db-rc5fr]

People that believe in ideologies such as affirmative action and diversity hiring should seek out a doctor using the same criteria.

[@db-rc5fr]

@@RRRR-ed1lp Good! Then you deserve a substandard doctor, plumber, mechanic and others.

[@db-rc5fr]

@@RRRR-ed1lp In your fairytale world we are all equal. Unfortunately we are not. We all have strengths and weaknesses. Like I said you should seek out a doctor based on identity and not ability.

[@db-rc5fr]

@@RRRR-ed1lp I’m a minority myself. I’d hate to think that I received a promotion based on my identity instead of my ability.

[@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.]

People do not understand how hard it is to be hired as a police officer....it took 9 months for me to be hired with the Honolulu Police Department....on the first day of recruit school we were called the "one percenters".....out of every 100 persons who started the hiring process only 1 person made it to the first day in the academy...

[@X17-Trader]

You still working at HPD?

[@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.]

@@X17-Trader Retired from law enforcement in 2017

[@ssgus3682]

That is because polygraph testing disqualifies a lot of honest, qualified candidates

[@stevenmeansphotography3861]

Takes 9 months to learn to kill plant dope and guns and falsely accuse people

[@FreddyD177]

​@@ssgus3682poly is meant to test your nervousness and stress. If you're honest and you're still nervous you won't get hired imagine being called to court and you start sweating not knowing what's going on the judge and attorneys are gonna embarrass you and your arrest is gonna walk imagine if it's for a murder and you can't explain what happened because your under pressure in court and you did the paperwork for arrest. That's why they get Disqualified on the poly.

[@fierybutmostlypeaceful1708]

Can any news station have stable audio? That’d be great.

[@mikebravo4545]

why they hiring by race or gender quotas? Should hire by the best qualified candidate regardless of race or gender

[@db-rc5fr]

People that believe in ideologies such as affirmative action and diversity hiring should seek out a doctor using the same criteria.

[@shawnp7832]

@@db-rc5fr I can tell you’re speaking out of your ignorance. White women benefit from affirmative action more than any other group in America. Google is free

[@shawnp7832]

The more diversity law enforcement has, the less likely we’ll see all of these police shootings of unarmed minorities. Yt people be to trigger happy and scared of their own shadow to be the majority anymore.

[@db-rc5fr]

@@shawnp7832 You’re making my point. Using Google speaks for itself 😂

[@eduardoescalante1437]

They're just tired of people complaining.

[@Joser167]

My P.E. teacher was a retired police officer. This brought back memories. Good times.

[@Ll_Val]

None of those recruits even looked physically ready for an academy.

[@jawless7616]

Who cares if they're mentally ready right just give them a gun and hope they kill somebody legally

[@rutsg8449]

@@jawless7616 lmaoo what kinda thought process is that 😂

[@eevd350z]

No they’ll fit right in 😂🍩🍩🤦‍♂️

[@anthonygarcia3922]

@@eevd350z oldest joke ever still being used I see

[@Daniel-ge8iw]

Fix ya video and then upload smh

[@ticky2586]

Fr I thought it was my device audio going out lol

[@sixsixman4052]

The process is lengthy and sometimes discouraging. I've worked for 2 departments, one small and one large. The small one took 6 months and the larger took 4. Out of 2000 candidates I was one of 5 hired by the department. This was 2001. If this is your calling stick with it, keep your head up, your nose clean, and prepare, prepare, prepare!

[@CarolinaGuy]

The difficulty is weeding out the candidates who can think for themselves. They don't want critical thinking individuals,they want robots that repeat their narrative and lick their boots.

[@standingstrong4761]

That’s right. They’re targeting those in the dept who are that way. They regularly retaliate against those that hold command staff accountable for violating policy POBOR efc

[@radfem2010]

90 day hiring process? How often is that met? From what I've read, LAPD has a tremendous backlog in background investigations right now, the longest, most expensive but crucial part of the hiring process.

[@anthonygarcia3922]

It's been like this for years lmaoo

[@FreddyD177]

It's possible but not easy. You basically have to be fit accomplish every step right away without interruptions and pass every single step and impress every officer you meet along the way you got to be sharp but if you're busy and taking your time you will be pushed back. Sometimes some candidates files get lost too. Could take a year just to get into the academy but if you really want the job you'll wait and do everything to get ready. You'll study and get fit while you're in the hiring process.

[@pauliedweasel]

As long as the department fills their classes with people who meet their diversity standards who cares if they’re physically or mentally prepared for the job.

[@Adrian1n0nlyXX]

Great let’s hire based on race and not qualifications

[@benthatchervideo]

Great audio guys!

[@tariqulmajumder9145]

Four movies come to mind Heat, Speed, Training Day and End of Watch involving LAPD. TV show Southland. Semi LAPD involved movie Collateral.

[@patriotinsurgent1421]

Diversity goals. Wonderful.

[@knightrider7497]

The recruits look like they are in their late 30s and out of shape😂😂😂

[@Nightkrawler15]

Those aren’t recruits… they’ve applied and are allowed to join a workout program to get them ready for the academy if they get selected...

[@pauliedweasel]

I had a family member who was going to be hired by LAPD, he’d passed both the written and oral interviews with flying colours but as soon as the technician who was administering the polygraph got him strapped in he start accusing him of doing things like curling his toes and pressing his tongue against the roof of his mouth which supposedly are techniques for fooling the test. He then accused him of searching on line for these techniques and informed him that the test was over and told him that he had to sign a form saying he’d cheated on the test before they’d let him leave which he reluctantly did. Over the years I’ve mentioned this to other people who had family in law enforcement and they told me similar stories about how their family member had been booted from the polygraph. Turns out this is an LAPD trick for getting rid of white male candidates so they can hire more female and minority candidates to please the local politicians and leaders in the minority communities. Fortunately for my family member he applied for LA Sheriff next and has over fifteen years with them and is currently on their training staff. LAPD used to be one of the best police forces in the country, but now they’re just a joke that’s loosing experienced qualified officers to retirement all the while scrambling to get recruits that fill their ‘Happy World’ hiring standards.

[@MachineGunPepe]

Polygraph has ruined law enforcement hiring both federal and local. Only clowns rely on it. Never work at a department with a polygraph.

[@pauliedweasel]

@@MachineGunPepe My older son found that out when he applied for and started the hiring process at LAPD. He did well in the written test and the oral interview but the polygraph tech started messing with him as soon as he got into the chair and had him wired up and accused him of trying the cheat on the test. Ultimately the tech threatened him and had him sign a form saying that he’d tried to cheat on the test and dismissed him. But at least it worked out well in the long run as he got onto LASD and now has 15 years under his belt. LAPD ‘Used’ to be a premier police agency but now it has been turned into a bunch of social workers with guns.

[@SummerlinRealtor]

I worked LAPD in the 90’s. As a white male I had to get a 99 out of 100 on my oral exam. I got it and it still took me a year to get a class. I left LAPD after spending a few years there and Im glad I left. Looking back now almost 30 years have past and it’s sad to see how screwed up this dept still is.

[@pauliedweasel]

@@SummerlinRealtor The good thing about LAPD and LASD is that their policies and lack of backing their new recruits is a real boon to other agencies around the state and country. I know that here in Yavapai County where I live they are always looking for trained recruits from the big liberal cities who come to them fully trained so they don’t have to spend massive amounts of money doing the training themselves… It’s a win lose situation.

[@vacaloca2335]

The whole world is laughing..... Every great nation has its downfall 🤷‍♂️

[@BenDover-fi6ow]

Yup

[@jawless7616]

Amen

[@g.austins5508]

Once I finish my military contract I wanna go into law enforcement let’s see how that goes lol

[@em34ev3r]

Don't do it...Youre better than that. Especially with local law enforcement...You'll be much happier and satisfied going with a federal law enforcement agency than you would a local one. I'm speaking from direct experience.

[@g.austins5508]

@@em34ev3r I’m thinking of going national guard also have that part time on the side so i can have two pensions

[@em34ev3r]

@@g.austins5508 it’s up to you, but local law enforcement ain’t it. I went federal.

[@jerrydelrio7781]

@@em34ev3r can you give some examples or federal law enforcement agencies I’m in the same boat as the person above transitioning out of the Military

[@Coinz8]

@@jerrydelrio7781 ANY. Try US Marshals

[@anibalchavez3319]

It’s difficult, but everyone cans pass!! Even unfit people.

[@rudeenewalker8625]

What about the psychological mind what you going to do about that

[@hugofriberg3445]

A polygraph? Is this 1970?

[@jimit_up4974]

That dude should loose his job, sorry recruitment, sorry training. He can hire so many because he’s not hiring the best for the job.

[@Coinz8]

You cant even spell "Lose" correctly yet you are the expert on who is qualified for the job?

[@Casca-su3ty]

Hire people that are qualified not unqualified people because of their race

[@reb5166]

The unfortunate reality of being hired by LAPD is that your stuck living in or close to LA COUNTY for 30 years until you are eligible to retire.

[@andypozuelos1204]

Lol it ain't so bad

[@skid_rowranger8248]

That comment is so not true.

[@reb5166]

@@skid_rowranger8248 oh I forgot about all the guys that make the drive to Beaumont 😲

[@skid_rowranger8248]

@@reb5166 Much of it has to relate to affordable housing for younger persons on the force that are hired at what used to be a starting salary of $65k. Couple decades ago, I worked for a Gov't entity near Los Angeles and I was able to rent a 3bd home in Riverside for $750/mo. Many with families want better schools. And, it's not just cops as I know a guy with the LA DWP who also is in Riverside County. Has multiple friends who have a City sponsored van share for about 6 persons.

[@reb5166]

@@skid_rowranger8248 your absolutely correct, but to set yourself up for that daily commute is insanity. Wether your LAPD or an equipment operator for DWP, just not worth it in my opinion.

[@loveworksnoevil]

Try east la skill center Powerline school, that was tough.

[@20alphabet]

To any self-respecting criminal, that there's a target-rich environment.

[@matthewperez4811]

Reserved with me and my wish

[@stinkypete891]

Nepotism is a big problem in the LAPD.

[@keyboardwarria]

i think there's nepotism in any organization

[@nancieleedavis-herreraprez1756]

Please...what is going on in Los Angeles? I do not feel safe ever. NANCIE LEE DAVIS-HERRERA PREZA I. LAPD FAMILY 👪❤💙

[@besmith7093]

they need mental people training the most not physical training and you have to like people

[@williambarrera4629]

Why does this look like a giant EO commercial about how great their EO policies are at LAPD???

[@trivonnereid8877]

Officer candidates need mental ,physical,and social exams to see if their fit for title of police officer

[@chrisragone8785]

They already do those exams. Where have you been?

[@Mocatee1]

@@chrisragone8785 I see they overlooked their pre mental illness. Shooting aboriginal black people at will

[@bobknob5819]

After watching the video of these nazis manhandling a teenage girl in her own home and slamming her teenage brother against a wall I 100% agree.

[@paulbrungardt9823]

Qualifications have been replaced by " Diversity Hires". --Don't be surprised by quality & standards decline.

[@RagingBull721]

What happened to the audio

[@carlosvaldivia2985]

Not to smart guys. Now one day you can end up in prison if you make a mistake. Good luck!!!

[@tremity6913]

Exactly. The government is not backing up police at all, and the only way to change it is if the officers stand up for their own right. Looks like nothings gonna change though and these people are just falling into the trap

[@jawless7616]

@@tremity6913 uhh maybe they should stop murdering innocent people and the government would back them

[@alextran2526]

Anyone who wants to defund the police should put on the uniform for a shift

[@shawnp7832]

Educate yourself. Defund the police only means to redirect some of the billions of dollars some police departments spend on this crazy stuff that some countries militaries don’t even have to education or to other areas in America that suffering. Most countries police officers don’t even carry guns. Yet, we lead the free world in crime and imprisonment

[@irememberyou12]

@@shawnp7832 then choose a different slogan.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

@@irememberyou12 Or maybe just get better at understanding the only language you speak?

[@irememberyou12]

@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid lol ok boomer

[@SparlsOfficial]

What the heck is wrong with the audio

[@xxxR1DDL3Rxxx]

Finishing in the marines, then I’m off to the Police academy. Can’t wait.!

[@trivonnereid8877]

Good luck

[@jawless7616]

Try not to murder any innocent little girls

[@Ll_Val]

Police work is nothing but trying to survive with your peers just be careful they don’t try to fire you.

[@mannycotilla670]

From one brainwashed program to the next.Me and them,Me and them.Think for yourself first.With Corp instinct,it's kill and kill all over L.A.,hang"em high,Eastwood side.Ego style,that's what they want.Nazi Stylus recruits.All police departments, world-wide.How public gets controlled.

[@mannycotilla670]

@@Ll_Val Hey Gauds,tell them.You still up in the point.How are the hos up there?and the blow ⚗️?hope you retire soon.You and your boy,at16A.Going to hijack the pension board.Get out now.Doing over 25,30,35, years.Get out now.Guads.

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

How about just hiring some human beings? Thats a good start...

[@stevedawson6979]

Law enforcement is the most important division or department of any respectable society. The LAPD is one of the very best in the world.

[@ssgus3682]

I would argue teaching is.

[@estherrayos]

See this right here lmao

[@billieferguson5651]

I’m need officer Hanna from Redlands ca

[@johnhud2536]

90 days in the academy. Takes longer to become a cosmetologist. In Germany the training academy is 3 years

[@jamalward951]

Yeah and the U.S. occupied Germany for 11 years after the Nazi downfall…what’s your point?

[@bhdbhd6486]

Thats just to be able to ATTEND the academy which is 6 months.

[@jawless7616]

@@bhdbhd6486 wrong

[@chrisragone8785]

The hiring process is 90 days long THEN you attend the police academy for training after that. Then after the police academy you go for field training.

[@paulbrungardt9823]

Your comment is just ignorant. 90 days to be invited to the academy. Then comes academy, field training , probation...

[@robertcurtis3807]

The Government needs to back up Policing. They uphold order and policies. So all these we don’t need police, how would they react when crimes hits them? Who you gonna call?

[@ChosenOne6666]

College educated police have less complaints.

[@blkstang4830]

Where is that statistic? I’m sure you’re speaking out of your a$$.

[@ChosenOne6666]

@@blkstang4830 Calm down muffin. Do a lite research

[@blkstang4830]

@@ChosenOne6666 please point me to the research. Show me one piece of research that says that.

[@ChosenOne6666]

@@blkstang4830 Run it

[@bigbywolf6470]

@@ChosenOne6666 if you look a large percentage of cops with a college degree have a degree that has nothing to do with criminal justice it's usually a degree in business for when they get out of the police so they can start a new career so your theory that college degrees make good cops is flawed

[@appointed1ok977]

Ftp

[@KatiaJ90]

Wow

[@arisejeff]

Lollll wellll.....let's see how this goes.

[@deepsouth3592]

Future folded flags and highway segment memorials lol

[@besmith7093]

they need psycholgical testing and training at least one year, they need to know the culture also they need to live in the neighborhood to the understand people true you have good and bad but i find most people are scared to death when they encounter people and they kill them for no reason they have no skill set when it comes to people no experience they r too young

[@dirtygirl2808]

All the recruits look out of shape

[@darrylhaynes9208]

Please teach them how a simple scale works. ⚖bombsquad cant. fugure it out. It's easy but lapd has to testify in court how much the kilo weighs. It's to much for them.

[@skid_rowranger8248]

That fiasco down in Newton Div was, in my opinion, a leadership failure. Why would 4-5 bomb techs be placed on administrative duty?

[@billieferguson5651]

2005

[@angeleyesjr9676]

Its like there hiring em straight out of high school thats scary!

[@JOHNSMITH-dc6lr]

That's bc their lives haven't been ruined by points on their license, credit, employment or lack of and staying fit

[@davinxi5926]

Who wants to be a cop now a days..... LOL

[@billieferguson5651]

My classmate

[@Mistybrooks84]

You shouldn't have had to address that question. Wtf.

[@ColdFeet-]

My highschool wrestling team practices harder than this

[@SL-nv6zv]

Not much diversity. Almost no Whites or Asians.

[@Coinz8]

wrong

[@JohnMoog-ug6bk]

Quota babies

[@almartinez13]

FLAWED.

[@besmith7093]

u cant come into a situation being prejudiced, that s murder u need to listen by this time they have formed their own opinion and prejudices, SAD everyone lives a different life

[@twczzkm]

How about being a white cop in LA? Just about every arrest is racist.

[@peterhernandez7817]

It's case law that police racially profile. They aren't profiling white people. Your privilege gets you out of that. So unless you've been pulled over for being white, think about what you say.

[@twczzkm]

@@peterhernandez7817 Stop it with that privilege nonsense, it's boring already. LAPD is now made up of mostly minorities, if minorities are being pull over by minorities, would that still be considered profiling? Also, many of us citizens know exactly who the riff-raff is, I'd imagine so do cops.

[@peterhernandez7817]

@@twczzkm It's a systematic approach used by LEOs, not just white people cops. The cops have instilled that crimes are a colored people thing. Just look at arrest rates around the country. Even in states where minorities are a fraction of the population, but hold an overwhelming arrest rate. Facts don't lie. Also, you are privileged. Accept it.

[@db-rc5fr]

@@peterhernandez7817 It’s criminal profiling based statistics, odds and probabilities.

[@georgeadams3124]

Where are the White recruits?

[@miguelluedekezelenka6496]

The white kids are all at the universities majoring in Gender and Queer studies so they can get jobs at Starbucks when they graduate.

[@afbm6890]

Keep LAPDAnd get rid of FBI

[@Mistybrooks84]

Who told you you could be a cop. Lg

[@CorneliusFahey]

Bad audio

[@thebronzetoo]

What a bunch of PC/SJW BS...

[@brucelee8926]

Bad choice. Criminals have more rights than police officers

[@20alphabet]

Lol, hardly. Criminals don't enjoy Qualified Immunity.

[@jamalihamilton7866]

Do criminals get to investigate themselves so they can find they did nothing wrong???

[@Coinz8]

And they should. A state official should NOT have more rights than a citizen whether they are a criminal or not.

[@ceasarromero3438]

Even sociopaths need a job...

[@JT40999]

Good luck being a sociopath and trying to get hired

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

LAPD recruitment process: Does applicant have a pulse? Yes. *APPROVED*

[@JOHNSMITH-dc6lr]

LLL MMM FFF AAA OOO

[@Christopher-lr9je]

This is ridiculous...cue your audio

[@Mistybrooks84]

When a Hispanic says the word minority.

[@setsunafseiei4099]

3 out of 100 will only get,hired no Wonder you have a shortage. No wonder nobody wants to join the Department Asks for too much. Nobody has time for that. People have bills to pay.

[@r1bayside276]

Just hire best for the job.

[@rocsocom3166]

Come on they'll looks like they'll can't take down 10 year boy. Whimp police officer they won't last in a gun fight.

[@davinxi5926]

These money should go to social services

[@jorel1218]

NOPE!!!!

[@chrisragone8785]

What money? Use your words and specifically tell us WTF you’re trying to spew.

[@danielpeters2282]

Not now. They are lowering standards quickly

[@trivonnereid8877]

Lots of latins

[@JC-ct7zx]

Equity over qualified candidates

[@YuTv1408]

I thought LA is in real need of cops??

[@mobaby1979]

FTP

[@jondaigle3821]

The reason you have so many problems is cause you should be hiring the best people for the job, not based on race.

[@Coinz8]

They do .

[@BlackPatrick]

find former high school athlete, put on welfare. that's the process

[@SteadilyGrinding]

🔥🐖🔥

[@crewshaw2122]

In America no police department should majority Hispanic

[@ropeysubstance1719]

rather have his[anics than afros

[@miguelluedekezelenka6496]

LADP should trade in their paddy wagons for taco trucks. It's more culturally sensitive.

[@carlosvaldivia2985]

Good luck guys!! LAPD has gone woke and can care less about their people...

[@miguelluedekezelenka6496]

Next year their going to up their quota of trans cops and they're looking into increasing the numbers of recruits who identify as "Ze/Zem" and "They/Them".

[@Judy-mn6ey]

Support the thin blue line. Who wouldnt? Always be on the cops side, me and my household.

[@Coinz8]

State idiot. That is anti freedom

[@stephenclark8844]

50 % latin 40 % women desired hiring target RACIST THE CITY OF ANGELS AND THEY AINT NO ANGELS

[@jamesyouldon6704]

They left out the part about shooting and killing people and asking questions later.

[@gmoney9068]

Sure, they can hire "130 right now" but what is the quality of the candidate?

[@miguelluedekezelenka6496]

130 illegals will line up for the job every day. Just give em a visa and a breakfast burrito.

[@user-ic2pm5bf5s]

My advice to parents do not allow your children to become police officers

[@thomaskim7420]

I agree lapd is not the department.