ARIZONA
Arizona State FOP Lodge
Scotsdale Lodge #35, Fraternal Order of Police
ARKANSAS
Garland County Fraternal Order of Police
CALIFORNIA
California State Lodge
COLORADO
Northern Colorado Lodge #3, Fraternal Order of
Police
Colorado State Employees Lodge #28, Fraternal Order
of Police
Edgewater, Colorado, Lodge #35, Fraternal Order of
Police
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut State Lodge
FLORIDA
Florida State Lodge District #7
Jacksonville Lodge #5-30, Fraternal Order of Police
Orlando, Florida, Lodge #25, Fraternal Order of
Police
Pinellas County Lodge #43, Fraternal Order of Police
Charlotte County, Florida, Lodge #66, Fraternal
Order of Police
Lauderdale by the Sea Lodge #81, Fraternal Order of
Police Associates
Coral
Springs, Florida, Lodge #87, Fraternal Order of
Police
Cocoa,
Florida, Lodge #112, Fraternal Order of Police
St.
John's County Lodge #113, Fraternal Order of Police
Sanford Lodge #140, Fraternal Order of Police
Postal/Federal Lodge #148, Jacksonville, FL,
Fraternal Order of Police
GEORGIA
Georgia State Lodge
Frank
M. Mobley Lodge #7
Gainesville-Hall Lodge #41
Lt.
Michael Etchinson Memorial Lodge #94
ILLINOIS
Illinois Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge Web
Page
Waukegan Lodge #5, Fraternal Order of Police
Illini
Lodge #17, Fraternal Order of Police
Illinois Troopers Lodge #41, Fraternal Order of
Police
Skokie
Illinois Lodge #68, Fraternal Order of Police
Illinois Lodge #84, Fraternal Order of Police
Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council
Illinois Conservation Police Lodge #146, Fraternal
Order of Police
Woodstock Lodge #191, Fraternal Order of Police
Illinois Department of Corrections Lodge #263,
Fraternal Order of Police
Lyon's
F.O.P.
Pekin Police F.O.P Lodge #105
- added 03/26/02
INDIANA
Carmel
Indiana Lodge 185, Fraternal Order of Police
Indiana State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Valparaiso, Indiana, Lodge #73, Fraternal Order of
Police
David
Foster Lodge #78 (Kokomo), Fraternal Order of Police
Stanley Palm Lodge #114, Brazil, Clay County,
Indiana, FOP
West
Lafayette Lodge #135, Fraternal Order of Police
IOWA
Council Bluffs Lodge #1, Fraternal Order of Police
KANSAS
Kansas
State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#5, Wichita, Kansas, Fraternal Order of Police
Shawnee, Kansas Lodge #11, Fraternal Order of Police
Coffeyville, Kansas Lodge #35, Fraternal Order of
Police
University of Kansas, Lodge
#37, Fraternal Order of Police
KENTUCKY
Kentucky State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Bluegrass Lodge #4, Fraternal Order of Police
Henderson Lodge #9, Fraternal Order of Police
Deputy
Sheriff's Lodge #25, Louisville, Kentucky, FOP
University of Louisville, Lodge #30, Fraternal Order
of Police
Madison County (Richmond), Fraternal Order of Police
Nashville Listing, Fraternal
Order of Police
LOUISIANA
Louisiana State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#1 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#2 Crescent City, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of
Police
Lodge
#3 Shreveport, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#4 Houma, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#12 Jefferson Parish,Louisiana, Fraternal Order of
Police
Lodge
#13 Slidell, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#14 Monroe, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#15 St. Charles, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of
Police
Lodge
#17 Mandeville, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#18 Baker, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#21 Kenner, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#22 Feliciana, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge
#23 Southern Acadiana, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of
Police
Lodge
#24 Gretna, Louisiana, Fraternal Order of Police
MARYLAND
Maryland State Lodge
Charles County, MD Francis C. Garner Lodge #24
Montgomery County, MD Lodge #35
Evesham Township Lodge #143
MICHIGAN
Benton
Harbor, MI Lodge #100
Minnesota Lodge #103, Bay County, Michigan Fraternal
Order of Police
MINNESOTA
Minnesota State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
MISSOURI
Kansas
City FOP Lodge #99
Western Missouri FOP Lodge 50
West Central Missouri Lodge
Missouri FOP Lodge #15
St. Louis FOP Lodge#68
NEBRASKA
Nebraska State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
NEW MEXICO
Fraternal Order of Police New Mexico State Lodge
NEW JERSEY
New
Jersey State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Camden City Lodge #1,
Fraternal Order of Police
NEW
Cherry
Hill FOP Lodge #28
NEW
Cape
May County Lodge #7, Fraternal Order of Police
Spartan Lodge #26 (Sparta & Andover), Fraternal
Order of Police
New
Jersey Lodge #46, Fraternal Order of Police
Western Monmouth, New Jersey, Lodge #73, Fraternal
Order of Police
New
Jersey Law Enforcement Officers FOP Lodge #81
Mount
Olive Township Lodge #122, Fraternal Order of Police
Evesham Township, Lodge #143, Fraternal Order of
Police
Scott
Wampler Lodge #148, Vineland, NJ, Fraternal Order of
Police
Willingboro Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #38
NEW MEXICO
New
Mexico State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
NEW YORK
New
York State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
New
York City, NY, Lodge #5, Fraternal Order of Police
Pelham, New York, Lodge #9, Fraternal Order of
Police
Kings
County, New York, Lodge #38, Fraternal Order of
Police
Westchester-Putnam, New York, Lodge #54, Fraternal
Order of Police
Nassau
County, New York, Lodge #69, Fraternal Order of
Police
Central New York, Lodge #315, Fraternal Order of
Police
Garden
City, New York, Lodge #911, Fraternal Order of
Police
Jason
Konclin Lodge #957, Monroe, NY, Fraternal Order of
Police
NORTH CAROLINA
Wayne
County, NC, Lodge #62, Fraternal Order of Police
OHIO
Van
Wert, Ohio, Lodge #62, Fraternal Order of Police
Portage County, Ohio, Lodge #70, Fraternal Order of
Police
Alliance, Ohio, Lodge #73, Fraternal Order of Police
,Summit County, Ohio, County Line Lodge #101,
Fraternal Order of Police
Howland, Ohio, Lodge #163, Fraternal Order of Police
Fraternal Order of Police Associates, Cincinnati,
Ohio
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Ardmore Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Tulsa
Lodge 93, Fraternal Order of Police
Seminole County Deputies Lodge 160 (Wewoka, OK),
Fraternal Order of Police
Tulsa
County Deputies Lodge 188, Fraternal Order of Police
Guthrie Lodge 105, Fraternal Order of Police
OREGON
Monmouth County F.O.P. Lodge 73
Columbia Basin Lodge #3 (Hermiston), Fraternal Order
of Police
Oregon
Pioneer Lodge #4 (Portland), Fraternal Order of
Police
PENNSYLVANIA
Fort
Pitt Lodge #1, Pittsburg, PA, Fraternal Order of
Police
Pensylvania Lodge #5, Fraternal Order of Police
Anthracite Lodge #6, Fraternal Order of Police
White
Rose Lodge #15 (York), Fraternal Order of Police
Allegheny Lodge #39, Fraternal Order of Police
Frederick Sutton Memorial Lodge #57, Fraternal Order
Of Police
Weirton, Lodge 84, Fraternal Order Of Police
The
Judge F. Joseph Thomas Memorial Lodge #108,
Fraternal Order Of Police
Queen Sity Lodge #10,
Allentown, Pa
RHODE ISLAND
Rhode
Island State Lodge, Fraternal Order Of Police
Warwick, Rhode Island Lodge #7, Fraternal Order Of
Police
Rhode
Island Correctional Officers Lodge 45, Fraternal
Order of Police
SOUTH CAROLINA
South
Carolina State Lodge, Fraternal Order Of Police
Midlands Lodge #1, Fraternal Order Of Police
Greenville County Lodge #17, Fraternal Order Of
Police
SOUTH DAKOTA
Northern Hills Lodge #12 (Spearfish, SD), Fraternal
Order of Police
TENNESSEE
FOP Lodge #2 - Knoxville, TN
Tennessee State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
TEXAS
Texas
State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Harris
County, Texas, Lodge #39, Fraternal Order of Police
Austin, Texas, Lodge #49, Fraternal Order of Police
San
Marcos Hill Country Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
UTAH
Utah
State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police
Utah
Department of Corrections Lodge #14, Fraternal Order
of Police
VIRGINIA
Commodore Lodge #3, Fraternal Order of Police
Danville Fraternal Order of
Police
Madison County Lodge #3,
Richmond, Fraternal Order of Police
Fraternal Order of Police
Virginia Beach Lodge #8, Fraternal Order of Police
Chesapeake Lodge #9, Fraternal
Order of Police
WASHINGTON
Fraternal Order of Police, Washington State
Start
practicing and anticipating questions you will be asked in your police
oral boards
Learn what
questions you are likely to be asked, and practice answering them out
loud. I know this sounds crazy, but I used to actually talk out
loud in the shower, in my car, and anywhere I was alone, as if I was
actually being interviewed. I would ask the question "Why do you
want to be a police officer?" for example, and then answer it out loud. I was
actually surprised how many times I would have to stop (while talking to
myself, lol) because I didn't know what to say. If you can't
answer basic questions alone, how are you going to answer
them in front of a panel of interviewers? Doing this really
helped me because it forced me to think about answers I
didn't know how to answer (if that makes sense). I mean, why did I
want to be a cop? Is it ok to answer "Because I want to get in
chases, shoot-outs, etc.?" Probably not the best
wording for your police oral board, but the point is that I didn't know how to answer this basic
question that you will almost certainly be asked.
Some questions you are almost certain to be asked in a police oral board
interview are:
-
Why do
you want to be a police officer?
-
If you
witnessed your training officer steal something, what would you do?
-
If you
stopped your Uncle for drunk driving, what would you do?
-
Would
you write your Mother a ticket for speeding?
These are
tough questions, they really are, because you're thinking "Man, I better
answer these to the letter of the law," which is not the truth.
And there's the problem; now you're not being honest. So now what?
Believe it
or not, the police interviewers (generally speaking) want to hear the
truth, and really want to hear "how" and "why" you feel the way you do.
For example
(and this is the truth), when they asked me if I would write my Mother a
ticket for speeding, I told them "No I wouldn't." They of course
began drilling me as to "So its ok if your family speeds?" I said
"No its not, but I certainly would not write my own Mother a ticket.
However, I would tell my Mother not to speed any more, and explain that
she's putting me in a bad position." By the way,
this question really isn't about if you would write your Mother a
ticket. Its about your honesty, loyalty, and reasoning both to the
department and your own family. And quite frankly, its designed to
see if you will lie. No one will believe you when you tell them
you would write your Mother a ticket. In fact, a guy in my academy
told the interviewer that he would write his Mother and he was never
hired. Was that the reason? I can't be certain, but I'm sure
if he answered that question that way, he probably answered other
questions similar and was not truthful. Just remember when you take
your police oral board, just be honest and explain your answers.
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