Partners

[JUCHNE1980]

Can husband and wife or boyfriend and girlfriend be police partners?

[Ianscape]

I think in most departments that would be a no go.

[hawkman]

Can husband and wife or boyfriend and girlfriend be police partners?

Too many emotions for too little of a car.

[JUCHNE1980]

Thank you for your answers Ianscape and Hawkman.

[michiganstud]

Too many emotions for too little of a car.

Plenty of room for the wife to ride in the trunk :D

[darrell]

Port Huron has a a bunch of married couples as cops. One set works the same shift and the department puts them on the same end of town. So they can "back" each other up.

[michiganstud]

Port Huron has a a bunch of married couples as cops. One set works the same shift and the department puts them on the same end of town. So they can "back" each other up.

Yeah, Our PD has quite a few married couples too, and a few divorced ones! We only run 1 man cars though so that's prolly a good thing. But they are sent on the same calls together with no second thoughts and no problems that i've ever heard of. I would think if you are running two man cars the better you could match partners the better off the unit is.

I personally would take the job as time away from my spouse!!!

[Joeyd6]

In NYC a married people would not ride together. There are some couples who do. But in most cases the supervisers do not allow it. Besides many people don't want to sit in the same car for 8 hours with their spouse and then go home with them. That would be too much time for me and way too many things to argue about later on. A few people dating in my squad keep it "hush-hush" and they refuse to ride with each other so that if it doesn't work out, thier 8 hours and 35 minutes are not hell!

[Chgojock007]

Hi,

The Chicago Police Department doesn't allow married couples as partners. Besides, who'd want to do that anyway? It sure seems like it would be overkill.

Thanks

[BenJamin75]

Okay, on this same type of subject. Should friends be partners? I know many officers become friends with their partners since they spend so much time together etc....

What I'm asking is if your best friend (or brother for that matter) worked in the same department, would it be a good idea to be partners?

[Strijder]

On a related note, are there general policies against a married couple being in supervisor / subordinate roles (I mean promotion after marriage, not power games.)?

[Group9]

Okay, on this same type of subject. Should friends be partners? I know many officers become friends with their partners since they spend so much time together etc....

What I'm asking is if your best friend (or brother for that matter) worked in the same department, would it be a good idea to be partners?

It usually doesn't work that way. In my experience, I have either been assigned a partner or the few of us who were unpartnered worked it out between ourselves, and in a few groups I have worked in, nobody had partners. To partner up with someone you generally have to be already working on the same shift or general area of assignment. Otherwise, you would first have to be transferred or your friend would.

In regards to your first question, we recently had two agents assigned to the same group get married. As soon as they were engaged and everyone knew they were dating, one had to move to another group. The only place I could picture that not happening would be in a very small department or agency.

[JUCHNE1980]

Thank you for all of the great information!