Miami Police Department

[mrspagan]

Hi, I'm new to this thing and I have many questions about the MPD so here it goes!

1) I applied for the MPD position last month and I have the written exam in the later part of this month. I would like to know if this exam is difficult or relatively easy. What should I expect, is it anything like the NYPD written exam (which I have already taken and passed with a 94)? They gave us (my fiancé and I both applied) study packets but it wasn’t that thorough so we bought police exam books to practice with as well. :confused:

2) After the exam how long does it typically take to be summoned for the rest of the application process? :confused:

3) I am traveling back and forth from New York to Miami to take all my other exams, will the department accommodate by possibly grouping the exams (ex: PAT, Psych, Poly, Background, etc) so that it will be within a week? Or, will the rest of the process be once a month thing? Like, will I receive a letter for the PAT one month and a month after that I have to take the Poly?:confused:

4) What locations are labeled as good places to live in Miami, I already know that Little Haiti isn’t heaven so are there any other 'ghetto' or 'bad' places that I should know about? Or just tell me all the good locations to call home instead.:confused:

5) Do they hire relatively quickly? Will I be employed by early next year?:confused:

6) How long is the academy? :confused:

7) Is the pay period weekly, biweekly, or monthly? :confused:

That’s all I have for now, if I have more questions I'll update this later.
:D

[Super Six 5]

You don't need to add an emoticon after every one of your questions.

All your questions can be answered specifically by a recruiter from the city of Miami. I would highly suggest you contact them.

http://www.miami-police.org/careers/...?dept=Careers&

[mrspagan]

[QUOTE=Super Six 5;841591]You don't need to add an emoticon after every one of your questions.

All your questions can be answered specifically by a recruiter from the city of Miami. I would highly suggest you contact them.

[QUOTE]

I have contacted them, it isnt associated with the police department but with the city's HR department. I asked most of these questions and they had no idea what to tell me. They didnt even have a number to redirect me to (asked them that as well). So thats why I'm asking current LEO's of MPD if they are on here if they can give me some insiders info which I cant seem to get otherwise. Plus the contact thing they have on their site pertains to complaints, comments about their site etc. They have no option for those who are interested in becoming part of their department.

I know I dont need an emoticon after every one of my questions...sorry if it bothered you that much.

[mrspagan]

Oh in addition, their website is relatively new, some bit of info I found from another forum.

I suppose things are like this because the city is just beginning to grow, it was and still is mostly a tourist attraction type of an area but the residential part of it is growing which might explain why the department just started their site.

Even their gov. website is unorganized...nothing compared to our departments and gov. sites here in NY.

If there are any current MPO out there please if you can help I'd greatly appreciate it.

TY

[Super Six 5]

As far as I know, we don't have any Miami PD officers here. There are officers from all over Florida, however.

If the people doing the hiring and application process can't tell you if they'll work out an "out of town" testing appointment, how often you get paid, or what the academy consists of, does it really sound like a place you'd want to be?

Sounds pretty ridiculous to me especially when I know for a fact that departments can arrange to get you through all the process in a two or three day period. If it were me, I'd consider other departments that were willing to work with me.

I'd hate to see you spend upwards of $1000 for round trip tickets from NY to FL in order to complete the process only to not get the job.

[mrspagan]

You have a point there...

Hmm...we'll I'll keep on searching. If there is some way I can get a direct number to the department rather then the city's HR department then maybe I can get somewhere. I'll check some others out as well.

Thanks