Communal showers at police academies?

[Samuel]

I've always been a guy who likes to shower alone. I don't shower at the gym or anywhere else like that, simply because I like my privacy - I'd rather not have certain parts of me exposed for all to see. Prudish? Perhaps.

After PT at a non-residential academy, does everyone have to pile into one large shower room together, or are there private showers so everyone can enjoy a brief washdown without worrying about being seen naked?

(This is a serious question).

Hey, just a quick heads up - your questions are getting more and more stupid. You might want to quit soon

[PapaBear]

The CHP Academy has four rooms, two showers, two commodes, four sinks and two beds in each unit. Cadets are segregated by sex and do not room next to one-another. Cadets are to shower one at a time, attire themselves appropriately when venturing from their dorm to their lavatory area. Each room has to work it out with the others to maintain compatibility. Two people cannot share the same shower - well, they can but they better not get caught. Everyone has a great time during their 28 weeks together.

[retdetsgt]

I just have to ask, are there straight guys out there that like to shower with others?

I never really cared one way or the other. We had open showers in high school and certainly in the Army. I never gave it a thought. I wasn't worried about some other guy seeing me naked and I wasn't interested in them either. I was just happy if there was hot water.....

I'm surprised that it's an issue with other people. Again, in the Army I showered with other guys so many times that it was just routine and no one paid any attention to it. It was just what was.....

I know we had some homophobes that went ape**** when they found out a couple of other cops were gay and in the locker room. I suppose they were afraid the gay guys would rape them or something, but I doubt the gay cops found them all that attractive......:grin:

[Joeyd6]

Hey Joe I was getting ready to take a shower & get ready for work want to join me?

That space is so tight! Plus I am working days and won't be showering till tomorrow. I appreciate the invite and rather than turn you down, how about I just watch and tell you where you missed to lather up?


LMAO!

But to this future canidates question, I would pay $500 to hear about his day at FLETC after OC spray. Twenty grown men naked under the communal shower, naked, holding their burning eyes with one hand and the other protecting their privates from downward running OC/water, and everyone bumnping into walls and each other.

Wait till sit-ups when he has to hold the ankles down and gets the special treat.

Phantasm, this guy would have loved the NYPD huh?

Needs a week off during 30 weeks of class......scared to be naked in front of other men.....privacy issues.....prudish issues.....etc.. Candy @$$ kids these days. Finishing the academy seems to be along shot. Making it through field training sounds like slim to none, and slim just got hit by a bus.

[InTheEnd]

Showers after PT were fun. Don't look around or down during shower. Don't be the guy walking around without a towel.

[wantiko]

Hey, just a quick heads up - your questions are getting more and more stupid. You might want to quit soon

The reason I asked this question is because I have some rather nasty scarring on my back and upper legs that I received as a result of a car accident when I was younger, and I really don't enjoy having people staring at me, nor having to explain the whole thing every day. Nor do I wish to explain it here either. It's not the most pleasant sight, nor the most pleasant memory for me.

But thanks for the heads up. Most people in this thread managed to get that this wasn't a stupid question about being afraid to show my **** in public.

[phantasm]

Phantasm, this guy would have loved the NYPD huh?

250 guys trying to shower in 20 minutes with 15 shower heads in one big room.

[Samuel]

The reason I asked this question is because I have some rather nasty scarring on my back and upper legs that I received as a result of a car accident when I was younger, and I really don't enjoy having people staring at me, nor having to explain the whole thing every day. Nor do I wish to explain it here either. It's not the most pleasant sight, nor the most pleasant memory for me.

But thanks for the heads up. Most people in this thread managed to get that this wasn't a stupid question about being afraid to show my **** in public.

I never said your question was about being afraid to show your **** in public. Maybe you're showing a little something now.

If you want everything to be Your Way - get a full time job being a customer at Burger King. If LE is really what you want to do, and you were a man about it, you would just STFU and suck it up and do what it takes to be sworn.

The people you might be showering with may someday be saving your life and/or vice versa - "nasty scarring" or whatever other physical "imperfections" you or someone else might have DOESN'T MEAN SH!T.

[BP348]

The reason I asked this question is because I have some rather nasty scarring on my back and upper legs that I received as a result of a car accident when I was younger, and I really don't enjoy having people staring at me, nor having to explain the whole thing every day. Nor do I wish to explain it here either. It's not the most pleasant sight, nor the most pleasant memory for me.

But thanks for the heads up. Most people in this thread managed to get that this wasn't a stupid question about being afraid to show my **** in public.

This is how your first day in the locker room after PT will go

Them: Dude what's up with the scar on your back?
You: Bad car accident when I was a kid. Really sucked.
Them: Yep that sucks.

End of story.

No one will care enough after that to worry about it, except you.

[deputywave]

Most people in this thread managed to get that this wasn't a stupid question about being afraid to show my **** in public.

That's not true. Most people had better things to do then fight a lost cause. Like getting you to see your questions have progressively gotten dumber. You have managed to destroy the addage "the only dumb question is the one that wasn't asked".

You have better things to worry about than academy vacations and showering with your classmates. Be more worried about preparing yourself for the hardwork ahead.

[Creeker]

The OP seems to be more interested in how the job can serve and benefit him rather than how he can serve. A common theme in all of his questions thus far.

Typical of todays "me first" drones.

[greg72982]

But thanks for the heads up. Most people in this thread managed to get that this wasn't a stupid question about being afraid to show my **** in public.

I understand completely. Mine is a three inch-er too.

[grumpyirishman]

Reminds me of the communal commodes at Ft. Polk in the early 70's. A row of thrones with everyone dumping and bull****ting at the same time. Gave new meaning to togetherness. Wiping became an art!!

[retdetsgt]

Reminds me of the communal commodes at Ft. Polk in the early 70's. A row of thrones with everyone dumping and bull****ting at the same time. Gave new meaning to togetherness. Wiping became an art!!

Oh jeez, I forgot about them!

I wonder how the Army ever came up with the idea of calling us "privates". There was nothing private about our lives!

[Safety Steve]

--Between this and your question about holidays off during the academy I'm getting the feeling that you really don't want a police job very badly.

I get the feeling he is a "Paper Pusher" and will push paper on everything he thinks is unfair to him. He will be asking for his own private shower, private bunk, can't be peppered sprayed cause he may be allergic, and then the worst will be if he graduates. "But Sgt, I can't work the holidays, I have always been with my family on all the holidays. What am I going to tell my Mother when I go home?" Good gosh! Be Safe.