Anyone involved in the hiring process knows the department gets people who are in unstable jobs, jobs they hate, low paid jobs and the military. A few are PD retirees. The days of people passing up good opportunities to come here and lining up by the thousands to take the test are long gone. Most college grads do not give 2 seconds to the thought of working at LMPD except as a bridge to a better agency. If you have seen any 27 year iron workers who applied thats news to me. Thats real work and their