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Charges filed in Pegasus Parade shooting

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RE: Charges filed in Pegasus Parade shooting

May 13th, 2016 @ 9:52AM (8 years ago)

Agreed, but I think you might have to view this in context.

10-20 years ago, you would have over 2,000 applicants for a class of 30-40 recruits and back then, running two classes back-to-back was very rare. It was much easier to simply pass over individuals with criminal records, smudges on thier background investigation, serious admissions in the interview process or that were "on the bubble" in the psychological examination. Now, we only have possibly 200 applicants for a class of 30-40 recruits and they are running classes consecutively in order to try and keep up with the number of people who are leaving. There is a much greater chance of applicants who would have been "unhireable" a decade ago, getting all the way through the process. I've had conversations with folks from training, this is what is occurring. If you don't agree, I accept and respect your opinion but I will not deny what is see happening right in front of me.