Texas DPS Hiring Trooper Trainees

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Phillip

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For those of you interested in a career with TX DPS, follow this link:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/

You can check out the requirements and all other information via the website.

Oops, wrong forum. Well let me add that DPS uses the SIG 226 in .357 SIG.

[This message has been edited by Phillip (edited March 02, 2000).]
 
"Diversity is a priority at DPS and we’re encouraging minorities and women to apply," said DPS Recruiting Coordinator Lt. Curly Colquitt.
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I'm not gonna work for a place where "diversity is PRIORITY." It sounds like my freaking COLLEGE. Why can't they hire based on qualifications? WHAT A CONCEPT!!!

Ben

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Some of the best cops that I've ever had interactions with were TX State Troopers. They even dress like police officers instead of ninjas.
 
6forsure: Yep... And some of the worst I've seen have been Texas State Troopers, too. I currently work with a former Trooper, and I sometimes wonder how he ever made it.
 
When I first got out of the Army, the DPS was hiring. I went to apply, and when I asked a trooper for the app. he asked me if I wanted some off the record advice. I said sure, and then he rubbed the skin on his arm, and said that I wasn't "what they were looking for". I got the hint, and tried anyway. I was highly trained in the military in areas most civilians can't compete in. Anyway I never got called to an interview or anything, but I thanked the trooper for the "tip" anyway. He was just as upset about it as I was, but then- diversity is HUGE in all state agencies. I applied several times with TX parks and wildlife, and never got an interview. I decided that I would place a check in the Hispanic block on the next app, and voila! I got an interview! I kept checking the block until I got the job I wanted. Every single time I checked hispanic (7 times), I got an interview. Every single time I checked the white, non-hispanic block, I never heard a thing. This should be a hint to all of you hopeful DPS troopers out there! I may reapply, but this time, I'm checking the right block.
 
This sudden PC trend towards "diversity" is driving me nuts. Bulldog, I guess diversity includes people who shouldn't be cops. LOL

Sounds like you shouldn't even bother to apply if you're a white male! Isn't affirmative action GREAT? If I were a "minority," I'd be absolutely OFFENDED and up in ARMS to think that the only reason I got this job was because of my skin color.

This is pathetic.
Ben

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[This message has been edited by Ben (edited March 02, 2000).]
 
kjm,

Despite my accolades (sp?) for DPS, I've heard the same thing from local boys. TX has certification via most community colleges and a sh*tload of towns that need leos. Unfortunately, they often pay worse than the state prison system.
 
As mentioned above, I'm sure MANY agencies use racial descrimination to "even things out." But do they need to pride themselves over it and even BRAG about it?

It's certainly nothing to be proud of. I don't want any part of it.

Ben

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AOL IM: BenK911
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"Gun Control Is Being Able To Hit Your Target"

[This message has been edited by Ben (edited March 03, 2000).]
 
Most community colleges in Texas have a Police Academy.

Most small towns are screaming for LEO's.

BUT---

My first LEO job paid $1,250.00 a month before taxes. No benefits. The only things I was supplied with was a 26"ASP, an expired can of Mace (not OC), and some boxes of FMJ 9mm every month.

I'm afraid that's more the rule than the exception in small-town LE.

That being said, I must point out that if I was offered a position on that first department again, I would probably jump on it.

Small town LE is unique, isn't anything else like it.

LawDog
 
It sounds like the culture of the organization is favorable if members care enough, and have respect enough for applicants, to tell them what the organization is actually looking for in an applicant. Such blunt honesty is typically Texan. :)

It is important to remember that racial hiring quotas (I learned in a Public Administration course that such things really don't exist) are the result of lawsuits, usually federal, against the agency, or suits against other agencies that can be applied to the first. In essence, they are forced to engage in race based hiring; forced kicking and screaming in Texas!

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"I don't believe in individualism, Peter. I don't believe that any one man is any one thing which everybody else can't be. I believe that we are all equal and interchangeable."--Ellsworth Toohey

[This message has been edited by ellsworthtoohey (edited March 04, 2000).]
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ellsworthtoohey:

It is important to remember that racial hiring quotas (I learned in a Public Administration course that such things really don't exist) are the result of lawsuits, usually federal, against the agency, or suits against other agencies that can be applied to the first.
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You're right that they don't exist . They are really " goals " . Uncle Sam can change a word or phrase and claim it is different . We cannot do that . Anyway , the State of California is going the country one better . They actively recruit gays and lesbians . It seems that the media has all by itself aided in changing all criteria being used . Years ago if a person or agency was accused of racism or just plain prejudice it had to be accompanied by proof of some sort . Just to make the accusation with no proof was grounds for a lawsuit .
These days just making the charge is more than enough to convict the accused . When the State of California removed racial criteria from the admission process at State Universaries there was an uproar . These people screamed that the Gov. was full of " racist " politicians because all applicants were treated equal . The biggest problem was the students that were admitted solely on race were many of the early drop-outs .
Just the fact that a group or several groups are not represented in direct proportion to their percentage of the population seems to be grounds for a charge of prejudice . Years age the Gov't. gave Western Union a problem because of this . Western Union told the Gov't. that EVERY applicant must pass the same test before the interview . You flunk , you walk . The Gov't. tried to use their power of money to break this company . That is until it was discovered that Western Union did more for the Gov't. than that agency was aware of . The Gov't. backed off . I don't mind any agency offering ANY group admission but it must be according to qualifications . Otherwise it is not Reverse Discrimination . It is JUST PLAIN DISCRIMINATION . Pure and simple . Once they are chosen in the order that they qualify the training should be equal also . To graduate a person to fill a " goal " especially a LEO is to endanger any person that the ARMED and ill trained officer interacts with . Even his or her fellow officers .
The thing that pisses me off the most is that they just change a word , smile and do what they damn well please .



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Well, racial quotas are a two edged sword. As far as I know, the only racial group that for which any kind of "proof" is required to show that an individual is a member, is that of American Ind-whoops! Excuse me, I mean Native American. (I almost really screwed up on that one). :o I'll try not to slip again!

My point is, who is to say that an individual is white, black, hispanic, asian, or gay? Prove that I'm not an East Asian Muslim! Prove that my ancestors were not brought to America on a slave ship. Prove that I don't want to marry my best buddy from high school! Hell, in today's culture, its what you feel that counts. I may feel like a black man one day, and a hispanic woman the next (this part only works after you get the job). Who is going to stop me from marching to personnel and changing my racial/sexual/whatever profile whenever I want. I know of actual cases of this.

Bottom line, with a little careful planning, a little knowledge of a particular bureacratic agency, and you are limited only by your imagination. Why should the deadbeats be the only ones whom the system works for?

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"I don't believe in individualism, Peter. I don't believe that any one man is any one thing which everybody else can't be. I believe that we are all equal and interchangeable."--Ellsworth Toohey
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ellsworthtoohey:
[Who is going to stop me from marching to personnel and changing my racial/sexual/whatever profile whenever I want. I know of actual cases of this.
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N.Y.P.D. applicant had a Hispanic surname . He took 5 bonus points on the entrance exam because of his ethnecity . When the SGT. exam came around he "suddenly" realized that his parents had actually came to the U.S. from Jamaica . He now demanded 10 points that Black cops get as a bonus . The big joke was that he got many rolls of scotch tape in the mail so he could pull back the edges of his eyes in case Asians get 15 points on the LT. exam . Urban legend ? This was presented as true .



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TOM SASS MEMBER AMERICAN LEGION MEMBER NRA MEMBER
 
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