Tampa's point system for hiring

[Mpguy84]

Hey I just got my points for my Tampa application and pat. What is a good number? what is a bad number for points? How high do they go? Thanks

[Delta_V]

TPD doesn't hire straight down a civil service list, so the points really don't matter a lot. Although I don't have anything to do with hiring, I wasn't even aware the PAT was graded. It used to just be pass/fail unless they changed it recently.

TPD hired 16 new officers back in late September, all of which had prior LE experience. We're set to hire another 28 in December, all but five having prior experience. The ones who don't are mainly retired military from what I've heard. That seems to be the norm lately...if you don't have experience then you probably aren't going to be that competitive no matter what your score is.