We don't currently 'sponsor' applicants....
Thanks to off_kimball for helping answering questions! (I keep telling him I wish we could find more just like him!).
Hello NavCop22. Sorry to say we do not currently sponsor applicants through our academy. I honestly think it's a good idea, but HR determines what they want to support on our budget requests...and at this point...they just don't think it's a requirement. As I stated before, we are going to be reimbursing applicants for their police training costs...but that would be a check issued to them on their 1 year anniversary with us. I get people asking me about the costs of the academy, and how they could support themselves while they are attending, so I give them information about the FAFSA loan application. Plus there are numerous scholarship or grants available to assist in your education. If you contact your financial aid officer at whatever college you want to attend the police academy, they can be very helpful in finding funding for you. NOTE TO MILITARY PEOPLE - the Montgomery GI Bill and the Army or Navy College Funds pay for the police academy costs...at least they do at our local academy.
We have interviews scheduled for Monday, and so far I have one person from this site e-mailing me his application. I did inform the Major about the possibility of getting applicants from officer.com, so he could include those people in this round of interviews. As off_kimball mentioned, if you don't get your apps in, you may miss out until October. BUT, if the Major at least knows he has additional applications coming this week, he may hold off on hiring the ones he has set for interviews on Monday. Thanks and good luck!
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Hello NavCop22. Sorry to say we do not currently sponsor applicants through our academy. I honestly think it's a good idea, but HR determines what they want to support on our budget requests...and at this point...they just don't think it's a requirement. As I stated before, we are going to be reimbursing applicants for their police training costs...but that would be a check issued to them on their 1 year anniversary with us. I get people asking me about the costs of the academy, and how they could support themselves while they are attending, so I give them information about the FAFSA loan application. Plus there are numerous scholarship or grants available to assist in your education. If you contact your financial aid officer at whatever college you want to attend the police academy, they can be very helpful in finding funding for you. NOTE TO MILITARY PEOPLE - the Montgomery GI Bill and the Army or Navy College Funds pay for the police academy costs...at least they do at our local academy.
We have interviews scheduled for Monday, and so far I have one person from this site e-mailing me his application. I did inform the Major about the possibility of getting applicants from officer.com, so he could include those people in this round of interviews. As off_kimball mentioned, if you don't get your apps in, you may miss out until October. BUT, if the Major at least knows he has additional applications coming this week, he may hold off on hiring the ones he has set for interviews on Monday. Thanks and good luck!
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