Chief pulls me aside...

[Hoosier_Boy]

So I was eating at a local estab with my father over the weekend and the chief of the our towns PD is sitting beside and we're shooting the breeze... typical in my small town...

As I get up to pay for my meal he asks me to come outside... crap always makes me nervous...

He tells me that he wants me to put in an application at the PD for a reserve position for a short period of time then when a spot opens to go full time...

I am a reserve deputy in the same county as the town pd...

the PD pays about 6k more per year...

My question for you all is... Is this going to hurt my credibility if I jump to the PD for a chance to better myself in the long run?

[towncop]

Hurt your credibility? Hell no it won't. Think about it, you're going to a job that pays 6k more per year. How would that hurt you?

[Hoosier_Boy]

Towncop... You never fail to let me down... I need to buy you a case of beer.

[towncop]

Coors Light In all seriousness, if someone has a problem with a police officer wanting to better himself for WHATEVER reason, that's on them. You gotta look out for number 1 brotha!

[cityblusuit]

GO FOR IT. It has been my experience that there are three types of reserve officers. #1. Those that are doing it as a stepping stone to a full time position with their agency or another. #2. Those that truly enjoy playing cops and robbers but still like their other chosen job. #3 Those that know they cant be fulltime cops for whatever reason.

You get pulled aside by the chief and you are "encouraged" to put in an app with the expectation to slide over to a F/T spot. Which kind of reserve does that make you??? Nothing wrong with that at all.....Good Luck and spend the 6k wisely!!!

[TrafficEnforcer]

Absolutely go for it! That's good when the Chief comes to you and ask to put an app in, that means he wants you on his dept.

[Jimmy777]

So I was eating at a local estab with my father over the weekend and the chief of the our towns PD is sitting beside and we're shooting the breeze... typical in my small town...

As I get up to pay for my meal he asks me to come outside... crap always makes me nervous...

He tells me that he wants me to put in an application at the PD for a reserve position for a short period of time then when a spot opens to go full time...

I am a reserve deputy in the same county as the town pd...

the PD pays about 6k more per year...

My question for you all is... Is this going to hurt my credibility if I jump to the PD for a chance to better myself in the long run?

Yeh, going from a reserve deputy to most likely a fulltime police position is going to hurt you.