Average time/distance

[Futurelaw89]

In order to maintain you and your family's personal safety an officer usually drives a considerable distance to keep his work and living conditions distant.

So my question to you all is, how far do you guys live outside your patrol beats? I know there really isn't a magic number but on your own personal standards what is the proper time/distance?










Thank you,
Futurelaw89

[crass cop]

I guesss it would depend where you work....I lived in the area/city I patrolled then moved for school district reasons and now live 1 city away. Neither neighborhood is/was "da hood"...so i guess it depends on the quality of where you are

[JKralC104]

22 Miles. .

[mdrdep]

123 miles and a change of elevation of 7000'. But I've also been a resident deputy and it took me 2 minutes to walk to the office.

[Futurelaw89]

123 miles and a change of elevation of 7000'. But I've also been a resident deputy and it took me 2 minutes to walk to the office.

That's about what...1hr 30min commute?





Futurelaw89

[StudChris]

It takes me 45 minutes to work, but leaving the city I work in had nothing to do with safety, it was a financial decision.

[crass cop]

minute wise, its @ 13 min to station

[CTRy]

20 mins.. not for officer safety but I still prefer to live where no one knows I am a cop

[ISPCAPT]

In order to maintain you and your family's personal safety an officer usually drives a considerable distance to keep his work and living conditions distant.

Who told you that? Someone is feeding you a line.

[Futurelaw89]

Who told you that? Someone is feeding you a line.

You know what? That's what I'm starting to believe by reading these replies that I've seen.







Futurelaw89

[stormz5192]

3 miles. But used to travel 45 minutes each way.

[Seventy2002]

5 minutes/1.4 miles
Just about all of us make our homes in a town some other cop doesn't want to live in.

[SRT936]

I live in the dead center of my patrol area and my commute to work is a little less than 5 seconds....

[mavriktu]

I live in the dead center of my patrol area and my commute to work is a little less than 5 seconds....

Same here,actually I guess it is more like 10 seconds since I have to navigate around the wifes car and my truck to get to the unit.,even if I didn't have a take home I live about 1/2 mile from the office.
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Also you(OP) need to realize a lot of depts have residency requirements ,so there really CANT be a great distance to commute.

[fahrenheit]

I've lived within bicycle distance and currently live about a 30-minute drive. If I could afford to live in the town I work, I would. Great schools and a nice community.