
So a couple months ago i went on a ride along with my local police department, to get the feel of what it was like. Everything went good, the chief said ride along are usually 4 hours but the FTO i was with asked me if i wanted to stay the whole shift ( like i was going to say no ha!) so i did the nine hour shift with him. I don't know if all departments are like this but he didn't make me stay in the car the whole time and he let me go wherever he went even while they where in foot pursuit, break in alarms etc. I had a great time and i didnt feel like i was a burden to him, if anything he made me feel like i was another set of eyes while on patrol. SO after talking to other officers from different cities they all said that i need to go on more than one ride along and start getting my face recognized ( in the good way ). I called the chief again but apparently he was out of town and came back today so i assume he had a bunch or stuff to catch up on because i did not get a call back. I told the receptionist for the department i wanted to do another ride along so she transferred me to the sergeant who scheduled ride along and i was told a bunch of reasons why i could not go on another ride along, limit 1 per person, my reason to go on a ride along wasn't good enough (wanting to be a LEO for the city apparently is not a good enough reason), i have to make an appointment months in advance ( even though the first ride along the chief told me to call a couple days before i wanted to go). So she said she would talk to the chief about it since what he says goes and now im waiting for a call back. WTF HAPPENED now i feel like i'm pushing too hard, Is it possible to do too many ride along? I would love to hear some incite from LEO's about ride alongs and possible suggestions.
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