I have a questions for all the LEO's (fulltime) current, former, and retired.
One of our new guys was thinking about quiting. The file load is brutal and being a young guy he felt like the job "didn't fit", if you know what I mean.
I know for me personally I felt more like a "cop" when I was an auxiliary. I knew what was expected of me, and I did it well.
When I became a "regular" member of the force the expectations changed a 1000 fold. Now investigations were mine, I forwarded the reports to crown, (the prosecutor) and it was a bit overwhelming. Just knowing how to write a simple file in the correct language so it could be concluded, and not kicked back for more follow-up, etc in the begining is a challenge.
So for me, and tell the young guy this every chance I get, it took a year before I felt completely comfortable in my job. I still get stumped just about every shift, don't get me wrong, but at least I know now how and where to go for the answers.
So this is my question, how long was it before you all felt that comfort level at work???
One of our new guys was thinking about quiting. The file load is brutal and being a young guy he felt like the job "didn't fit", if you know what I mean.
I know for me personally I felt more like a "cop" when I was an auxiliary. I knew what was expected of me, and I did it well.
When I became a "regular" member of the force the expectations changed a 1000 fold. Now investigations were mine, I forwarded the reports to crown, (the prosecutor) and it was a bit overwhelming. Just knowing how to write a simple file in the correct language so it could be concluded, and not kicked back for more follow-up, etc in the begining is a challenge.
So for me, and tell the young guy this every chance I get, it took a year before I felt completely comfortable in my job. I still get stumped just about every shift, don't get me wrong, but at least I know now how and where to go for the answers.
So this is my question, how long was it before you all felt that comfort level at work???
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