merlin436
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Joined: 03-29-2005
Location: North America
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Panglossian pessimistically, one could take a provisional clearance, get hired, graduate CBP academy and, without a full clearance, work many months on light duty, without gun or credentials, doing menial, drudge work. Most likely, at 100% day shifts...no differentials, no overtime. Eventually getting... -
Benefits...potentially get hired sooner. Start seniority, pay, benefits sooner.
Downfalls...spend $$$ on all the job requirements, get hired in CBP, give up old job, move for CBPO job, go to CBPO academy, get fired at the academy for something found during background investigation. -
The BP is 95% male... 95% White/Hispanic...if either of those are a consideration. 89% of BP agents are also on the southern border...in comparison to less 30% of CBPOs. Far fewer station opportunities in the BP...in comparison to the 328 different US ports in OFO, plus various pre-clearance, cargo... -
The BP will start you off with GL pay...that's an early benefit. Retirement with the BP will likely pay more as well...since their retirement creditable overtime contributions in their high-three will surpass the 50% of overtime limits placed within OFO.
OFO has double-time overtime...when... -
What exactly do you mean by "growth"?
Rule of thumb...if you work to live...go with OFO. If you live to work...go BP. Money wise...OFO in AZ will most likely earn more than BP...assuming one loves to work holidays, midnights and overtime. If eventually you want to move off... -
From what I've read...base pay at the 5.5 year level is basically the same and the starting pay for entry level is a bit more for NYPD...assuming one starts working for CBP as a GS-05.
As far as overtime goes, once the academy/post-academy training winds up and a person gets released from... -
Any second job.
CBP will expect you to be available, pretty much at their whim...especially in a port like JFK that offers plenty of overtime opportunities.
Security and loss prevention jobs will further complicate things...the closer the nexus of the second job to cbp work...the... -
I don't know specifically about NYPD...but many of the Long Island and community PDs surrounding NYC often offer far more in terms of overall money, overtime availability and outside agency employment opportunities.
CBP will lock you into a hard cap of 45K in overtime and differential... -
Danieldv9,
The agency will, at minimum, give you one day for travel. You can ask at your port during pre-academy for scheduling more conductive for driving to FLETC. That could get you an additional one or two days usable for travel. After a month on the job, you should earn at least 8 hours... -
Drive yourself to the Academy. Then you can pretty much pack anything you want to bring. -
JFK is the largest of all ports.
If we're talking of many of the smaller ports location is probably a huge hiring factor at times. -
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I can't see any reason why they wouldn't. Not that I necessarily see the Agency going out of it's way to accommodate people with some sort of kinship or association during the applicant process.
Now, the BP has a "hundred mile" rule in regards to prior residency. Basically, they... -
Hundreds, if not thousands have used OFO and the legacy positions as a stepping stone into 1811 positions. -
As in most of life in general, the academy favors preparation. Those prepared, with proper mindset and decent levels of fitness and willpower are likely to meet every challenge. Those people who focus on the percieved ease or difficulty of it really miss the point. It's an adult academy designed to... -
The BP is 95% Male, 95% Hispanic/White. They also tend to hire younger people. Further, they find much more merit in culling out applicants in their academy.
OFO is far more diverse.
People failing OFO PT standards failed to prepare themselves adequately. There is little... -
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The educators I've talked to in Training have told me the CBPO academics are somewhat more rigorous than the BP and compares well with most other federal academies...but nothing beyond what the average high school graduate should be able to handle...giving the proper amount of respect to to material.... -
New boss...again. Mark Morgan back to replace Sanders as CBP leader.
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I've worked in ND.
In many ways, rural northern border ports are far harder to live/work in than busier southern border ports, larger airports, etc. and most often it's done working at far closer to base salary pay.
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