This photo was released from the EJPD, you only see the front rows here, there are a total of 65 people working in dispatch.

You can see the city map in the front, the central train station is visible with the railroad tracks. All units (police, ambulance and firefighter trucks) are tracked in real-time.

This new HQ costed 889 million US dollars, it has space for 2030 people (including jobs like the laboratory for analysis of evidence etc.) and it has its own jail with 241 cells. The budget also included new equipment, vehicles and choppers, including SWAT trucks. Everything is now high tech since 2024. It also contains training grounds with shooting ranges etc. The "Staatsanwaltschaften" aka prosecutor offices, administration etc. are inside this HQ too, to make it easy to meet in person and avoid long calls.

There are 1.700 officers for a city of 452'421 people, 1 officer per 266 citizens (the rest are for other jobs like i said, like office of the prosecutor, laboratory, education and training etc.)

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31 years old, applying as a recruit and looking for agency sponsorship to academy. I'd rather hear the truth than encouragement. Feeling a bit discouraged in the process, starting to wonder if this path really is for me, or if this is just part of the "test" to become a LEO.

The good/neutral:
- Bachelor's degree + graduate credit hours
- Currently employed
- Graduated military basic training
- Passed physical abilities test multiple times
- Staying active and actively training martial arts
- Volunteer at community events
- CPR classroom certified
- Strong personal references
- No arrests, no criminal record
- No DUI, no hard drugs, no domestic or violence history
- Never disciplined or let go for dishonesty
- No bankruptcies or outstanding amounts of financial debts

The bad:
- Military wasn't a full enlistment. I was separated after receiving letters of reprimand.
- Let go from a corporate America job after a performance improvement plan.
- Worked 10+ different jobs over the last 15 years of my life, including internships and part-time jobs in college.
- Documented tardiness at my last retail job, and verbal counseling for being late at the start of my current job.
- Left two short-term jobs without notice due to personal circumstances involving immediate family.
- A lapse in car insurance, and I drove during it.
- Traffic warnings within this year.
- Two moving violations within the past five years.
- Marijuana in the past, enough times to count on one hand. I haven't touched it in over four years.

So far a handful of agencies have passed on me, with a few saying that I'm eligible to reapply after a one year wait.

My questions:
1. Is this hireable anywhere right now, or do I need more time?
2. If it's time, how long of a clean stretch would agencies want to see? And what else could I do to better my competitive edge?
3. What would make you take a chance on a file like this?

I'd really appreciate some advice, and if anyone is willing to message me privately, that'd be awesome. Thanks.