u/Realistic_Charity863

Hello,

I’ve been looking into the federal side of law enforcement, especially the Secret Service, which I’ve been interested in for a while.
I was recently dismissed from a police academy after failing EVOC. Since then, I’ve been working on improving myself and gaining more experience. I’ve talked to officers from different departments, and they’ve recommended that I look into federal law enforcement because I speak two languages, Farsi and Russian.

Since leaving the academy, I’ve taken civilian EVOC courses and several firearms training courses. I also got a security job at a casino, where I’ve gained experience dealing with angry drunk people, drugs, and different situations with the public.

The casino also offers training in handcuffing and beating de-escalation.
I’m also taking college classes and working toward my bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity and currently have my associates in Criminal justice.

I’m trying to keep improving myself and build more experience after what happened at the academy before getting into the process again. I was one of the younger recruits in the class, I was 22 years old and I was always getting targeted unfortunately and made a lot of mistakes during the academy, so I’m taking all the mistakes I’ve made to better improve myself and get more experience. (23 now) looking to apply in a year or two

I appreciate any advice on what I can do to become a stronger candidate for the Secret Service and how I can excel forward onto bettering myself.

Hello everyone,

I’ve been looking into the Sergeant-at-Arms position and was hoping to learn more about it. There isn’t much information available in the description, and I don’t personally know anyone who has served in the role.

If anyone has experience as a Sergeant-at-Arms, I’d appreciate hearing about what the position involves on a day-to-day basis, what responsibilities come with it, and what qualifications or experience are typically helpful for someone interested in the role.

Hello everyone,

I’m curious to hear your thoughts on POST standards, especially given how many agencies are currently short-staffed. If a recruit fails a component, they’re given one opportunity to remediate. If they fail again, they’re dismissed from the academy.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to allow recruits to continue attempting until they pass? Obviously the recruit is more likely to fail as well knowing they have one more chance. From my perspective, that approach could reduce the loss of time, money, and resources invested in their training. If a recruit truly isn’t capable, it seems like that would become clear later during the FTO phase anyway.

I’m having trouble seeing how the current system benefits agencies or recruits especially if they’re hurting for bodies, so I’d be interested to hear other perspectives.

Hello everyone,

I recently got released from the police academy due to failing a driving test, and I was looking into different options something related to law enforcement, and I saw that SSS is hiring for uniformed division. I was just wondering if my dismissal from the police academy will affect my chances during the process, and I’ll be honest, I was one of the recruits that’s made a lot of mistakes during the academy and got called out a lot. So I’m just curious if that will impact me at all?