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Police Academy, 13 and three-quarters.
Once again the PM newsletter brightens my day:
"Just been to stock up on a super strong coffee. I could be crashing by 5, but at least Channel 4 will put me in a documentary if I do."
::giggle:: But that has nothing to do with what I'm up to, but it goes on;
"News just in puts the US military death toll in Iraq in May at its highest monthly figure. We may talk about that. But among our plans already in motion: we'll talk about the number of police officers who manage to avoid getting speeding fines..."
Which is of interest to me in the light of my next TS story, which concerns the police in a good-cop, bad-cop sort of a way, involving police corruption and the (cue organ chord, thunder clap) Academy.
I've been reseraching, looking at various US police academy websites, and I have to say, I'm more than a little stunned by what I'm seeing...
"The Academy is paramilitary in nature, and requires military discipline
(marching, saluting, etc.) They day begins at 5:30 am, with an exercise
program to strengthen the body and improve endurance..."
"Discipline is similar to boot camp. You’ll also be inspected daily for
creases in your uniform..."
"Military Bearing. Cadets are required to walk, stand, and sit in a
military manner at all times. Cadets shall give way and come to
attention whenever they are approached by someone recognized as a State
Police Officer. ..."
"Cadets will maintain correct military bearing at all times. The
position of attention will be assumed while marching to and from class
and standing in the chow line. The group will move as a single close
spaced unit marching single file."
"Cadets shall be neat and clean in appearance and dress. All uniforms
and equipment are to be in serviceable condition at all times. During
the training program, cadets shall wear their hair in the following
manner. Male cadets shall keep their hair cut in a "burr" and it
shall be no longer than one-half (1/2) inch in length. Sideburns shall
not be longer than an imaginary line drawn from the corner of the eye to
the top of the middle earlobe. The haircut on the neck shall be a
tapered style, blending a shaven area gradually into the longer *hair*.
Squared, "blocked" *hair* cuts and Military style "high" and "tight" are
*not* acceptable. No evidence of a beard or mustache will be acceptable.
A clean- appearance shall be presented at all times."
Which is wonderfully more than I was expecting! (hee!) I mean, I'm not complaining because it fits rather nicely with the story I have planned, but it's a whole lot more than I'd imagined.
Is this really what it's like? I mean, I have to assume so, because why else would they put it on their websites? But I'm intrigued - there anyone out there with actual, real Academy experience they can share?
"Just been to stock up on a super strong coffee. I could be crashing by 5, but at least Channel 4 will put me in a documentary if I do."
::giggle:: But that has nothing to do with what I'm up to, but it goes on;
"News just in puts the US military death toll in Iraq in May at its highest monthly figure. We may talk about that. But among our plans already in motion: we'll talk about the number of police officers who manage to avoid getting speeding fines..."
Which is of interest to me in the light of my next TS story, which concerns the police in a good-cop, bad-cop sort of a way, involving police corruption and the (cue organ chord, thunder clap) Academy.
I've been reseraching, looking at various US police academy websites, and I have to say, I'm more than a little stunned by what I'm seeing...
"The Academy is paramilitary in nature, and requires military discipline
(marching, saluting, etc.) They day begins at 5:30 am, with an exercise
program to strengthen the body and improve endurance..."
"Discipline is similar to boot camp. You’ll also be inspected daily for
creases in your uniform..."
"Military Bearing. Cadets are required to walk, stand, and sit in a
military manner at all times. Cadets shall give way and come to
attention whenever they are approached by someone recognized as a State
Police Officer. ..."
"Cadets will maintain correct military bearing at all times. The
position of attention will be assumed while marching to and from class
and standing in the chow line. The group will move as a single close
spaced unit marching single file."
"Cadets shall be neat and clean in appearance and dress. All uniforms
and equipment are to be in serviceable condition at all times. During
the training program, cadets shall wear their hair in the following
manner. Male cadets shall keep their hair cut in a "burr" and it
shall be no longer than one-half (1/2) inch in length. Sideburns shall
not be longer than an imaginary line drawn from the corner of the eye to
the top of the middle earlobe. The haircut on the neck shall be a
tapered style, blending a shaven area gradually into the longer *hair*.
Squared, "blocked" *hair* cuts and Military style "high" and "tight" are
*not* acceptable. No evidence of a beard or mustache will be acceptable.
A clean- appearance shall be presented at all times."
Which is wonderfully more than I was expecting! (hee!) I mean, I'm not complaining because it fits rather nicely with the story I have planned, but it's a whole lot more than I'd imagined.
Is this really what it's like? I mean, I have to assume so, because why else would they put it on their websites? But I'm intrigued - there anyone out there with actual, real Academy experience they can share?
Nothing wrong with a novel when it's interesting.
"And don't let the military stuff scare you too much."
It doesn't scare me, exactly (I've worked in El Salvador, I'm not that easily scared! (o:) I just have a real aversion to all that macho, 'sir yes sir' stuff. Hippie parents, you know... (o:
Blair never becomes a cop in my story, so all the ride-along and academy stuff was just for my information, thanks. Very interesting it is, too. I'm not a Blair cop person. I think he'd miss academia too much, the only time on the show you see Blair getting genuinely excited is over a woman (don't like to think too much about that...) or his subject. In my little post TSbyBS world, Sid and Chancellor Edwards get what's coming and Blair finishes his PhD and carries on working with thepolice (Jim ::G::), part-time as a consultant. Much more scope for interesting stories there, than 2 cops running around together doing the Sentinel/Guide thing.
Just MO.