After 36 years of public service working for the Sacramento Police Department, Chief Albert Nájera has announced his intention to retire in January of 2008. The public announcement came after Chief Nájera informed and thanked all the dedicated employees of the Sacramento Police Department. Within one hour of making the announcement to police personnel, Chief [...]
Posted by USMC3030While interviewing with my Background Investigator, what other questions, besides my background history, should I prepare for? Dear USMC3030,The majority of the interview is answering any questions the background investigator may have about your answers in the Personal History Statement (PHS), substance abuse questionnaire, and the pre-employment questionnaire. The investigator may ask questions [...]
On September 28, the Sac PD SWAT team competed in a training exercise in the city of Dublin, taking 2nd place overall, out of 25 SWAT teams from around the nation. Fremont took 1st place. Our SWAT team received perfect scores on 6 of the 23 events including the “active shooter” and “suicide bombers” exercises.The [...]
Submitted by Sam Blackmon The Sac PD baseball team took the Silver Medal in the Western States Police and Fire Games held October 6-14 in Arizona. Over the past five years, the Sac PD baseball team has a combined record of 17-7, while winning 2 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal, and 1 Bronze Medal. Most [...]
Submitted by Sgt. Steve OliveiraK9 UnitOn October 13, Sac PD K9 competed in the Folsom Police K9 Competition at Folsom Rodeo Park. There was a great community turnout including many members of Sac PD. John Azevedo with K9 Blitz, and Steve Oliveira with K9 Angus, took the top two finishes in the Protection phase with [...]
Posted by vrtemjinI’ve been watching “The Academy” a reality TV show about the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department academy and a significant amount of recruits either drop out or fail out for various reasons. I know it depends on each academy, but about what percentage of recruits don’t complete the entire 6 months of training for [...]
Posted by shaun8541Does Sacramento P.D. hire current academy students even if they have no other college under their belts? In order to become a police officer with the Sacramento Police Department, a person must have at least 60 college units (the equivalent of an Associates degree). The exception to this is that when a person [...]
Posted by alleyeggroll I was a dispatcher in another state for 2 1/2 years. I came to California hoping to be a dispatcher here and failed a background for a county agency because a reference said I had poor interpersonal skills (at a job 4 years ago). Am I blacklisted from being a dispatcher here [...]
Some detectives refer to working homicide as being at the top of their game, and if you make it to homicide, you are one of the elite. Imagine walking into a crime scene with limited information, where there is nothing but a dead body, and the “victim” can’t tell you what happened. In absence of [...]
Posted by infantryfollowme2004 Hello, I’m currently serving active duty in the Army in Germany. In about 6 months I will ETS with 4 years in service and a 1 year combat tour in Iraq under my belt. I will be getting out as an E-4 Specialist at 24 years old. My question is, when I [...]
