From what I understand, the NYPD does not conduct polygraphs as part of their requirements. They rely on background checks and a drug test.

NYPD does not use the poly.  I would advise you not to take that job because they will hire just about anyone now.  Conditions are so bad on the job and morale is so low.

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Hmmm where to start!

Low pay (Lowest in Tri-State region)  Surburban cops earn $100,000 at top pay NYPD pays $59,000.  Even Newark, NJ pays more.

Unhealthy working condions - You are property of the city.  You will work 5 days a week 8:35 with two days off...mandatory days off will be worked as well...you must work or you will be terminated.  Think you can make more with OVERTIME...guess again...you are limited to a certain amout of hours a month. This is to insure no one officer makes a decent living. Surburban cops work 3 days a week with 12 hour shifts and 4 days off.

Liberal City - That means Civilian Complaint Review Board (formed by African American ex Mayor David Dinkens)  Which means perps/thugs can make unfounded complaints about an officer and the department finds you GUILTY until PROVEN INNOCENT.  Which means you can have your shield and gun taken away, wages garnished, fired, or sued.

Lower standards  The department is so desperate for recruits they now give away FREE I Pods to anyone who enters the Academy (no joke).  Backgrounds are not being fully checked...criminals are taking the job...why? because the city pays recruits $25,000 to start and 25 - 50% less then surrounding departments.

Quotas - You will be forced to write summonses to old ladies with an unleashed Chihuahua or a 16 year old riding a bike on the sidewalk just so the department can meet its quotas for the month.  You also will be forced to arrest at least 1 person a month...if you don't you will never get an approved vacation or day off or will be transfered to a command far from your home.

Just a few reasons to NEVER EVER JOIN THE NYPD.  Its not like it is on TV kiddies!

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The NYPD is looking to hire people who are happy with less...where $25,000 is actually a step up for them.  The brass claim to have one of the most diverse departments in the country.  But that is because they can't attract anyone with a real education or direction in life no matter what race they are.  So the radio sounds like a third world nation on the air.

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Its a step up from being unemployed or fresh from jail.

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4,350 cops have left for other departments since 2000...thats not including the thousands who have retired since 9-11.

hwsternfan wrote on Aug 18^th, 2005 at 5:39am:

LOL, well you do have a point there!

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Cavhan, I don't mean to knock you or put you down at all by what I have posted, I am just simply advising you based on past experience.  I used to work for a low paying department and must say that while I truly enjoyed my job, I found it very difficult to function surrounded by ineptitude.  Often times hearing officers that misspelled words like sheriff, county, suspect, juvenile, infraction and even the suspects names etc etc... complain that they weren't paid enough, bitch about the hours and all around lower morale had me going home with a headache.  I think it is that kind of person that truly bothered me the most in that job, because I honestly think they wouldn't even be qualified to work at the Quickie Mart(Yet they were officers of the law).  Those few that could spell, use common sense and had integrity and put forth 100% almost never complained openly(and I do mean FEW).  The sad truth is that many of the underqualified people make supervisor and often times will sidetrack your chances of advancement out of resentment or fear that you will make them look bad.  I made Sergeant in record time at that department and found that it became near impossible to work, because every time I turned my back someone was trying to put a knife in it! You get what you pay for and unfortunately the NYPD doesn't hold on to qualified individuals, so you will often have to put up with a very unprofessional work environment.

While they may say that a detective makes $80,000, they do say it is a detective 3rd grade or something like that, which is for all intents and purposes not a new detective but one that has been on the job for a while.  $80,000 may be a lot of money elsewhere in the country, but it definitely isn't all that much in NYC.

Either way if you do decide to stick with it I do wish you the best of luck and hope that perhaps you can add some professionalism to that department and others will follow suit.

good luck.

But the NYPD detective gets the cool looking badge!