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E-book Title: So You Want To Be A Cop
Author: Frank Pickens, Jeff Bonilla.
Book Description: Chapters
1.The Testing Process
2. Surviving the Academy and Field Training
3. Out on Your Own
4. Shift Sergeant
5. Silver and Brass
6. Community Relations
7. Burnout
8. Reflections
This is a brief excerpt from Chapter 1. The Testing Process
The Oral Board
Once you have completed the written and agility tests, which are almost always pass/fail, you will be scheduled for the most important part of the initial testing process, the oral board. The purpose of the oral board is to see how the candidate interacts and converses with the panel members, and to get an idea of the candidate's overall reasoning abilities and common sense. The initial impression you leave with the board members will be crucial in determining your final ranking on the eligibility list.
Oral boards are almost always held at the Police Department or at City Hall. You will be given a specific time to show up, so make sure you arrive on time. It's generally a good idea to get there at least 20 minutes early. For men, wear a conservative suit and tie and have a nice haircut. For women, wear a nice-looking dress-nothing too flashy- and a little makeup if desired, but not so much that you look like Pee Wee Herman. For any candidate, the trick is to look conservative, businesslike, and above all cool and confident.
The Oral board is usually made up of three to four people and may consist of police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants and/or captains. Some departments will have four to five members on the board, the additional member being a city personnel worker or a member of the business community. Once in a blue moon a city has so many members on the oral board that when you walk in, it looks like The Last Supper.
You will usually wait for your turn in a designated area, along with other prospective candidates. Try not to look at anyone who has just finished the oral, because many times the person will look flustered, pale and sweaty - like having just been through a bad carnival ride - and the sight will make you even more nervous and psyched out.
Oral boards last 20 to 30 minutes on the average. When it's your turn, one of the members of the oral board will come and lead you to the room where the orals are being held. As you approach the door, keep in mind that on the other side there will be several people sitting behind a long table, and that each of them will actually start grading you as soon as you enter the room. Remember that all of these people have a copy of your application in front of them and will have already gone over it.
When you enter the room, someone will introduce each member of the panel to you. It is common courtesy to shake hands or to at least acknowledge a person's title as each of them is introduced. Try to look relaxed and confident, even if you're not. But don't go too far and appear cocky, you're not supposed to be cocky until after you're hired!
On almost every oral board there is one member who is the designated "bad guy". We'll call him "The Intimidator". The Intimidator is the one who will ...
During the oral board, you will be given hypothetical situations or scenarios in which you are the police officer responsible for taking the most appropriate course of action. These are some examples:
You will have to buy the book to find out what kind of scenarios are asked and how to deal with the Intimidator. The written and physical tests are almost always pass/fail; the Oral Board is the key.... More... | 
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