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| abelism
Joined: 12/17/06 Posts: 3 |
Academy Attrition rates Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 6:28 PM I heard that the academy class that graduated in Sept had an attrition rate of about 28%. Do more people quit than fail or vice versa. I consider myself a good student with good study habits but that number is still worrisome. I'm giving up a 10 year AF career as an intelligence analyst to be a police officer so you will get my best effort during every phase of the academy. A 28% attrition rate seems a little high so I am curious as to why. |
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| AcademySGT
Joined: 10/24/06 Posts: 324 |
RE: Academy Attrition rates Posted Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 11:08 AM If you give your best effort, than we feel there is nothing to worry about. Over 95% of the recruits who do not make it in the academy, quit on their own. The reasons I hear most frequently are they are not prepared for the responsibility. Many people have never experienced a paramilitary environment and are not used to being held accountable for everything they do. This translates into stress and some people choose to not deal with it and they resign. We expect a lot physically, mentally, and academically. In other words, a recruit must perform. With a proper "can do" attitude, you won't have any problem in the academy. Just make sure you are in shape and ready and willing to learn. Academy SGT. |
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| abelism
Joined: 12/17/06 Posts: 3 |
RE: Academy Attrition rates Posted Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 2:48 PM That really puts my mind at ease, thank-you for the explanation sir. See you in a month. |
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| RLOISI
Joined: 12/04/06 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 13 |
RE: Academy Attrition rates Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 11:41 AM AcademySGT wrote: Many people have never experienced a paramilitary environment and are not used to being held accountable for everything they do. Is the paramilitary enviroment that tough? What can you suggest us to do to prepair mentally for the paramilitary environment? especially for the people that never been in one? Thank you. R. Loisi |
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| AcademySGT
Joined: 10/24/06 Posts: 324 |
RE: Academy Attrition rates Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 6:51 PM The content on this site will help you prepare. Many past recruits will tell you, if you arrive on day one with all of the definitions, codes, and dispositions already memorized, you can expect to be way ahead of the those who do not. This is information you will have to recall during inspection and written tests throughout the academy. Imagine the reduction in stress if you arrive with this knowledge, which we are providing for you on this site! As we discussed with you during the fitness test, recruits who arrive overweight and unable to perform physically will cause stress on themselves they will not want or need. If this you, follow our fitness and nutrition plan on this site. The better prepared you are, the less stress you will have. We are all about making each of you successful. Our academy is not designed to get rid of people. We need you! The fact is; however, regardless of the efforts we make to help recruits be successful, some determine the job is not for them. The reasons usually center around their inability to deal with academy life. Watch the videos in our theater on this site. You will see the type of physical training you will do. You will see that during inspection, we will be in your face asking you to recall important information. You will see we are going to teach you to make proper use of force decisions and test you on it in a realistic environment. The academy is tough and it is tough for a reason. Each of you who graduate will be given a responsbility that is given in no other job in the world. Academy SGT. |
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| ruiz
Joined: 02/19/07 Posts: 4 |
RE: Academy Attrition rates Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 9:59 AM What is the percentage of recruits who enter the academy with some type of experience of a paramilitary environment? What percentages of people who do not have that experience actually graduate from the academy and pass field training? |
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| AcademySGT
Joined: 10/24/06 Posts: 324 |
RE: Academy Attrition rates Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 10:13 AM I really can't quote to you percentages off the top of my head, but normally nearly one third to one half of the class will have some type of prior experience (police, corrections, military, etc.). We have not made those types of comparisons you speak of because of the mandatory Pre Academy each recruit attends. The Pre Academy is the first two weeks of the academy and is designed to teach those who do not have prior service about the paramilitary environment and how to be successful at it. I can tell you that when the Pre Academy was not mandatory we did a comparison on recruits who attended the Pre Academy versus those who did not. 9 of every 10 who attends graduated the academy. 6 of every 10 who did not attend, did not graduate the academy. As you can imagine, we looked at that and determined the Pre Academy was very successful and thus, made it mandatory. Academy SGT. |
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