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PrussianTrollFarm t1_iuacsbv wrote

Reply to comment by TheRepoCode in Why are all these New Yorkers going to the Baltimore Police Academy? by caro822

I could be wrong here (not a cop), but I’ve always heard that the BPD academy is basically the only one in the state that issues credentials graduates really can’t take anywhere else.

Police academies are generally feeders into their sponsoring agencies, but cadets who choose to pay their own tuition can apply to other departments once they graduate. You go to the MSP academy, BCPD academy, etc you can get hired by any department in the state. BPD academy graduates though are effectively considered non-credentialed by other agencies in the state. Maybe after a few years on the force they can go elsewhere; I dunno, not a cop. From what I’ve heard though their freshly graduated cadets are locked into the BPD because nobody else will touch them.

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AW5542 t1_iuaftez wrote

That’s not true. It’s the same state certification as any other MD local department. BPD officers lateral to other Maryland departments all the time. Just cant lateral to MSP.

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PrussianTrollFarm t1_iuanyrs wrote

I stand corrected, and I know why: the conversations I’m (mis)remembering were with a young guy who was looking to join the MSP after college and then police academy.

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Vjornaxx t1_iudr1b4 wrote

MSP doesn’t do laterals. Every trooper goes through their full academy and they are one of the only academies in Maryland that is a live in academy.

A lot of guys with time on aren’t too keen on going through another academy unless they have to, especially if they have to live there for months. It means time away from family, dealing with a petty pseudo-boot camp atmosphere, and getting OC’d, tased, and gassed again.

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SpookyBanjo t1_iuarool wrote

This is simply untrue. The BPD loses many recent graduates to county agencies. I’ve known many recent city police graduates who lateral to AA county, Harford county, PG county and Baltimore county. If anything, the BPD is merely a stepping stone to outside agencies. It’s just the easiest to get Into because they’re always hiring and the standard is much lower.

The Maryland police training commission is the body that oversees all police training in the state of Maryland. Once a graduate has a MPTC card they can work at just about any agency in the state of Maryland.

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