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Quote: Originally Posted by campuscop2000 Yes, MSP is based on score and there is no absolute veterans preference. You are awarded 5 points to your total score if a vet. However, now that they are on the civil service test it is unknown how they will take scores. The two tests used to be separate and would follow different guidelines. Be advised that the MSP will not be hiring until prob 2011 at the earliest at which point your test will have...

Quote: Originally Posted by napman20 As I understand it: The troopers are based on score and no residency is required. MBTA is based also on score and veterans move to the top of that list. I would leave where I live now for the right job in the right part of much of the NE, so MA is one piece of that puzzle. When I was sent a list to sertify three departments I would like my name to go to I choose MBTA and I forgot the other two, but they...

All the towns have residency requirement, it is a rule made by civil service, unless it is a non-civil service town, which in turn wouldn't be a town that would use the civil service test

Quote: Originally Posted by macapd261 All the towns have residency requirement, it is a rule made by civil service, unless it is a non-civil service town, which in turn wouldn't be a town that would use the civil service test Negative... Some only have residency preferance and then they hire non residents. But, MBTA has no residancy preferance.

quick question can troopers from Florida transfer to Massachusetts or do they have to do the academy all over again

Pretty much if you were applying to be a Trooper here you will have to do the whole academy over again...as far as cities and towns go they may and I mean MAY...take your academy....that would be up to the MPTC aka the Municipal Police Training Committee..I do know of one officer from Florida that works for a smaller town here and they took his academy although I had heard they weren't crazy about doing it. Mass is one of those wonderful...