Thread: Transfer from Ohio

Yeah a alot more than 3k take it. But the good news is there are 351 cities and towns in MA. Probably 300 or so are Civil Service. When you sign up to take the test you get I think 3 choices, so when you figure maybe 7 or 8 k people with three choices into 300 the odds aren't as bad as they seem. Here's a tip if you do come here: Don't waste your any of your choices on Boston PD, Mass State Police or MBTA Police (Transit) Every...

Thanks for the bad news guys. I'm not really suprised, I guess I would look into working at one of the colleges in Boston, and take the civil service exam when they give it. How many people take that exam?! I took Cleveland's test and there were 3k people for that, I can't even imagine how many people would be taking a state-wide exam.

Nicely said.. Let me give you a better intel dump; stay the hell away from MA. This state s*cks ***** and thanks to the 1 party legislature it's getting worse. The uber-libs give the welfare slobs a raise but they want to take money from us. They're taking road details and the Quinn Bill (educational incentives added to our base pay). Guys are getting layed off and when they take the Quinn, (those with jobs) some are going to lose...

Quote: Originally Posted by sdb29 If you're really interested you need to be a member over on MassCops.com. You get a lot more local info than you get here. Just be warned that MassCops is a lot saltier than Officer.com. My advice is if you join before you ask a question do a search for it first. Somebody else has probably asked it. They don't have a lot of patience for newbies with questions like "How do I become a State...

To be honest not too many colleges are hiring either. Those that offer good benefits and the municipal full time academy are hard to come by. BC/BU/Harvard/MIT you pretty much need to know someone to get on. Its slim pickens regardless in this state. If you want to work part-time in podunk ville making $12.50 an hr then you might be able to work as a reserve in a non civil service town.

I know a few of our guys came from out of state years ago. We recently hired four and all our SSPO grads I believe. I don't think we're going to be hiring anymore for a while, we maybe hire one or two a year this is actually the biggest hiring I've seen since I started. You could look at BU, BC, Tufts, MIT or Harvard. Those are th biggest ones next to us and they are pretty decent and busy. There are smaller agencies that a lot...

Unfortunately you are not going to work for any major city in MA unless you take civil service. In addition to all the xtra points that are given for things such as vet, etc...there are two seperate lists that cities and town maintain. The first list is for those who live in that city or town and the second is for everyone else. And you guessed it, they have to burn through the in-town folks first. There are some good non-civil service towns....

Pretty much I'll agree with what everyone has said so far. One option you may want to look at is southern New Hampshire agencies..some may not have any residency rules so you could live in Mass and drive to New Hampshire and work...also you may just have to do the NH police academys law package...rather than a full acadmey all over again. Just something to think about....good luck