Happy to report that I got the call this morning, everything I needed to pass to have my conditional offer finalized has been checked off. I get sworn in on the 28th, and then go off to U of I Urbana Champaign for the academy.
Everyone on here commenting, asking questions, giving advice, sharing anecdotes and wisdom…. thank you so much. It helped in my interview, my poly and psych process, background investigation, everything. This is a great sub reddit and fantastic community.
Anyone else here going to be attending the May classes at PTI in Illinois?
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Congrats! Stay safe and healthy!
CONGRATULATIONS!! Enjoy it, hopefully this will be me in a few short years!
Good job! The journey isn’t over yet. Make sure you apply yourself during and after the academy as well.
Congratulations!!!
Congrats!!!!
Congrats! I did today as well! (Florida)
Me too, but will wait out to see the results of the other departments I applied to. Congrats, it took me almost a year of trying.
I may or may not be at PTI. The department I applied to has their academy may 4, either PTI or other down state
Congrats on this. I’m glad I am completely retired now but I was proud of my long career. I have not read the comments so apologies if anyone addresses this. My academy class was something like 96 of us from multiple agencies in a regional academy. We lost two or three during this time for stupid stuff they did on days off. We’ve had our own academy since the mid 80’s and we average around 30 or so with normally 2-5 from other agencies joining in. They lose sometimes one or two during these sessions. For lying. For cheating. Getting stopped while drinking and so on. Don’t get suckered into anything while there. You can have some fun of course but you now have to be mindful of who you’ll be representing and I assume you’ll be on some serious probation for at least the first year where one can be fired for anything. Attend, have fun and do well.