Suppose there is a police officer in the United States who works in one state and one day wants to transfer to work in another state. Can he request the transfer from his commanding officer?
Suppose there is a police officer in the United States who works in one state and one day wants to transfer to work in another state. Can he request the transfer from his commanding officer?
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No. They would need to get hired by the department Thayer wanted to move to.
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Police jurisdictions are all separate, so they would have to apply independently somewhere else. It’s not like you work at one Walmart and want to transfer to another location.
No, that wouldn’t even work with the next town over. Local PDs are not linked like that.
They would just apply to the other department like anyone else, though obviously with a more attractive resume than someone with no prior experience.
It’s not really a “transfer” it’s more like “quitting your job to get a new job.” This is because policing in the USA is not super centralized. It’s very decentralized
Police / law enforcement departments are not national organizations. Each town, each city, each county, each state, all have their own law enforcement/ police department.
So the police officer could apply for a job with the department in the city or state they want to move too, and they could use their current job and boss as a reference sure.
But there is not really a system in place to “transfer” from New York State police to Pennsylvania state police. New York State police and Pennsylvania state police are two entirely separate entities.
Every state certifies law enforcement Personnel so if you quit your job in one state and move to another state, you would have to be certified in your new state. I’m sure there’s a process for doing it because I’ve known several officers who have moved from state to state.