Becoming a DOT/scalehouse inspector

Despite what his profile says Moloko lives in central California.

 

l.a. county sherrifs dept. is hiring. seen the billboard last thursday coming out of there..

 

I'd rather see about working for the insurance industry as a claims adjuster or investigator there.
No budget cuts to worry about and none of the current, negative stigma associated with the LE occupations.

As for the original question, I wouldn't imagine it being that hard to get on since there's a mix of non-sworn, strict inspectors and sworn officers manning the various weigh stations and POEs.
It'll probably be just as simple as filling out a state application and such.

 

I would rather put my CDL to use for the highway dept. Ever seen them guys work hard.

 

Uh-huh. I'd rather have ALL my teeth pulled, without Novocaine! Go to work for LASO, and you will be going to jail for an unspecified amount of time. And you will be working transportation for an unspecified amount of time. And you will be the judge's "waterboy" for an unspecified amount of time.

Unless you are connected, or VERY lucky, you'll have 10-15 years in, before ever seeing a job where you are doing what most people think of as "law enforcement." Of course it is ALL LE, but there's one hell of a difference between going to work and knowing you are going to spend the next 8-12 hours in a lockup, and going to work knowing you are headed for patrol, or investigations, where just about anything can happen.

 

I don't think I would like working at the jail no more than being in the jail. Course I haven't tried either so I can't say for certain

 

I nearly got onto CDCR as a CO, but ran into some bumps in the psych test section.

I could've reapplied and performed/coached myself for that portion differently and probably got into the academy.
But after hearing accounts of "slop" being thrown all over the place, I dropped that idea entirely.

Conditions in those places seem no fun, and I can just imagine getting up going to work in some place like that, county or state, is a drag on the mind.

I'll just keep toying with the tankers until some other bright idea drops into my lap.

 

It changes your personality. And not for the better. I worked custody for three years. My first two, and my last one with one agency. That was enough, by far.

 

I talked my wife out of applying for an Iowa DOT position. Now she's a load planner / fleet manager. Not sure if that's really any better....

 

Hi wore out, I regret not doing a county highway thing. The old joke, the highway crew heads out to a job one morning, when the lead man realizes they forgot their hand shovels, so he radio's the foreman informing him of this. The foreman's reply was, tell the workers to lean against the truck until I get there. As far as jail duty, when my dad was at our home, totally bed ridden,we had these "senior helpers" come in to assist my mom. And these people came from all walks of life. One guy, great guy, I asked , what he did before he became a senior helper, he said he was a county sheriff for like 12 years. He said he didn't mind the cruiser duty, but when he was transferred to jail duty, he didn't last 3 months. They put him in a big room, with a woman deputy, unarmed, with like 50 inmates. He said they were like children, constantly causing trouble, and when they attacked the woman officer, he said, that's it, quit and went into helping senior's and he loved it.