March of 2008 - Written Test

In February, I finally received a call asking me to come to the department and take a test.

I showed up in the morning in a suit and tie to a room with about 12 other people who were police-hopefuls. None of them had dressed up like I had. This was slightly embarrassing, but I knew about the rule of "dress to impress" and I knew I couldn't go wrong by wearing the suit.

The test took about 2 hours (split up into sections) and it was comprised of all kinds of questions ranging from math to sentence structure to grammar. The last part of the test was a report-writing test. It basically measured how well you could write. Having prior law enforcement knowledge was not required as there were no actual legal questions on the test.

After the test, we handed all our materials back in and went home. I had to drive about 180 miles..... and I waited yet again.