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how many have watched the Movie series, i have watched the first one, i will get around to watching the rest, i did see on IMDB that they are coming out with a Police academy 8. Anyone interested, it's coming out in two years.

I think I saw the first one years ago.  ...maybe the 2nd.

Why would you put yourself through watching those?  There are a bunch of them and they're progressively worse.

I think I watched these when I was young. They were horrible.

I've seen the first five.  They're worth a laugh. 

Michael Winslow (Jones) was the bomb.

To tell you how bad the movies were, I was hoping this thread was about a real police academy.

That's why i like the first one, he's hilarious

I liked Tackleberry in the first one...but Dave's right, they got progressively worse as they went along.

luckily all of them are on youtube, so i can watch for free, for the time being that is.

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Funny you mentioned that.  I've noticed that YouTube is really cracking down on removing movies.  About a month ago, I watched Starship Troopers on Youtube.  Within a week of me watching it, it was gone and the user's account was banned.

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There are very movies where the squeal was worth making and watching -- Star Wars, Indiana Jones come to mind.

But with the vast majority - Death Wish, Rocky, Home Alone, Naked Gun, etc the sequel was little more than a cheap repeat of the same formula with nothing new. 

Seen it? I lived it!   

If there is any similarity between the movie and your job than that is really fucked up. 

On New Years I had a few Buddies over , one I went through the academy with. We got to talking and I had forgotten about all the kooks we had in that class!We laughed our asses off ! 10 years later and more than half of them are not in Law Enforcement anymore.  Hell......a good Percentage after making it through the Academy were not able to land a Job because they couldn't make it through the Field Training. Thank God for Lie Detector tests and Psych tests because a lot of people in class 101 were not Fit for duty!

i was actually thinking of being a police officer and work up to being a detective, Don't know if there is a police academy in Maine.I am thinking of at least being a summer officer.

A summer officer?  Is that like a reserve or something? 

both, you could be a summer officer and a reserve (if they need you, they will call you). Obviously during the winter months there really is much need for officers.

Off topic but, didn't think it was worth a thread.

Do you work for the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Department?  Does anyone you know.

Reason I ask is that Feb 20 there is a charity softball game between them and some NFL players.

http://www.heathevans.org/t-news-events.aspx

  No I'm about 45 minutes North of West Palm Beach. I used to work for the Sheriffs Dept here but now I'm an Officer. Playing the NFL Players? Dang.......as good as some of those officers may be , an athlete is an athlete. My Money is on the NFL players........

A most excellent movie always good for a laugh, I liked the sequals but I've noticed that some of the lines are missing.   Specifically Police Acadamy 5 when they play it on HBO.  The Elevator Fart scene is cut considerably as is the car scene with the Jelly Donut infront of the hotel.  Also when Lassard's nephew writes dork in sunscreen on Harris's chest some of the language has been removed.

The only thing worth watching in the 7th one was seeing Callahan in her lingerie outside of that I wasn't too impressed.  They seemed to have jumped the shark when they added Zed to the police force if not earlier.  Still Tackleberry is probably my second favorite cop right behind Dirty Harry. 

Dirty Harry is Da Man!!  I also had a soft spot for Sipowitz on NYPD Blue........

HA!

I saw the first one the other day and enjoyed it.  Probably just a nostalgia thing.

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I love that series.  It's hilarious

Summer, or part time officers, have pretty strict requirements.  You'll find most of those positions are taken by people in school to become full time officers, you can't just stroll in and apply - so you'll need to get busy if you want to be ready for the summer:

In Maine you'll need to have the following under your belt:

21+, 60 college credit hours, be in good physical condition, pass a back ground check, pass a physical endurance test, have a very good driving record and pass a polygraph test.  You'll  need the 100 hour pre service training and Maine's Criminal Justice Academy.  That pre service training for this year is 5/9 - 6/12.  However before MCJA will even look at your application for that 100 hour training you need to pass the MCJA ALERT test.

You might want to check out MCJA's web site and do some research:

http://www.state.me.us/dps/mcja/about/index.htm (http://www.state.me.us/dps/mcja/about/index.htm)

Summer / reserve officers generally make about $13 an hour and are not certified to carry anything beyond a flashlight.  No mace, no pepperspray, certainly not a firearm.  You need to graduate from the actual full blown academy before you are able to do any of that.

Hope this helps!

The first one was great. The next 54.3 movies were garbage.