Denver Sheriff Department: Vehicle Impound Facility

I actually applied for a job as a Deputy Sheriff. I have an advanced degree, a great job and not your average guy getting out of the military guy who has no education (or an AA in Criminal Justice), real world experience and just wants to transition into another military style job even though I am a military vet I am an educated professional.
What you will notice about this organization right away is poor customer service skills and that «this is the best job you will ever get treatment» and treat you like crap behavior. I wanted to do something different to serve my community.
Main issues:
1.) I take the written test and score a very high score, but no they do not like hiring people that are too intelligent (research it and you will be surprised), but I made it to the next step.
2.) Slow communication of next steps after testing.
3.) Do the in-​person interview with HR Assistant who is fixated on my education even though hiring of the average «Jiffy Lube» worker is what gets them in trouble in the first place, but pass through that.
4). Pass with flying colors through Personality test (two hour test done in an hour). What is blatantly apparent is the low quality of recruits with many being obese, wearing dingy clothes and not what I am accustomed to in the professional world and even within my units when I was in the Army.
5.)Pass the Lie Detector test (woo).
6.)All this time the communication is horrible since they use Deputy Sheriffs with no Human Resources skills to communicate the hiring process. Understand I am actually interviewing with a few other jobs within my field that all pay more, but was thinking I want to do something different.
7.) I take the agility test which is a yawner with some of these folks looking like they are about to die running up three flights of steps. Which should have been a warning to the caliber of folks were in going to be in academy, but is a benefit for those of us that actually workout for health since the instructors would be focused on them (with the majority of them in similar shape).
8.) I talk with the background investigator who does not seem to bright, but tries to use that old military style military communication style to sound as if she does. Many dumb questions with many that are really not pertinent or impact the job. They want to call your current job before offering you a job which is freaking stupid and I was like I am not comfortable with this and no company does that. So if you have a good job they could screw it up or in my case actually make it better by scaring my current employer into fixing a few things.
8.) Jail tour with the officer conducting the tour being one of the only employees I met with good customer service skills. Many of the deputies were unhappy which was communicated to the potential employees. You will notice that many of the folks are obese which tells me the combination of sedentary, poor diet and other issues require an individual have a personal workout plan. Very low morale within the jail.
Okay, I already know that they are not LEO’s except on duty, lurked in forums and had a clue they are freaking slow at hiring, but also knew they were doing a massive hiring focused on deescalation skills due to huge lawsuits against them and I am an expert in deescalation. Guess what? They are still freaking slow, lack customer service skills and play the «carrot on a stick game» in regards to thinking thinking the job they have to offer actually holds a lot of luster in today’s society (maybe in the 50’s). My spouse was like why are wasting your time with this place and honestly I could not explain it, but believed it was something I needed to do. I realized that I already do enough for society, the talent pool for these jobs are shallow and within my family who educated professionals these kind of jobs are like mall security positions. Some of the folks in the testing process were freaking Army «profile rangers»!
Stop harping on how much you pay (50K starting and work you to death overtime) as a great benefit. Sure it is a lot of money for those with no education, no marketable skills or who just got out of the military and is the assistant manager at U-​store just floating through life. Fix your Human Resources department, fix your morale, require a minimum of an undergraduate degree for recruits and create a freaking physical fitness standard.
I still work in my profession, but this job freaking screwed up a final part of training I needed in my profession (professional growth, not required) since I had to delay it because I did not know what was going on with the process.
Potential Deputy Sheriff applicants if going through the process do not put anything on hold in your life while waiting on them to get a hold of you and would highly recommend doing research and enrolling in your nearest community college to obtain skills in a needed field instead of this gagglef#ck they call law enforcement.
F-​, low quality

Unhelpful, combative, bitter hags at reception. Zero humanity or compassion. Not everyone is a criminal. Some of us were in traumatic car accidents and just want to move on. But these morons «follow their own rules» not the DMV’s LAWS. (That is a direct quote) and prevent your insurance company from claiming the car. Even our Progressive agents said they have «Serious doubts» about the legitimacy of this place. Shame on you, Denver.

I have had two experiences with this impound facility. The first time when I lived in Denver my car was stolen and was taken here. The ‘towing’ fee regardless if the police drive it here or actually tow it is $ 120.00. Each day that it sits there an extra 20 bucks is added onto the bill. I got my car back and it was no worse for wear but they want you to produce your registration and most people keep that in their car so you hit a problem if they won’t let you get it without the registration or title and you have to make a bunch of bureaucratic stops to get the right documentation. A real pain!
The second time I got a DUI and they took my car there. The officer gave me my registration so getting the car back was no problem. The problem this time was they close around 7 or 8 p.m. each day and I wasn’t released till about 10. Thank god for good friends because a pair of them came to my rescue and I spent the night with them in Engelwood. The impound facility opens at 7 a.m. and we were there right after they opened so I only had to pay for the so called towing fee. When things like this happen to people all these little departments are after your money. A hundred here and there and it really adds up regardless if you were at fault for something or not! They will make sure that they will give you the impression that you are guilty of something!