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Georgia State Patrol Reviews

3.1

38% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)

35% positive business outlook

Georgia State Patrol has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Georgia State Patrol employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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15 reviews
3.0
13 Sept 2017

Quickly Changing Agency

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Pros

Thanks to Governor Nathan Deal, the troopers are receiving great pay. However, secretaries and dispatchers are left at a very low salary. Take home patrol car. Great training. No roll calls before shift, although you have monthly inspections.

Cons

Can and WILL be assigned to any post in the state, doesn't matter where you live. Must respond to every disaster statewide, sometimes responding to other states that are under a declared emergency. Most supervisors are sucking up to command and will throw you under the bus at the drop of a dime. Pursuits are becoming frowned upon by the agency. On-call many nights of the month. You will work every holiday, including the days surrounding (travel days). You are told to make traffic stops, arrest DUIs, investigate crash scenes to meet a monthly quota. If you are lacking in one, it doesn't matter how many of the others you make, they will come down on you. You have to be friends with the 'right' people to be accepted. Very few spots available for promotion. Will be sent to every protest in the state. Be prepared to be placed on "Phase A", where troopers are told to remain close to their patrol cars during off days so that you can respond to any incident ASAP. If you are disciplined, you are not afforded an appeal process until the agency proposes an adverse action (suspension without pay, demotion, termination) - Even then, the appeal is made to the same people that propose the action.

1.0
27 Apr 2021

Racism Runs Rampant

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Pros

There is nothing good about this job.

Cons

Terrible shifts Racist supervisors Racist dispatch chiefs Racist brass Underpaid

1.0
3 May 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Pros. In most people's opionion GSP is higher trained and better officers. They typically are better trained on basic vehicle law enforcment. Flexible schedule. 15 days vacation.

Cons

It's mostly quota driven. Supervisors don't seam to focus on quality of enforcment, decreasing crashes, or improving safety. They seam to only want decent numbers on the monthly reports. Zero overtime. Only comp time after you work 160hrs in 4 weeks. So you could work a blizzard snow storm and rack up a lot of hours. But if you take 2 sick days in the pay period you will loose the chance to keep the comp time. Flexible schedule can be a midnight shift followed by a early AM shift. Holiday weekends require 75% coverage and normal days require 50% coverage. So your limited on when you can take a day off work. Troopers are quitting at an alarming rate. Your short staffed and will be expected to work harder to make up for the lack of help.

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