Re: Bosch rides again

On Jul 10, 2025 at 8:22:43 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

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Yes, LAPD reserves have full police powers. I actually looked into signing
up as a reserve when I retired but with my deteriorating knees, I'd never
be able to do the 1.5-mile run up to their standards.

 
I didn't know that was a thing. Is it like Army Reserves or the National
Guard, that you have to report for weekend training every so often to
maintain skills, and that you can get deployed when ordered to?

Not really. They're like a force multiplier. You basically get to choose your
division and if I remember right, you have to work a minimum of three
days/week but you get to choose which days. But when you're working, you're a
full-fledged officer just like any other LAPD cop.

I was surprised to find there's no upper age limit. As long as you can
complete their abbreviated police academy, you can be a reserve. I could get
through everything with no problem except the run. I basically can't run
anymore. Which is ironic because the doc tells me it was all the running I did
in the past 25 years to keep in shape for my fed job that has turned my knees
into the wreck they are today. I could get knee replacements but that seems
like a lot of pain and expense to go through just to run again. I'm fine with
normal day-to-day walking, so I don't see the need for major surgery. And I
have a rowing machine to do cardio that doesn't impact my knees at all.

In the tv series, are the reserve officers working full time on specific
cases and when the case concludes, they are off duty with no specific
call up expected?

Haven't watched the show but in the book, they're all volunteers. It's a cold
case squad and they each pick a case out of the archives of all the old
unsolved cases and work on it. They're only required to work one day per week
but most come in more often because they're all retirees or people with
nothing else to do, so they treat it like a full-time job.