Okay, you guys are smarter than me....

If it were me, I'd set up a meeting between all three and have them hammer it out be it in person or a conference call. Stay on them until it gets paid. But don't shell out yourself.

Skinhat?

Edited by *Stealth* - 13 May 2013 at 2:14pm

Soooo, exactly what did the department think "sponsor" meant?????

Welcome to public service....promise the moon, and then forget the cheese (ask someone on the force the definition of 'cheese', then you will get it.)

Your options are few, you have the bag in hand, empty of course, and the department will not be in a hurry to put anything in it, nature of small town politics, someone somewhere forgot to ask someone to do something somewhere else.

Having dealt with VA delays in payments to college for myself and step-kids, they don't want to hear it, you need a formal 'letter' generated based on your understanding of the original offer, go to the city/county funding organization (county or city council will usually work). MY guess is you are out another 2K and need to pray you get reimbursed after this fiasco is settled.

Whelp, I rattled the balls out of some cages.

I contacted a very close friend of mine who works in the accounts office at another college, and he not only gave me some advice, but HE called the college as well.

I emailed the lady in the SA office, and she didn't bother to reply to me, just send my email along to one of the advisers there who is setting up a meeting with me and one of the academy directors to discuss the matter. Two members of our department have contacted the office as well.

On an interesting note, I found my copy of the hand-written notes that the chief took when she was on the phone with someone, which clearly state $2100 for sworn.
AND a copy of the letter that the department had me sign stating that I acknowledged that I was sworn and sponsored, and would be responsible for the costs of the academy....which based on those notes...was $2100.

So, I'm not going into this meeting unarmed. My only fear is, that since one of the academy directors is going to be there, that they're setting me up for failure since as a recruit I'm not going to come out and argue with one of the people who holds my future at the academy in his hands. I don't know if thats what it'll come to, but they may know that if he starts to put a bit of weight on me, I'm going to have to squirm.

The kicker is, that I'm fighting this fight for three of us, and the other two are completely mute on the matter. One shut up and paid is, and the other is scrambling around to find the funds so SHE can pay it too without getting into trouble. I'm the only one left saber rattling, and its becoming a matter of principal more than money.

Onward.

usafpilot07 wrote: The costs of ya'lls academy in general shocks me. I can't believe they charge sponsored recruits anything other than uniform costs.  Hope it all works out for you though Reb.

Since its college tuition for a 30 credit hour course, therein lies the major cost.
Atop of that though, are the uniform and gear expenditures, which ran close to $500.

Phase II can get expensive too, depending on the department. Some departments will issue a firearm, I had to buy mine (subject to reimbursement after hiring) And you need a vest ($$$, but I was given one.)

Did I mention the 1500 rounds of ammo for practice/qualification?

Yeah, it all stacks up, but the help you guys gave me in the beginning, and the gear/ammo that I was given by family and friends on the job ate a lot of my additional cost. 

They supply ammo for training? That's awesome. Our department can't even supply the ammo for us, its all out of pocket...hell it took them over a YEAR to requisition service ammo. I think right now for Phase 2, I have more ammo ready for me than my sponsoring department even has. But again, I lucked out with my uh...contact being able to give me most of what I need, although he's holding it for me for now. I don't need it, and I don't want that much ammo stacked in the house for right now.

We also need a bunch of shotgun ammunition which I need to start buying. Thankfully, the dept. is going to loan us the shotgun we need because I told them flat out that I wasn't buying one like I did the sidearm, that was just moronic.

impulse418 wrote: 1,500 rounds is a lot to store?

In NY, its probably a Class D Felony.

horray.

Reb Cpl wrote: impulse418 wrote: 1,500 rounds is a lot to store? In NY, its probably a Class D Felony.

Good job Reb.