I used to work down in Lane county.
Springtucky is fun. More meth than anything. They built their own jail.
And watch the movie “spun”. It was filmed in springtucky and accurate.
It’s a different feel from the hippies on UofO.
I've been all over Oregon South of Portland. Visited some 20 times testing to lateral to a PD that would take me back in the early 2000s. Even after acing the written and physicals I often was greeted with "oh, you're from California" during the oral boards. I once drove 1000 miles to test for Florence and they asked me how serious I was about the job. They were very excited when I told them I drove 1000 miles for that one test and interview. I was golden until they asked me where I was from and looked at my paperwork. Yeah.....
Tested or applied with various Counties, South Bend, Florence, Eugene, Medford, Eagle Point, Grants Pass DPS, just to name a few.
Retrospect being what it is....I'm glad things turned out the way they did.
My mother lived in the outskirts of Grants Pass for a time so sometimes I had a home base when visiting. Once or twice....
Once met an Officer from Central Point who lateraled from an agency local to where I lived. (Neighboring city) We knew a lot of the same people Since I proctored at their academy for a few years. Too bad they weren't hiring at the time. Central Point was one of my top five agencies I wanted into.
On a side note, Ashland was ridiculous. Pay was crap and they expected degrees from recruits.
By the time I was done with Oregon I had received a conditional offer with Jefferson and Douglas Counties. Shortly after I turned them down the recession hit and they laid a bunch of deputies off.
