Kate Beckett usually answers to Kate Castle (ktbecks) wrote in thedoorway,
kate | sam
Well, that will be a part of it, certainly. And really probably the toughest for you, but for all their pushing and sniping at you, it does serve a greater purpose.
It depends. For one, I'm not sure how long I'll be gone. Six weeks is standard, but I'm fortunate that the need to go back for a paycheck isn't a pressing one. I can take a longer unpaid leave, though that's something I don't think I'll decide on until the kid is here.
Rookie's are assigned to what are deemed high risk areas. Places in the borough's and upper Manhattan, usually. Patrol beats are definitely the starting point, but if you can find someone willing to teach you, they are those whom you should make friends with. That usually lasts until the next group of rookies come in, so this time next year for you, and then you can transfer anywhere but the precinct where you live.
I'd say, do your sixth months wherever they put you, make a name for yourself as a good guy who wants to do things right. If they take a likely to you, if people start talking about how you are a rising star in the PD, they'll usually give you what you like for transfers. And, if I request you after you've been kicking ass, I'm also more likely to be able to convince my Captain to put you directly into Homicide as an officer. I got tapped for the division in record time because someone saw potential and wanted to train me, but I got the post because of my work on patrol and in Vice.
Maybe in time served, but I wouldn't say you can't catch up. And you don't actually outrank me, our job difference lies in the description, the title and the pay grade but you are free to ignore any orders that any detective ever gives you. You don't work for them, you supplement their investigation by doing your job.