I don’t know how the system works but according to what you say, yes, two months seem too much to me too.
But the thing is, are we doing this because it’s too hard for criminals to expunge their crimes if they wanna join a public department? Because if so, I think we should look at the expungements programs and not move to this direction.
So if we do approve this, criminals would have the opportunity to commit crimes while on citizen team, and act legal while on DPW/DOT team. This also has risks, because you give them the opportunity to switch teams while in a pursuit, or while hiding during/after a chase (which already happens with RTAA/LTAAs, but there are ways to prevent/punish most of them, something that’s not possible with team-swaps). And all for what benefits? I think the focus should be moved elsewhere in order to help criminals to become legal.