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Training
ILEETA 2023: Trainers Speak Out on Effects of Lowering Hiring Standards
The interwoven problems of staffing shortages and lowering hiring standards have a profound impact on law enforcement training and trainers. It's unsurprising then that during ILEETA 2023, the topic was discussed at length.
March 27, 2023
Patrol
Law Enforcement Agencies Relaxing Hiring Standards
Police departments are relaxing age-old standards for accepting recruits, from lowering educational requirements to forgiving some prior drug use, to try to attract more people to their ranks.
November 15, 2016
Patrol
3 Powerful Chicago Aldermen Push for Relaxed Police Hiring Standards
Chicago's most powerful alderman joined forces Wednesday with chairmen of the City Council's Black and Hispanic Caucuses in demanding that candidates with minor drug and criminal offenses be allowed to become Chicago Police officers.
December 14, 2016
Command
Chicago Inspector General Questions High Attrition Rate for Black Police Applicants
The report said the Chicago Police Department needs to reevaluate its hiring practices for bias and “assess whether the tests and standards at each stage validly select for job-relevant skills and abilities.”
July 8, 2021
Patrol
The De-Policing Crisis
Even after lowering the hiring standards, many agencies can't fill their ranks. In some cities it's common for detectives and other plainclothes personnel to be sent out in uniform on patrol. In some jurisdictions it's not unusual for patrol units to field 50% of their allocated officers because they just don't have enough people to do the job.
January 3, 2020
Training
Facing Officer Shortage Portland Chief Relaxes Education Standards for Recruits
The bureau has 128 officer vacancies and hasn’t been able to fill them as fast as veterans are retiring, with another large wave of retirements expected in August 2020.
June 21, 2019
Training
Oregon Training Rules Could Prevent Portland from Hiring More Officers
The state requires that all new officers go to the state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, and the academies the officers are required to complete are held at certain times with limited enrollment.
December 1, 2021
Patrol
Newsom Signs California Officer Misconduct Law, Raises Hiring Age to 21
The Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training would first review a local agency’s investigation into the officer’s behavior and determine if another probe is necessary. An advisory board made up of two law enforcement representatives, six members of the community and an attorney could also be recruited to analyze the facts and offer a disciplinary recommendation.
September 30, 2021
Training
Atlanta Police Dispute Claim of Lowering Standards for Recruits
"In 2021, we hired 122 recruits -- this during a time we were seeing a nationwide decrease in police applications," the department wrote on Facebook.
January 7, 2022
Patrol
Reconciling the Duality of Defunding the Police and Demanding Higher Standards
The public, the press, and the political elites make all sorts of noise about wanting the very best of the best from the police. This legitimate desire—demand, even—is at least in part delegitimized when it comes from the same people who have vilified and eviscerated the police for the past half-decade.
January 6, 2023
Careers
We Don't Need to Relax Recruit Fitness Standards, We need to Prepare Candidates Better
Fitness standards should not be lowered to accommodate anyone, male or female. The job is the job, and the physical requirements are the same for men and women officers.
August 25, 2014
Patrol
Addressing the "Hiring Crisis" in Law Enforcement
Investments in Explorer programs, Police Athletic Leagues, Teen Cadet Academies, summer internship programs, and other initiatives that benefit kids can pay untold dividends down the road.
September 27, 2019
Patrol
Seattle Announces Police Reforms
Pre-empting a meeting with Department of Justice officials, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn on Thursday proposed a series of police reforms in response to a damning federal report that came after several high-profile incidents involving minorities.
March 29, 2012
Training
Oakland Councilwoman Wants Police to Lower Written Test Standard for Recruits to Achieve More Officer Diversity
The Oakland PD written exam is already “scored on a curve” and counts any score of 45 or above as passing. The Oakland PD said holding 45 as the lowest passing score provides assurances that applicants “are somewhat above minimally qualified and thus more prepared to succeed in the academy, field training and as a police officer.”
October 19, 2015
Training
Baltimore Police Union Calls for Better Training for Recruits
The president of the local police union in Baltimore on Monday thanked a police academy legal instructor for voicing concerns about the preparedness of new recruits who received guns and badges over the weekend, saying the "training deficiencies that he exposed are real and should, by no means, be allowed to continue."
February 6, 2018
Technology
MSAB joins CASE Initiative on Digital Forensic Standards
The CASE Initiative began in 2015 at the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). The standard was released as open source in 2017 and its adoption grew following a meeting at Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. The primary motivation for CASE is interoperability—to advance the exchange of cyber-investigation information between tools and organizations.
June 28, 2018
Special Units
New Standards Simplify Glove Selection for Cops
The International Safety Equipment Association has published an updated standard for hand protection that helps users make better-informed decisions about which gloves are best for which tasks.
February 2, 2006
Patrol
Standards to Help Guide Buying of Protective Equipment
Newly adopted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) standards for first-responder equipment and radiation detectors provide state and local governments with guidelines to ensure that they purchase the best available gear for public safety and counter-terrorism personnel.
May 12, 2004
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