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Training
PERF Report: Policing Profession Facing a Hiring Crisis
The Police Executive Research Forum recently released a report saying that the police profession is in a hiring crisis.
September 26, 2019
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 Police Union Slams Mayor for Offering Up to $25K Hiring Bonus for Officers
Mayor Jenny Durkan, who is not seeking a second term, issued an executive order Friday creating an immediate incentive program for the hiring of 911 dispatchers and police officers, citing a "civil emergency" as staffing shortages have worsened with the onset of the vaccine mandate.
November 1, 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
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
Portland Settles with DOJ Over Police Use of Force
A key part of the judge's approval: The city must give him annual updates of its progress in carrying out the reforms, which could take as long as five years. The city and police union had objected to the annual check-ins, but a community group said they were necessary to hold the city and police accountable.
September 3, 2014
Patrol
VT City That Defunded Police Now Paying Officers to Stay
In the 14 months since, the Burlington Police Department has dropped from around 90 officers, when the resolution was passed, to under 70 today. This is largely thanks, officials say, to cops leaving for higher-paying jobs in other departments or retiring earlier than expected.
September 30, 2021
Training
Black Officers Claim Hiring Discrimination In Syracuse
In a federal lawsuit, three black Syracuse police officers claim racial discrimination in promotion and hiring practices by the department.
February 28, 2012
Training
NYPD Commissioner, Mayor Turn Down Hiring 1,000 Officers
NYPD top cop Bill Bratton rejected the City Council’s proposal to hire 1,000 new officers - saying he’d rather have the money to give police officers raises - while his boss Mayor de Blasio also shot down the idea.
April 24, 2014
Patrol
Chicago to Train Officers, Dispatchers in Crisis Intervention
Five years after closing six of the city’s 12 mental health clinics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is stepping up crisis intervention training for Chicago Police officers and 911 operators to improve the city’s response to emergencies involving people suffering from mental illness.
February 2, 2016
Training
City Committee Tells LAPD To Stop Hiring Officers
A city budget committee has asked the Los Angeles Police Department to stop hiring officers at least until January, as part of an effort to eliminate a $405 million budget shortfall, the Los Angeles Times reports.
October 5, 2009
Patrol
Philadelphia to Start Hiring Unarmed, Unsworn Traffic Enforcement Officers
In March of 2020, Mayor Jim Kenney committed $1.9 million in funding to the Philadelphia Police Department to create a class of about 20 ​​Public Safety Enforcement officers. But officials hit pause on the plan last year, blaming the pandemic. At that time, officials hoped the officers would roll out this year.
October 18, 2021
Command
San Francisco Voters to Decide on Hiring of More Officers
If the voters approve a future tax to supply additional revenue to fund the cost of employing more full-duty sworn officers, then the city will set a minimum staffing number for the next five years.
November 29, 2023
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
BART Officers Lack Crisis Training, Chief Says
The chief of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police department told state legislators this week that only a fraction of his officers have been trained in crisis intervention methods that would help them deal with people who are mentally ill.
September 29, 2011
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
Patrol
Costco Giving Officers Priority Access to Stores During the Coronavirus Crisis
Health care workers, police officers, firefighters, EMTs, and other first responders will be moved to the front of any line to enter a Costco warehouse, the company said on its website.
April 8, 2020
Patrol
Feds Fund Hiring of 1,000 Local Officers
The DOJ's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) office awarded the grants to 238 law enforcement agencies and municipalities. The awards will create or help preserve 1,021 sworn law enforcement positions.
September 28, 2011
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