Officers from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and other South Florida agencies are working the beaches this month trying to interest spring breakers in law enforcement careers.
Fort Lauderdale Police, along with Miramar Police, and Broward Sheriff’s Office are looking for applicants to join their agencies, WSVN reports.
“So nationally, police agencies are seeing a downturn in incoming applications. It’s not really a problem we’re having, but it is certainly something that we can work to address and increase the amount of applicants we get,” said Fort Lauderdale Police Department Chief Bill Schultz.
Police officers were seen handing out Frisbee discs and sunglasses to beachgoers as an attempt to talk to them about their recruitment efforts as they take advantage of the high amount of college-aged spring breakers in town.
“How often are you going to get this many of thousands of college students, from around the world, in your own backyard and potentially have a workforce pool?” said Schultz.
