About 27 percent of applicants for patrol openings with the department are minorities, a healthy increase from years past, according to the report.
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The Charleston (W. Va.) Police Department has begun using social networking websites such as Twitter and MySpace as venues to recruit more black and female officers, the Charleston Gazette reports.
Charleston Officer Coleman on radar duty. Photo via Charleston PD.
About 27 percent of applicants for patrol openings with the department are minorities, a healthy increase from years past, according to the report.
The Charleston (W. Va.) Police Department has begun using social networking websites such as Twitter and MySpace as venues to recruit more black and female officers, the Charleston Gazette reports.
The department posts information such as recruting bulletins and, on its MySpace page , requirements for the physical agility test.