Video: San Jose PD Struggling to Fill Ranks
Luring applicants to the San Jose (CA) Police Department is becoming an increasing challenge, especially with roughly 50 police agencies around the South Bay that are also hiring.
Luring applicants to the San Jose (CA) Police Department is becoming an increasing challenge, especially with roughly 50 police agencies around the South Bay that are also hiring.
The current San Jose police academy started on Friday and only has seven recruits, NBC Bay Area reports. Officials have been working on trying to bolster San Jose's understaffed police force and are now ramping up efforts to attract more recruits.
"Our priority right now is recruiting," said Lt. Heather Randol, SJPD's recruitment commander. "It's important for us to expand our efforts and really start building up those academy classes."
The San Jose Police Department is rethinking almost everything when it comes to recruiting, even taking part of the hiring exams on the road as well.
The mobile hiring exams allow a candidate to take part in the required written, agility and oral exams at home, rather than having to fly to San Jose.
"It hasn't been easy," Randol said. "As people can see from our small academy sizes, recruiting in San Jose and across the country has been very difficult."
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