Small Indiana Department Seeks to Double Number of Sworn Officers
A small town of just less than 4,000 citizens northeast of Indianapolis is seeking to double the number of sworn police officers in coming months.
February 12, 2020
A small town of just less than 4,000 citizens northeast of Indianapolis is seeking to double the number of sworn police officers in coming months.
February 12, 2020
The Wichita (KS) Police Department has a total of 12 female recruits in its latest academy class—the most women ever in a single recruiting round—up from eight women in last year's batch of would-be WPD officers.
January 16, 2020
The Sacramento Police Department has waived the requirement for a college degree for recruits who are veterans of the United States military.
November 21, 2019
The Police Executive Research Forum recently released a report saying that the police profession is in a hiring crisis.
September 26, 2019
The civil service authority in Aurora, CO, has changed its policy, making citizenship no longer a requirement to work for that city's police and fire departments.
September 20, 2019
While agencies across the United States struggle to attract qualified recruit candidates, the Dallas Police Department welcomed 82 new recruits on Wednesday—the largest recruiting class in the department's storied history.
September 20, 2019
Incentives to keep officers from leaving will include striking unsubstantiated complaints from personnel records in a "clear my card" program.
September 13, 2019
POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie sits down with Below 100 Executive Director Roy Bethge to discuss the recruiting and retention crisis in law enforcement and some ways to solve it.
August 30, 2019
The San Jose (CA) Police Department recently hosted a recruitment event targeting female candidates.
August 21, 2019
On July 12, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Department of Justice in the City of Los Angeles v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, lifting the nationwide injunction on COPS Hiring Program and the Microgrants.
July 17, 2019
The Dallas Police Department has the potential to make a small dent in its staffing shortfall with the graduation of as many as 65 police academy cadets, if everyone in the current class makes the cut.
July 11, 2019
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
According to Military Times, North Dakota National Guard struck a deal recently with the North Dakota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to offer certain military police officers a partial training waiver as they attempt to join law enforcement.
June 5, 2019
Portland, OR, police are struggling to fill officer vacancies as recruits wash out during probation at about double the rate they have in the past
March 13, 2019
Killeen Police Chief Charles Kimble believes that the change in shift structure will attract more potential recruits as the agency struggles to find qualified—and interested—candidates.
February 26, 2019