Tag: Hiring Initiatives: Page 8

Training

Maine State Police Face Trooper Shortage

The Maine State Police have 27 openings for troopers and expect 40 more to retire in 2011, which will leave the agency with the most openings in more than 20 years.

November 6, 2010

Patrol

Obama Administration Denies NYPD Federal Funds to Hire More Cops

The NYPD will get no green from Washington to put more men in blue on our streets. For the second year in a row, the Obama administration has denied the nation's largest police force federal funds to hire more cops.

September 30, 2010

Training

More Than 3,000 Apply For Police Jobs With Ohio Agency

The Dayton (Ohio) PD accepted more than 3,000 applications for its upcoming recruit class to achieve a more diverse force by 2012 to meet the terms of a federal consent decree.

September 12, 2010

Training

Rochester Police Struggle to Recruit Minorities

Rochester Police Chief David Moore has said his department has struggled to recruit more black and other minority officers.

April 3, 2010

Training

Indiana State Police Now Filling Recruit Class

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, between the ages of 21 and 40, have vision correctable to 20/50, possess a valid driver's license, and have a high-school diploma or GED.

February 24, 2010

Training

Houston PD's Mounted Unit

The Houston Police Department has one of the largest mounted patrol units in the country. Learn about it in this police recruitment video from Houston PD.

December 10, 2009

Training

Atlanta PD Recruits New Officers in Economically Downtrodden Ohio

To help fill 150 jobs with more seasoned officers, the Atlanta Police Department is heading to Ohio, an industrial state that's been hit hard by the economic downturn, WXIA.com reports.

September 29, 2009

Training

Dallas PD Heads to El Paso To Hire Spanish Speakers

Officers from the Dallas Police Department headed to El Paso this weekend to recruit "borderland" officers to fight crime in the northern Texas metropolis, KFOX reports.

September 26, 2009

Training

800 Recruits Test for Las Vegas Patrol Jobs

About 800 candidates hoping to patrol the streets of Las Vegas took written tests for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department this week, the Mercery News reports.

September 2, 2009

Training

Charleston PD Recruits Blacks and Women Using Social Media

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.

August 23, 2009

Training

Atlanta Police Host Job Fairs To Find 150 Recruits

The Atlanta Police Department hosted a job fair and testing on Tuesday, hiring to fill the next two academy classes for 2009, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

August 18, 2009

Patrol

U.S. Will Provide $1 Billion to Hire Cops

The federal government will give $1 billion in economic stimulus funds to law enforcement agencies in every state to pay for the hiring and re-hiring of officers, Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder announced.

July 28, 2009