President’s Message: Partnering to Address Recruitment & Retention
Police agencies across the globe are struggling to recruit, hire, and retain police officers. For years now, we’ve seen news stories and statistics about how the profession is seeing an exodus of officers—departments are suffering personnel shortages, agencies are having difficulty recruiting candidates, and departments are relaxing policies and offering incentives to help lure people into the profession. Though agency-specific needs depend on size or locale, the difficulty with recruitment is a significant problem that is broadly affecting the policing profession on a global scale.
