“Attracting and Maintaining a Resilient Workforce,” Product Feature, Police Chief 92, no. 2 (February 2025): 50–53.
How Personnel Management Tools Can Affect Recruitment and Retention
Since the dawn of the new decade, the policing profession has faced a dual crisis: recruitment and retention. A reflection of societal shifts and institutional challenges, the traditional allure of the profession has started to fade.
As of the summer of 2024, on average, U.S. agencies are operating at 91 percent of their authorized staffing levels.1
Only by confronting and addressing the underlying issues of the crisis can the profession begin to rebuild a resilient workforce. Adopting innovative tools that make the hiring process more effective and bring unique benefits to the agency could be the turning point.
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