Although these range of activities are essential to improving trust and building lasting relationships, real engagement doesn’t stop at conversation. It entails giving citizens a say in law enforcement issues and the policing of their communities.
The call for diversity is taking hold in recruitment in the law enforcement arena, where the positive impacts of this trend have far-reaching positive implications for both the departments in question and the communities they serve.
As baby boomers head for retirememt causing rapid agency attrition for the next 5 years, millennials will become the largest generation in the US labor force. Find out how agencies across the U.S will need to recruit and retain this new generation.
Media outlets have influenced police recruitment policies at every level of law enforcement, including federal, state and municipal jurisdictions. Sensational allegations of improper use of deadly force often go viral in a matter of hours, regardless of their merit.