While the Pennsylvania State Police force is seeing increased interest from people wanting to become troopers, many suburban and rural departments in Western Pennsylvania are facing a challenge trying to attract new officers. Last year, Murrysville received 18 applications from people interested in becoming police officers for the municipality —
Twenty-six cadets who graduated Monday from the police academy at Westmoreland County Community College shouldn’t have trouble finding jobs. “You look around and every department is — I mean, I get constant phone calls about,‘What’s your graduating class? Can we come in and do a recruiting effort?’ ” said Police Academy