Police departments bracing for staffing shortages as retirements rise amid a ‘recruiting crisis’
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Chicago police officers put up crime scene tape on Feb. 28, 2020. Law enforcement officials attribute a decline in interest in police jobs to a confluence of recent events. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS)TNS
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Across the nation, police officials and union leaders described the state of recruiting as in “crisis” mode.
“It’s the perfect storm. We are anticipating that the department is going to be understaffed by several hundred members, because hundreds of guys are either retiring or taking other jobs and leaving the department,” said Mike Neilon, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #5, the union that represents city police officers.
PHILADELPHIA â Amid growing calls for police reform and national debate over the deadly use of force, police departments are struggling to retain and attract officers, law enforcement officials say.
Across the nation, police officials and union leaders described the state of recruiting as in âcrisisâ mode.
âItâs the perfect storm. We are anticipating that the department is going to be understaffed by several hundred members, because hundreds of guys are either retiring or taking other jobs and leaving the department,â said Mike Neilon, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #5, the union that represents city police officers.
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