Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop.
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police.
Our friends across the border in Shreveport have been struggling to recruit police officers and the Caddo Sheriff tells KEEL News he has been having trouble finding officers who want to serve.
Shreveport is down by about 100 officers and only 29 folks have qualified to be in the next academy class. The Caddo Sheriff s Office is down by at least 75 deputies according to Sheriff Steve Prator. But they are not the only community facing this problem.
The Associated Press reports this is a national problem:
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop. And amid the national reckoning on policing, communities are questioning who should become a police officer today.
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop.