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Mensah M. Dean, Julie Shaw and Vinny Vella
Philadelphia Police officers cross a road on the east side of Philadelphia City Hall on April 15, heading to the Criminal Justice Center. Police in Philly and beyond are struggling with a shortage of police recruits and a surge in retirements.
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PHILADELPHIA Amid growing calls for police reform and national debate over the deadly use of force, police departments in Philadelphia and beyond are struggling to retain and attract officers, law enforcement officials say.
Across the region and the nation, police officials and union leaders described the state of recruiting as in “crisis” mode. ....

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Police faces see recruitment struggles, surge in retirements


Police faces see recruitment struggles, surge in retirements
MENSAH M. DEAN, JULIE SHAW and VINNY VELLA, The Philadelphia Inquirer
May 1, 2021
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PHILADELPHIA (AP)
Amid growing calls for police reform and national debate over the deadly use of force, police departments in Philadelphia and beyond are struggling to retain and attract officers, law enforcement officials say.
Across the region and 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. ....

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