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How is the prospect of police reform impacting police departments?
Many departments report declines in applications to be an officer
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TRENTON, N.J. â Tuesday marks one year since George Floyd s murder in Minnesota.
It also marks the day President Joe Biden wanted Congress to pass comprehensive police reform.
While Biden will be meeting with the Floyd family, he will not be signing any legislation because no deal has been reached on Capitol Hill.
IMPACT OF POLICE REFORM ON POLICE
The New Jersey State Police usually has 10,000 to15,000 applications to become a member of their department in a given year. This year, only 3,600 applied.
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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.