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April 2020

Recruitment & Retention

 *Special Issue: 2020 Buyers’ Guide* 

GUEST EDITOR: Andrey Pankov

Law enforcement agencies worldwide face increased challenges in recent years when it comes to recruiting (and retaining) highly qualified candidates. With budget constraints, negative publicity, and new generations entering the workforce, agencies are seeking new recruiting strategies to draw qualified applicants to public safety while also increasing the diversity of their forces.  

Articles

  • Maximizing the Benefits of College Interns

    By Christopher Kriner, Detective Sergeant, Old Lycoming Township Police Department; Justin C. Medina, PhD, Assistant Professor, Lycoming College; and Lori Patterson, Associate Director for Career Advising and Student Development, Lycoming College, Pennsylvania
    Internship arrangements between a college or university and a police agency create the potential for a wide range of opportunities that can be mutually beneficial for the students, university, and the...

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  • Assessing the Value of Evidence

    By Anne Li Kringen, PhD, Associate Professor, University of New Haven, Connecticut
    Police departments in the United States face substantial staffing issues resulting from attrition and increased competition for qualified individuals to fill vacancies. As a result, many police depart...

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  • Four Steps to Bring More Women into Policing

    By Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, PhD, Associate Professor, and Rachael M. Rief, Research Assistant, University of Nebraska Omaha
    While the number of women in the field of policing drastically increased from about the 1980s to 1990s, growth has stalled in the last couple of decades....

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  • Creating a Culture of Success

    By Jocelyn Francis, MPA, Administrative Services Manager, Pacific Grove Police Department, California
    Ready or not, it is expected that, by 2025, millennials will make up 75 percent of the workforce across all industries. In addition to the influx of millennials, the next group, Generation Z (Gen Z or...

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