Recruiting and Retaining America's Finest Evidence-Based Lessons for Police Workforce Planning

Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes...

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Main Author: Wilson, Jeremy M. (auth)
Other Authors: Rostker, Bernard D. (auth), Fan, Cha-Chi (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2010
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