Welcome to the Police Recruitment and Retention Clearinghouse
Welcome to the RAND Police Recruitment and Retention Clearinghouse. Part of the RAND Center on Quality Policing, the clearinghouse is a web-based resource that serves as a "one-stop-shop" for information about recruitment and retention specifically designed for the law enforcement community. Its purpose is to promote evidence-based personnel planning by making information on police staffing readily available for police decisionmakers in an easy to use, searchable form.
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DiscoverPolicing.org is a Web site developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to serve as a comprehensive career center for those potentially interested in pursuing a career in Law Enforcement.
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Interview with Deputy Chief James N. Owens of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Chief Owens discusses how a boost in funding affected recruitment, a simple way to save significant manpower screening recruits, and some suggestions to improve retention.
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Strategies Suggested to Address San Diego Police Officer Recruiting Shortage
The San Diego Police Department can help reduce an officer recruiting shortfall by making its recruiting materials more welcoming and leveraging its entire workforce to recruit new officers.
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Map of Criminal Justice Degrees in the U.S.
This map plots universities and colleges in the U.S. that have degree programs in criminal justice.
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Hiring in the Spirit of Service
This report by Ellen Scrivner presents findings from the Hiring in the Spirit of Service (HSS) project, a project that engages the community in recruiting and hiring service-oriented law enforcement personnel. It focuses on common themes found in the findings and offers lessons learned, best practices, and a historical overview.
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Improving Recruitment and Retention in New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina created unprecedented staffing challenges for the New Orleans Police Department. Center staff analyzed the problems and developed lessons for the City based on RAND's experience with large personnel systems.
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