04-04-2024Quote:
From Tacoma News Tribune:
They’re on billboards and on the backs of buses. They were at booths at the McChord Air Expo and the Tall Ships Tacoma festival. Local law enforcement agencies are saturating the area with their message – “We are hiring now!” – in continued efforts to fill their ranks.
With the competition for applicants remaining intense, recruiters have altered their tactics and put money into incentive packages and advertising campaigns.
“It’s a regionwide problem as well as a national dilemma,” said Tacoma police Lt. Corey Darlington, who works in the department’s hiring unit. “Like many other agencies, we are finding it a challenge to fill police officer positions.”
Overall, the agencies are filling openings but are still losing ground.
Several agencies talked last weekend to men and women attending the McChord air show, which attracted more than 377,000 people. Tacoma police officers handed out 1,000 recruiting packets over the two days from their spot in Hangar No. 3.
“This has probably been our biggest career fair in the last three years,” Tacoma police Sgt. Dwayne Joseph said. “It was huge. We’ve never gone through that much material before.”
He’s already received a handful of e-mails and phone calls from people who picked up the information. That’s the kind of return agencies are looking for.
Here’s how Tacoma police, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and Washington State Patrol are working to fill their vacancies.
Police agencies step up recruiting efforts | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA
From Tacoma News Tribune:
They’re on billboards and on the backs of buses. They were at booths at the McChord Air Expo and the Tall Ships Tacoma festival. Local law enforcement agencies are saturating the area with their message – “We are hiring now!” – in continued efforts to fill their ranks.
With the competition for applicants remaining intense, recruiters have altered their tactics and put money into incentive packages and advertising campaigns.
“It’s a regionwide problem as well as a national dilemma,” said Tacoma police Lt. Corey Darlington, who works in the department’s hiring unit. “Like many other agencies, we are finding it a challenge to fill police officer positions.”
Overall, the agencies are filling openings but are still losing ground.
Several agencies talked last weekend to men and women attending the McChord air show, which attracted more than 377,000 people. Tacoma police officers handed out 1,000 recruiting packets over the two days from their spot in Hangar No. 3.
“This has probably been our biggest career fair in the last three years,” Tacoma police Sgt. Dwayne Joseph said. “It was huge. We’ve never gone through that much material before.”
He’s already received a handful of e-mails and phone calls from people who picked up the information. That’s the kind of return agencies are looking for.
Here’s how Tacoma police, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department and Washington State Patrol are working to fill their vacancies.
Police agencies step up recruiting efforts | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA
However, it boggles the mind why anyone would want to be like me, when I want to be like you!