Recruiting

The Police Application Problem

At SAFEGUARD Recruiting, we measure success not by impressions or clicks—but by the police applications and hires. We’ve built a […]

Law enforcement agencies continue to struggle in attracting qualified candidates. In many agencies, applications are down, vacancies are up, and

In the current first responder hiring landscape, communication speed is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. Agencies that

Here is a common frustration: An agency spends time creating a nice-looking flyer for their upcoming testing process. They post

Is it possible to solve police staffing? A police department recently told us, “We don’t have ad money.” We hear

Since 2016, 25 law enforcement agencies have gone dark, and disbanded police departments have become a reality. From Ohio to

The background investigation is the unavoidable bottleneck of public safety hiring. It is thorough, invasive, and time-consuming. It frequently takes

There is a massive disconnect in modern public safety recruiting. We use digital ads to attract a generation that spends

Headlines across the country focus on the shortage of police officers on the street and firefighters in the station. Yet,

After hundreds of police recruiting campaigns for first responders and meeting multiple police recruiting teams a week, we’ve seen just