Referral Programs Can Transform Your Police Hiring Strategy

Recruiting top-tier candidates for law enforcement roles is tougher than ever in today’s competitive hiring landscape. Police departments need to find individuals who are not only qualified but who also align with the core values and mission of their agency. Traditional hiring methods, like job postings and recruitment fairs, often fail to deliver recruits who […]

Innovative Strategies for Police Recruitment

As police departments across the nation face unprecedented challenges in recruitment, innovative strategies are essential for attracting qualified candidates. The Current Landscape of Police Recruitment Recruitment in law enforcement has evolved significantly over the years. Recent events, societal changes, and increasing public scrutiny have made the job less appealing to potential candidates. In light of […]

The Pitfalls and Solutions of Police Recruiting

Recruiting in law enforcement has become an increasingly challenging task. As agencies face staffing shortages, it’s essential to understand effective recruiting strategies and the common pitfalls to avoid. Here is a comprehensive look at both. Top Recruiting Pitfalls Over-Reliance on Traditional Marketing: Many agencies waste resources on flashy videos and websites that don’t translate into […]

Leverage Technology To Improve Your Police Recruiting

Law enforcement recruiting has certainly changed ion recent years and along with those changes comes technological advances. Early on, SAFEGUARD Recruiting discovered that many of their clients were tracking candidates and applicants using spreadsheets and even a white board and when the recruiting campaigns of those clients rose significantly, there was a lot of frustration […]

Supercharge Your Recruiting With A Referral Program

“We’re here to work with the departments and help them get staffed as easily as we can.” – Doug Larsen Doug Larsen, the CEO of SAFEGUARD Recruiting, doesn’t mix words when he asked who the best recruiters are for a law enforcement agency. Without hesitation, he says the agency. That may sound strange coming from […]

Retaining Generation Z Officers is the Real Crisis

Note: This article originally appeared at the excellent American Peace Officer Substack by Roland Clee. Roland will be a featured presenter at our Recruiting Seminar in Orlando later in the year. We will be announcing those details on our upcoming webinar on September 14.  You can sign up for free.

Recruiting Police Candidates Is Not Enough

I’ve written a ton on police recruiting in recent years because I believe it is the most pressing issue of the profession at any time in the last generation.   It’s pretty simple…Without the proper recruiting, the profession will slowly fade into a mediocrity that we do not want to imagine.   Much of what I have […]

Police Recruiting Is Not ‘Cool’

It is no secret that law enforcement recruiting is in the middle of a crisis. I’ve discussed what was coming for several years and while I used to spend time convincing others that our recruiting strategies must change, most are now on board.   While I applaud the agencies that are finally spending the time […]

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