![]() ![]() “We do know a more educated workforce is, you’re getting a candidate pool (that) recognizes importance of education.” The Chicago move is part of a broader trend of relaxing standards to entice more people into becoming police officers. Wexler said that not everyone who’s gone to college goes on to become a good police officer – “I know some people who’ve gone to college and they’re complete idiots, absolutely no common sense” – and there’s value in hiring older candidates with life experience who’ve been in the workforce or couldn’t go to school because they’re raising a family.īut broadly, dropping the education requirement is “worrisome,” he said. I’m not sure that’s where we are today given what we’re seeing.” “If you want to change American police culture, you need to hire the best and the brightest. “The job has become much more demanding, complicated, sophisticated in terms of technology, in terms of writing, all of the tools – judgment, decision making – all of the things we expect that translates into police officers of future,” said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum. NYPD top cop pick highlights the slow rise of female police chiefs nationwide Teresa Ewins, Danielle Outlaw, Keechant Sewell Agencies of all sizes reported an increase in retirements from 2019 to 2020, and large agencies saw the largest increase.There were 23.6% more retirements in 2021 than in 2019.Agencies of all sizes reported substantial increases in resignations from 2019 to 2021.There were 42.7% more resignations in 2021 than in 2019. ![]() According to their findings, collected from about 180 police departments of various sizes: Police departments across the country are struggling to maintain their workforces, according to recent survey data compiled by the Police Executive Research Forum. There’s a broader trend of relaxing standards “We want to look at best practices of how do we finally turn the generational problem of crime in our cities.” “We’re going to look to duplicate that in New York City and so in the brief conversation I had, I know that this is an entry way to learn from each other,” he added. “There were historical barriers that were preventing people from using life experiences to have waivers. “We’re hearing all over the country that there is a requirement problem with police officers,” he said. That move was also in response to staffing shortages.ĭuring a news conference last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams applauded Chicago’s recruitment practices after a trip to the city to meet with Mayor Lori Lightfoot. That city’s former commissioner called the lowering of standards an “ embarrassment.” New Orleans police also jettisoned a 60-hour requirement, and the education requirement for new recruits is a GED or high school diploma. ![]() Philadelphia used to require some college for officers, but changed that policy to help ease a staffing shortage. “So the catch up is really about getting the applicant pool much wider, much more experienced, and more importantly, much more diverse as we fill our vacancies,” Brown said Tuesday. At least two other big-city police departments have made similar moves in recent years. Chicago police officers won't be charged in shootings of Adam Toledo and Anthony AlvarezĪbout 3,800 people took the Chicago Police Department’s entrance exam over the four months it was offered last year, compared to as many as 22,000 in previous years.
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