evilgenius wrote:Wouldn't that just be an invitation to have right wing death squads?
Pops wrote:. I'd link to some studies showing the correlation between red states, R governors, anti-public health views and republican deaths .....
Pops wrote:Long piece in the NYT today on policing. lots of info.
I think a few stories a month are free.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/p ... lings.html
How police departments are getting creative with recruitment while dealing with staffing shortages
in the midst of *** crime wave. Stockton California's Police department was understaffed by 100 officers and the community noticed sometimes I see it one or two around, but that's kind of *** rare current new Orleans has had so much trouble recruiting officers. The city is hiring civilians to take on some of the work, such as medical calls for Police departments across the country are facing severe shortage is *** nationwide survey last year found an 18% increase in police resignations. Their retirement rate jumped 45%. The best recruiting tool that you can have. Miami police chief Manuel Morales Says filling his 60 openings has been *** challenge. There is *** what the perception of an anti police sentiment that's growing throughout the nation. That discourages some of the applicants because I've talked to some of them here in Florida. *** program to boost police recruitment, offers *** $5,000 signing voters to officers who move here from out of state. The bonus is also for recruits joining law enforcement. For the first time we want to reward people who are going into this profession in Minneapolis short, 300 officers. The City council approved *** $7000 loyalty check for staying on the force Chief Morales tries to spread the word that policing can be *** career with impact. You can go and rescue *** family from an abusive husband. You can go and save someone from the trenches of drug addiction and you can do that each and every day. But for now with high crime rates and *** tight labor market recruiting remains an uphill battle Benavidez CBS News Miami.
How police departments are getting creative with recruitment while dealing with staffing shortages
Some departments are offering hefty signing bonuses to officers who move from other states, others offer sizeable loyalty checks for staying on the force.
Violent crime has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic. At the same time, staffing at police departments has been on the decline, leaving big cities scrambling to recruit officers.In the midst of a crime wave, Stockton California’s police department was understaffed by 100 officers. New Orleans has had so much trouble recruiting officers, the city is hiring civilians to take on some of the work, CBS News reports.Police departments across the country are facing severe shortages. A nationwide survey last year from the Police Executive Research Forum found an 18% increase in police resignations. The retirement rate jumped 45%.“The best recruiting tool that you can have, word of mouth,” said Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales.It’s been a challenge for his department to fill 60 vacancies they currently have, CBS News reports.“There is the perception of an anti-police sentiment that's growing throughout the nation that discourages some of the applicants,” said Chief MoralesIn Florida, a program to boost police recruitment offers a $5,000 signing bonus for officers who move from other states. The bonus is also for recruits joining law enforcement for the first time.“We want to reward people who are going into this profession. We want to value people that are going into this profession,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.Bonuses like those in Florida are growing more common. In Minneapolis, short 300 officers, the city council approved a $7,000 loyalty check for staying on the force.Chief Morales tries to spread the word that policing can be a career with impact.“You can go and rescue a family from an abusive husband. You can go and save someone from the trenches of drug addiction. And you can do that each and every day,” he said.But for now, with high crime rates and a tight labor market, recruiting remains an uphill battle.
Violent crime has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic. At the same time, staffing at police departments has been on the decline, leaving big cities scrambling to recruit officers.
In the midst of a crime wave, Stockton California’s police department was understaffed by 100 officers. New Orleans has had so much trouble recruiting officers, the city is hiring civilians to take on some of the work, CBS News reports.
Police departments across the country are facing severe shortages. A nationwide survey last year from the Police Executive Research Forum found an 18% increase in police resignations. The retirement rate jumped 45%.
“The best recruiting tool that you can have, word of mouth,” said Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales.
It’s been a challenge for his department to fill 60 vacancies they currently have, CBS News reports.
“There is the perception of an anti-police sentiment that's growing throughout the nation that discourages some of the applicants,” said Chief Morales
In Florida, a program to boost police recruitment offers a $5,000 signing bonus for officers who move from other states. The bonus is also for recruits joining law enforcement for the first time.
“We want to reward people who are going into this profession. We want to value people that are going into this profession,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Bonuses like those in Florida are growing more common. In Minneapolis, short 300 officers, the city council approved a $7,000 loyalty check for staying on the force.
Chief Morales tries to spread the word that policing can be a career with impact.
“You can go and rescue a family from an abusive husband. You can go and save someone from the trenches of drug addiction. And you can do that each and every day,” he said.
But for now, with high crime rates and a tight labor market, recruiting remains an uphill battle.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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