Matt Cobb

Full list of Matt Cobb results

• Examining police recruit marijuana use criteria

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  Should the ever-increasing list of states becoming more lenient on marijuana alter our hiring criteria?

• Everyone is a recruiter

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  Next time roll call complains about manpower, challenge each officer to find one applicant to take the test this year

• How lateral thinking can help you hire cops

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  If good officers are leaving your agency, find better ones from other departments

• Setting the record straight on law enforcement retention

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  Are officers really leaving your agency in droves?

• Why agencies must continue recruitment during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  Total cessation of hiring during this national emergency is shortsighted, and possibly a grave mistake

• How to recruit at colleges and military bases (it’s not what you think)

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  It’s time to ditch career fairs and start developing relationships

• How to develop a police recruiting presentation that works

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  If your agency is spearheading recruiting initiatives by emphasizing employment disqualifiers, it’s time to evolve

• 20 police recruitment tips for 2020

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  Recruiting best practices your agency should consider implementing this year

• How results-driven recruiting will help your agency hire cops

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  The first thing police departments should do in 2020 is start using data to measure the success of recruitment initiatives

• How a police department is taking an all-hazards approach to recruitment and retention

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  With recruitment failing to keep up with attrition, the City of Topeka and the Topeka Police Department had to think outside of the box