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Recruitment and retention blueprint offers data-driven strategies for police agencies

The document aims to provide an interrelated system among recruitment, screening, officer accountability and promotion, and officer wellness

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By Police1 Staff

The Smart Policing Initiative, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, has released “Blueprint for Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention in the 21st Century: Principles of a Comprehensive Recruitment, Hiring, Promotion, and Retention Strategy.”

The Blueprint includes four principles with associated strategies for agencies to consider when addressing police officer recruitment and retention including:

  • Effective and equitable approaches to expand the pool of officer candidates;
  • Identification of the best candidates during screening and selection;
  • Retention of officers that reflect the values of the agency and community with accountability and promotion processes; and
  • Development of officer wellness systems to better serve officers and communities.

The document is based on proceedings from a 2022 BJA convening on the topic, contemporary research, best practice, and federal executive orders and consent decrees related to the topic. Collectively, these sources provide a comprehensive perspective on contemporary recruitment and retention issues and offer data-driven directions for future action.

See the document in full below or click here to download it from the SPI website.

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