Recruiting and retaining America's finest : evidence-based lessons for police workforce planning / / Jeremy M. Wilson, Bernard D. Rostker, Cha-Chi Fan.
Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes...
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| Superior document: | Rand Corporation monograph series |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rand Corporation monograph series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
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| Summary: | Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes highlighted management challenges. To facilitate comparative and longitudinal staffing analyses, ongoing national data collection is recommended. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0833051148 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Jeremy M. Wilson, Bernard D. Rostker, Cha-Chi Fan. |