Women's studies Understanding barriers that affect recruiting and retaining female police officers| A mixed method approach TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY - SAN MARCOS Joycelyn Pollock KringenAnne LiWomen are underrepresented in policing, and research has demonstrated that police departments must engage in active...
Exploring is a program of the Boy Scouts of America; it is for both male and female teenagers interested in law enforcement. The nearly 3,000 local posts in the United States are sponsored mostly by law enforcement agencies. Career academies are high school career-focused programs structured as...
Key highlights on recruitment efforts being used by State and local law enforcement to improve recruiting and hiring of quality personnel include newspaper ads, career fairs, the Internet, and individual police programs (i.e., college internships, explorer programs, and school resource officers). Ap...
Seven focus groups of sworn female ( n =15) and minority ( n =23) state police officers from a mid-south state police agency are organized to provide insight into diversity recruiting challenges and strategies. We conducted thematic analysis to isolate the themes from the ...
Police Recruiting Campaign Targets Ethnic MinoritiesBRITAIN'S FIRST national police recruitment campaign, costing pounds 7m, is to begin this month in an attempt to boost the number of beat officers and encourage more ethnic minority and female candidates.Jason Bennetto Crime Correspondent...
inundated with applications to join following the lifting of a recruitment freeze.The first new police recruits in Durham for three years are now taking to the streets as they go out on patrol for the first time.The 10 officers - five male, five female - joined Durham Constabulary in ...