Police departments across the country are facing a 'vicious cycle' of retirements, resignations, and fewer hires, according to policing experts.
April 6, 2023, 5:06 AMPolice departments across the country are facing a "vicious cycle" of retirements, resignations, and fewer hires, according to policing experts, leaving the communities they protect with understaffed departments and potentially underqualified officers.
"If you don't have enough cops, at some point, you're going to have an active shooter situation where police response is critical, and getting there a minute later could cost you 20 or 50 lives," PERF executive director Chuck Wexler said. East Cleveland Police Department, Ohio, police cars in a photo shared on their social media on Aug. 7, 2022.While the scrutiny lessens the total number of potential officers, the disincentive to pursue law enforcement due to that scrutiny can create a net positive by limiting the applicant pool to candidates who would be willing to approach the modern challenges of policing.
"[Police departments] have to send the message from the beginning of the kind of policing that they want in their community -- that they are looking for people who want to be community caretakers they want, they are looking for people that want to help communities grow and thrive," he said. That cost dilemma creates a concern for East Cleveland chief of police Brian Gerhard, who does not want his police force to become a "second-chance department."
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