Daily News | D.C.’s police department is recruiting in Philly, offering a $20k hiring bonus. The Philadelphia Police Department isn’t worried
“Money is only a portion of it,” added McCoy. “People have to be willing to relocate, they have to be willing to uproot their lives for a new environment, and then obviously, start a new career.”
Maria “Maki” Haberfeld, a professor of police science and department chair at John Jay College, said she wouldn’t be so confident. A significant bonus in a comparable job could be enticing to applicants. It’s why Haberfield contends that yearslong recruitment struggles should make larger police departments reconsider how they use the police officers they do have.
“At any given moment a police officer faces hundreds of members of the community,” she said. “So we know that it’s not about the ability of this one officer to contain and achieve compliance from 200 to 300 members of the community, it’s about whether or not the officer is respected enough to achieve the compliance.”
PPD has started to take on some of that work. A recent arbitration agreement between the city and the police union allows the department toNot wanting to be left behind, PPD is slated to reconsider using television, radio, and billboards to recruit in neighboring New Jersey, Delaware, and Philly suburbs now that the residency requirement has been lifted.
McCoy said though the outreach will go beyond city limits, the department will continue to focus on finding diverse local hires ahead of the new year.
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