Departments are seeing a drop in applicants, and the number of viable prospects.
Detail of a photo of Pennsylvania State Police Academy cadets being sworn-in Dec. 13, 2019, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Harrisburg.Police departments across Pennsylvania are facing a common dilemma, from big city forces to small borough departments.
Applications were due April 1; police Chief Carl Scalzo said they received 61 applicants for four open positions. The online application closes at noon on Friday, April 22. The testing is scheduled for Saturday, April 30, at Whitehall High School. More information can be found at In the first few years of the consortium, they would see more than 100 applicants, Marks said. Then it dropped to 95 applicants, Mark said, and there were 57 at the most recent testing last year.Dorney, who served as Allentown’s police chief before joining the township, said the city would see 1,000 candidates at testing in the 1990s. It started to slowly drop, hitting between 400 to 600 people.
“When I came through the department, a lot more applicants were interested in becoming police officers. I think that has taken a dive, in some respects,” Roca said. That means being on the streets, investigating crime, taking action and connecting with the community, the chief said.When you’re wearing the patch and the badge that represents law enforcement, when you do something wrong, everyone is painted with a broad brush, Dorney said.
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