Recruiting Articles
Website Recruiting…Is It Possible?
There are many companies making a lot of promises to law enforcement agencies about what a website can do for them. While a professional website is no doubt important, many are confused as to what purpose the site should be used for. SAFEGUARD Recruiting has spent...
DOJ Issues Police Recruiting Guidelines
This week the Department of Justice issues an exhaustive report on police recruiting and retention titled “Recruitment and Retention for the Modern Law Enforcement Agency.” The report comes after the agency met with various stakeholders to discuss the ongoing crisis...
Retaining Generation Z Officers is the Real Crisis
Note: This article originally appeared at the excellent American Peace Officer Substack by Roland Clee. Roland will be a featured presenter at our Recruiting Seminar in Orlando later in the year. We will be announcing those details on our upcoming webinar on September...
Recruiting Police Candidates Is Not Enough
I’ve written a ton on police recruiting in recent years because I believe it is the most pressing issue of the profession at any time in the last generation. It’s pretty simple…Without the proper recruiting, the profession will slowly fade into a mediocrity that we do...
How To ‘Fact Check’ Your Recruiting Campaign
I've spent quite a bit of time in the last year writing on police recruiting and the reason is simple. If law enforcement does not get this right, no amount of leadership or tactics or anything else will matter. The profession will continue a steep decline into abject...
Police Recruiting Is Not ‘Cool’
It is no secret that law enforcement recruiting is in the middle of a crisis. I’ve discussed what was coming for several years and while I used to spend time convincing others that our recruiting strategies must change, most are now on board. While I applaud the...
How to Start Social Media Recruiting for Law Enforcement
When it comes to using social media for recruiting, law enforcement has been a bit behind compared to other industries. Officers love social media, it helps them stay connected with loved ones while away for work. Yet, departments are afraid to implement any type of...
Police Recruiting With Social Media
As I have previously discussed, law enforcement actually practicing recruiting is a new phenomenon. Until recent years, there were always more qualified candidates than openings and while agencies typically “recruited,” the efforts had more to do with marketing their...
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Police Recruiting Is Not ‘Cool’
It is no secret that law enforcement recruiting is in the middle of a crisis. I’ve discussed what was coming for several years and while I used to spend time convincing others that our recruiting strategies must change, most are now on board. While I applaud the...