Recruitment and Retention: Strategies and Solutions

Deputy Chief Emada Tingirides, who oversees the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) Bureau will discuss the importance of being visible within the community. She will discuss the several programs that have had great success such as the Girl Scout Troop in Watts, the Watts Rams football team, CSP officer engagement, and a prom exchange program.

Captain Aaron McCraney, Recruitment and Employment Division will discuss the Departments focused effort on recruiting within the communities served in Los Angeles. Its starts with building relationships with our most vulnerable communities. He will also discuss the Candidate Advancement Program (CAP) which assists applicants prior to the police academy in the area of physical fitness. Recruiting and retaining qualified applicants is essential to the profession of law enforcement in this country. For the past, several years the LAPD has achieved several milestones towards hiring qualified women. (https://30x30initiative.org/). He will also be discussing the new mentorship program where an employee is paired up with a police recruit in the testing phase and while in the academy.

Lieutenant Julie Rodriguez will discuss the importance of being intentionally visible on social media. She will provide visual examples of what the Department has produced. She will discuss ways to retain employees with opportunities for internal advancement. With the help of career development and several affinity groups Zoom presentations and mock orals have shown great success in assisting employees in their quest for promotion. It is important for all employees to have a fair and equitable opportunity for advancement. While the LAPD is larger than most agencies, this group of leaders has taken an approach for recruitment, retention, and advancement that can be used no matter the size of the agency.