Today's Biggest Issues in Law Enforcement are All Related. So are Their Solutions.

Regardless of size or location, police departments and sheriff's offices across the country all share three common concerns: recruitment and retention, morale and burnout, and community trust and citizen satisfaction. As top brass struggle to identify which issue should be addressed first and with what strategy, even the savviest and most experienced administrators fail to recognize that their issues all have a common solution.

How this profession is portrayed to the public affects who applies. Who applies dictates who is hired. Who is hired affects organizational culture. Organizational culture determines morale and burnout. Morale and burnout affect how the public perceives their agency. Perception affects public trust. And the cycle starts all over again.

So how do law enforcement agencies break the cycle? It's simple. If nothing changes, nothing changes. And if there's one thing that hasn't changed in law enforcement in a constantly evolving world, it's recruitment.

While many law enforcement agencies have been intentional about diversifying their ranks by implementing hiring initiatives that encourage women and people of color to apply, even the strategies for identifying these prospective applicants are part of the same, tired recruitment method that every year proves to be less effective.

Law enforcement agencies need a revolutionary recruitment strategy to break through the current retention and recruitment crisis. Once this is addressed, agencies will be shocked by the ease with which the other issues plaguing police and sheriff's departments across the country will subside.

Does your agency need a recruitment and retention shake up? Police Legitimacy Solutions, LLC specializes in assisting agencies of all sizes and jurisdictions with addressing their recruitment and retention woes. An assessment of your agency's current way of attracting (and keeping) dynamic officers might no longer be working. Book your free Recruitment and Retention kick off call HERE.