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🚨California's Recruiting & Retention Crisis 🚨 The Los Angeles Times wrote an article about PORAC (Peace Officers Research Association of California)'s report Police Staffing in California. If you are in the #LE profession, this isn't news but it is a critical issue: California's rural police departments are severely understaffed. Key takeaways: • Police staffing in California is at a 30-year low • Rural areas are struggling the most to recruit officers • This shortage is leading to longer response times in rural communities But here's the real kicker: While urban departments grapple with their own challenges, our rural law enforcement is facing an exodus. Why? Competitive pay, emotional toll, and negative rhetoric are just a few reasons. As law enforcement professionals, we're seeing firsthand the consequences of anti-police sentiment. It's not pretty, and it's time for change. What can we do? ▶ Support initiatives to boost officer recruitment and retention ▶ Advocate for competitive pay and benefits in rural departments ▶ Encourage high-caliber candidates to consider a career in law enforcement Our elected officials need to step up. We need the best and brightest protecting our communities, urban AND rural. #LawEnforcement #PublicSafety #RuralAmerica #PolicingCrisis #PORAC #WeArePORAC #Staffing #Police #Policing https://lnkd.in/gKdEgcWu

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The concept is quite simple, less #cops means less #officers on the streets and less to investigate #crimes. This means the criminals have many more opportunities to victimize communities without fear of apprehension or consequences. This emboldens criminals and criminal gangs to not only commit crime but to continually increase there criminal activity creating more chaos and hurting more good, law abiding community members. The stats from this article show this: - From 2010 through 2022, in the Denver the number of uniformed #police declined 15.1% as the crime rate increased 32% In order to check the criminals, you need cops and you need them to be proactive. #Patrol shifts need to be properly staffed, speciality units such as Anti-Crime, Gangs, Narcotics, and Community Safety need to be staffed and deployed, and the departments need to have a proactive philosophy to encompasses active #crimefighting with constitutional #policing and community support. Department’s that institute de-policing methods (restrict traffic enforcement, less patrol coverage, reduced or eliminated speciality units, etc.) are failing their communities. When community members, not activist or politicians, are asked, they say they do not want less police on street and in their neighborhoods. They want to feel safe and they clearly state with less police they do not feel safe. This rings true regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Coffee with a Cop, Cookies with Rookies, National Night Out, etc. are all great community outreach efforts that help develop stronger relations with individuals whom are already police supporters, they are not crime fighting strategies. What is needed in Colorado as well as throughout the United States, is more Officers, better #training (Basic Academy, inservice, and advanced), a clearly defined proactive policing mission, strong #supervisory and #command support and true #leadership with the #lawenforcement organization. International Association of Chiefs of Police Police Executive Research Forum Major Cities Chiefs Association FBI National Academy Associates, Inc. (FBINAA) FBI National Academy TEEX - Law Enforcement and Protective Services National Police Chiefs'​ Council National Policing Institute National Police Association National Sheriffs'​ Association California Police Chiefs Association California College and University Police Chiefs’ Association California State Sheriffs Association PORAC (Peace Officers Research Association of California) California Peace Officers'​ Association Police1 American Police Beat Law Enforcement Today National Tactical Officers Association National Association of Field Training Officers CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF POLICE TRAINING OFFICERS #communitysafety #publicsafety #copscountpolicematteer #policingmatters #policechief #sheriff #deputy #policeofficer https://lnkd.in/gEM9vejJ

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Drone First Response should not just be thought of in terms of situational awareness. Verbal Contact and Active intervention to save lives should be considered. https://lnkd.in/gv7NMhCu

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