03740nam 2200625 a 450 991022009750332120230725030536.00-8330-5114-8(CKB)2670000000066327(EBL)669767(OCoLC)701719677(SSID)ssj0000472622(PQKBManifestationID)11280654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472622(PQKBWorkID)10434394(PQKB)10397789(Au-PeEL)EBL669767(CaPaEBR)ebr10440621(MiAaPQ)EBC669767(EXLCZ)99267000000006632720100830d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRecruiting and retaining America's finest[electronic resource] evidence-based lessons for police workforce planning /Jeremy M. Wilson, Bernard D. Rostker, Cha-Chi FanSanta Monica, Calif. RAND20101 online resource (140 p.)Rand Corporation monograph series"MG-960-NIJ.""Center on Quality Policing."0-8330-5068-0 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; The Dynamic Staffing Challenge; Objective; Approach; Limitations; Organization of the Report; Chapter Two - The Personnel Situation; Size of Agencies; Vacancies, Applicants, and Hires; Recruitment Strategies and Incentives; Recruitment Standards; Compensation; Promotion; Retirement; Current Workforce; Attrition; Budgets; Chapter Three - Factors Affecting the Supply of Police Recruits; Why Recruits Join Police Departments: The Basic ModelAn Economic Model of Why Recruits Join Police Departments A Simple Mathematical Model of Why Recruits Join Police Departments; The Basic Econometric Model; Results for the Basic Econometric Model; Impact of the Crime Rate on Police Recruiting; Police Department Efforts to Improve Recruiting; Recruiters and Recruiting Budget; Advertising; Recruiting Incentives; Recruiting by Gender and Race/Ethnicity; Chapter Four - Career Management; Modeling the Police Department; Chapter Five - Evidence-Based Lessons for Personnel Planning; Improving Personnel PlanningWhat We Learned About Personnel Data Limitations Developing an Infrastructure for Evidence-Based Personnel Planning; Appendixes; A. Police Recruitment and Retention Survey Procedures; B. Survey Instrument; References; Back CoverShares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes highlighted management challenges. To facilitate comparative and longitudinal staffing analyses, ongoing national data collection is recommended.Rand Corporation monograph series.PoliceRecruitingUnited StatesPoliceUnited StatesPersonnel managementPoliceRecruitingPolicePersonnel management.363.2/2Wilson Jeremy M.1974-879924Rostker Bernard863718Fan Cha-Chi913848Rand Center on Quality Policing.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220097503321Recruiting and retaining America's finest2047522UNINA