LEADER 03740nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910220097503321 005 20230725030536.0 010 $a0-8330-5114-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066327 035 $a(EBL)669767 035 $a(OCoLC)701719677 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472622 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11280654 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472622 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10434394 035 $a(PQKB)10397789 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL669767 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10440621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC669767 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066327 100 $a20100830d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRecruiting and retaining America's finest$b[electronic resource] $eevidence-based lessons for police workforce planning /$fJeremy M. Wilson, Bernard D. Rostker, Cha-Chi Fan 210 $aSanta Monica, Calif. $cRAND$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (140 p.) 225 1 $aRand Corporation monograph series 300 $a"MG-960-NIJ." 300 $a"Center on Quality Policing." 311 $a0-8330-5068-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 Model 327 $aAn 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 Planning 327 $aWhat 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 Cover 330 $aShares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes highlighted management challenges. To facilitate comparative and longitudinal staffing analyses, ongoing national data collection is recommended. 410 0$aRand Corporation monograph series. 606 $aPolice$xRecruiting$zUnited States 606 $aPolice$zUnited States$xPersonnel management 615 0$aPolice$xRecruiting 615 0$aPolice$xPersonnel management. 676 $a363.2/2 700 $aWilson$b Jeremy M.$f1974-$0879924 701 $aRostker$b Bernard$0863718 701 $aFan$b Cha-Chi$0913848 712 02$aRand Center on Quality Policing. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220097503321 996 $aRecruiting and retaining America's finest$92047522 997 $aUNINA