Daniel Linskey, Managing Director in Kroll’s Security Risk Management practice, Head of the Boston office, and Duff & Phelps Institute Fellow, recently shared his views on how several police departments throughout the U.S. are witnessing declines in officer applications in a FOX News op-ed.
Here’s an extract from the original Fox News article:
“Today, about two-thirds of police departments throughout the country have seen declines in officer applications. The total number of sworn full-time officers serving in the U.S. decreased by more than 23,000 between 2013 and 2016. As a result, more departments face serious personnel shortfalls, just as a larger number of current officers retire.
What has changed? Why do fewer people want to become cops?”
Read the full article here.