Recruitment and retention lessons for the New Orleans Police Department

Since Hurricane Katrina, resignations from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) have increased, and the department went more than a year without recruiting enough candidates to justify a police academy training course. The authors present practical recommendations for change that could help the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rostker, Bernard
Other Authors: Hix, William M., Wilson, Jeremy M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA Rand Gulf States Policy Institute 2007, 2007
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter One
  • Introduction: The Problem; A Personal and Professional Disaster for the New OrleansPolice Department and Other First Responders; Recruiting and Retention Since Katrina; Chapter Two
  • Lessons That Might Help the New Orleans Police Department; Compensation; Career Progression and Promotion; Recruiting; Civilian/Officer Mix; Morale; Chapter Three
  • Conclusion; Bibliography
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35)
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. Lessons that might help the New Orleans Police Department
  • ch. 3. Conclusion