RECRUITMENT RESOURCES
Discover Policing website
A nationwide police recruitment and career exploration resource with a wealth of information on what policing is like, what it takes, etc, along with a full-featured job board, an online mentoring center, and interactive virtual ride-along.
www.discoverpolicing.org
Virtual Police Ride-Along
A realistic job preview for community policing using 10 scenarios common to law enforcement and corresponding self-assessment questions.
http://discoverpolicing.org/whats_like/?fa=virtual-ride-along
Law Enforcement Recruitment Toolkit
http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/RecruitmentToolkit.pdf
LinkedIn Group
Law Enforcement Recruitment Group
2,000+ members, including law enforcement recruiters, chiefs, educators, researchers, HR professionals, and anyone interested in advancing law enforcement as a professional career option
Military / Veterans
Several publications available on recruiting, hiring, and retaining veterans.
http://www.theiacp.org/Employing-Returning-Combat-Veterans-as-Law-Enforcement-Officers
Using Social Media
IACP Center for Social Media – includes blog posts, articles, case studies, etc on leveraging social media for recruitment –
http://www.iacpsocialmedia.org/Topics/Parent.aspx?termid=107&depth=2
Police Chief Magazine
March 2014 issue devoted to recruitment
http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=archivecontents&issue_id=32014
"Police Officer Recruitment: A Public Sector Crisis,"
Best Practices Guide
Recruitment, Retention, and Turnover
http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/BP-Recruitment.pdf
Minority Recruitment
Mobilizing the Community for Minority Recruitment and Selection
http://www.theiacp.org/Portals/0/pdfs/WhatsNew/FinalCLPReport.pdf
HIRING AND SELECTION RESOURCES
Psychological Fitness – for -Duty Evaluation Guidelines
Ratified by the IACP Police Psychological Services Section
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2013
http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/documents/pdfs/Psych-FitnessforDutyEvaluation.pdf
Pre- Employment Psychological Evaluation Guidelines
Ratified by the IACP Police Psychological Services Section
Denver, Colorado, 2009
http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/documents/pdfs/Psych-PreemploymentPsychEval.pdf
Developing a Cybervetting Strategy for Law Enforcement
http://www.iacpsocialmedia.org/Portals/1/documents/CybervettingReport.pdf
OTHER
Law Enforcement Oath of Honor
http://www.theiacp.org/What-is-the-Law-Enforcement-Oath-of-Honor
Related IACP Model Policies
- Career Development
- Civilian Personnel
- Polygraph Examinations
- Pregnancy
- Social Media
- Standards of Conduct
http://www.theiacp.org/Model-Policies-Alphabetical-Order