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Author Rostker, Bernard.

Title Recruitment and retention : lessons for the New Orleans Police Department / Bernard D. Rostker, William M. Hix, Jeremy M. Wilson.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 35 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Rand Corporation monograph series
Rand Corporation monograph series.
Note "Rand Gulf States Policy Institute."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).
Summary 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 NOPD improve recruiting and retention. Issues addressed include the lack of affordable post-Katrina housing, the fact that the families of many police officers no longer live in the New Orleans area, the destroyed departmental infrastructure, and a budget that does not provide enough resources to meet basic needs. They focus on compensation, including housing; the promotion process and the career management system; recruiting; the mix of officers and civilians; and ways to improve the morale of the NOPD. The recommendations, which are specifically tailored to the unique circumstances of the NOPD, include (1) using civilian employees, where appropriate, for jobs currently being performed by uniformed officers; (2) developing a proactive recruiting program; (3) offering some of the city's housing stock in-kind to police officers or selling the property and using the proceeds to improve compensation; (4) increasing the frequency of promotion examinations; (5) eliminating the backlog of promotions to higher levels in the department; (6) restructuring compensation to attract recruits and retain serving officers; (7) establishing a first-responders charter school; and (8) rebuilding the police infrastructure to improve morale.
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject New Orleans (La.). Police Department.
New Orleans (La.). Police Department. (OCoLC)fst01837475
Police -- Recruiting -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Employee retention -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Police administration -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Policiers -- Recrutement -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Personnel -- Rétention -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
Employee retention. (OCoLC)fst00909053
Police administration. (OCoLC)fst01068547
Police -- Recruiting. (OCoLC)fst01068501
Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Hix, William M. (William Michael), 1940-
Wilson, Jeremy M., 1974-
Rand Gulf States Policy Institute.
Added Title RAND (Online publications)
Other Form: Print version: Rostker, Bernard. Recruitment and retention. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2007 9780833041425 (DLC) 2007004907 (OCoLC)87133567
ISBN 0833041428
9780833041425
9780833042682 (electronic bk.)
0833042688 (electronic bk.)
1281181099
9781281181091
Standard No. AU@ 000048758115
DEBBG BV044127929
DEBSZ 396150802

 
    
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