Santa Rosa Police Department
Update on Recruitment Efforts
1 Public Safety Subcommittee Meeting Chief John Cregan
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TREMENDOUS YEAR OF RECRUITMENT PROGRESS
• SRPD hired 37 new employees and 3 interns in 2023!
• 26 new police officers were hired.
• 13 lateral police officers and 13 police officer trainees. • 11 civilian employees were hired.
• 3 student interns were hired.
• SRPD is maintaining nearly full staffing in contrast to most police agencies across the state.
DEPARTMENT GROWTH
• Added sergeant position for the Gang Crimes Team using Public Safety Special Tax funds.
• Added two Downtown Enforcement Officer positions and two Field & Evidence Technician positions to bring department strength to 184 sworn and 80 civilian positions.
• 264 total full-time employee positions.
30x30 INITIATIVE
• SRPD is one of the first 100 police agencies in the nation to participate in the 30x30 Initiative.
• Goal of 30x30 Initiative is to have 30% of all police academy classes represented by female officers by 2030.
• When launched in 2019, only 6% of sworn officers were female. • Today we have 25 female officers making up 12% of sworn police officer positions.
Progress on Better Representing our Hispanic Community
• Spanish-speaking officers
• 42 sworn officers speak conversational Spanish
• 24 sworn officers are fluent in Spanish
• 7 civilian staff members are fluent in Spanish
• Developed internal Spanish language courses for our officers • 34 sworn police officers identify as Hispanic.
• Male: 30
• Female: 4
• 10 civilian staff members identify as Hispanic.
• Male: 2
• Female: 8
2024 Recruitment Focus
• Focus in 2024 will be on identifying and removing barriers in the application process and getting out in our community to raise awareness of open positions.
• Working with SEED Collaborative to enhance our recruitment and hiring strategies.
• Maintaining highly qualified staff to serve our community. We must focus on retaining our great staff.
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