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Paterson police tout March recruitment drive, promise application support
Summary
Lieutenant Sharon Issel and Patterson Police officers appealed for recruits at the March 11 city council workshop, saying the department will cover application fees and help candidates through testing and interviews during a recruitment window March 1–31.
Lieutenant Sharon Issel of the Paterson Police Department asked the Municipal Council and the public to help spread the word about a monthlong recruitment drive running March 1–March 31.
Issel said the department will pay applicants’ processing fees and provide hands-on assistance through the application process, including test preparation and interview coaching. “We actually pay for the application fee. We help you through the whole process from the prep test … to the actual interview,” Issel said during the council’s March 11 workshop.
Officer Ahmed, who also spoke, described the department as offering “a lot of different divisions” where recruits can find a role and encouraged residents to consider applying. Issel said the department has outreach planned in malls and high schools and left flyers and postcards with contact details listed at the meeting. She said interested people can visit 930 Main Street between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. or call the department’s recruitment line at 973-321-752-1572.
Council members praised the department’s community programs that they said are supported by grant funding. Council President and several council members told the public they saw the policing programs at seniors’ sites, youth cleanups and other community events and urged residents to share recruitment information.
The department also said it is hiring a cohort of about 20 young men to work on community cleanups and projects during weekends; council members asked citizens with neighborhood cleanup requests to contact the department. The council did not vote on any recruitment-related action at the workshop.
Ending: The recruitment window was described as brief and active; Lieutenant Issel and officers asked residents to pass along materials or contact the department directly during the March drive.
