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Virginia police outline recruitment, retention plan and propose community‑service officer positions
Summary
Virginia Deputy Chief Nicola told the Committee of the Whole the police department is down three officers and faces national recruitment and retention pressures; staff proposed new Community Service Officer (CSO) positions and other incentives and will bring a CSO plan back to council in weeks.
Deputy Chief Nicola briefed the Committee of the Whole on recruitment and retention problems at the Virginia Police Department, saying agencies nationwide are seeing fewer applicants and increased turnover.
Nicola said the department is about three officers short on staffing, has difficulty recruiting graduates from regional law enforcement programs and is competing with higher mine wages and county pay increases. He described a shift since about 2019 that includes fewer cadet graduates and greater unwillingness to interview for local…
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