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Cibolo police present recruitment plan: cadet sponsorship, lateral bonuses and a social-media push
Summary
Chief AJ Andres and Sgt. Paul Zickas outlined a new recruitment strategy that includes sponsoring police cadets through academy classes, targeting military veterans and local college job fairs, and using a new recruitment video. Council asked staff for options on lateral sign-on bonuses and a quarterly overtime breakdown.
CIBOLO, Texas — The Cibolo Police Department outlined a multi-pronged recruitment plan that combines sponsored cadet pathways, targeted outreach to veterans and college students, and more active social-media recruitment as the city works to fill multiple patrol and SRO vacancies.
Chief AJ Andres and Sgt. Paul Zickas told council that the city’s new policy to sponsor police cadets through local academies will pay trainees approximately $52,000 (including benefits) while they attend six-month academy classes (for example, ACOG and San Antonio College) and require a multi-year service commitment after graduation. The department has received hundreds…
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