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Mayor Karen Bass issues directive to speed LAPD hiring, creates new hiring division in city personnel department
Summary
Mayor Karen Bass announced an executive directive to accelerate Los Angeles Police Department hiring and to create an LAPD hiring division within the city's personnel department, aiming to improve recruitment efficiency, officials said.
Mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive directive intended to accelerate hiring for the Los Angeles Police Department and to establish a new LAPD hiring division within the Los Angeles City personnel department, city officials said.
The directive was described in a city news segment that quoted Councilmember John Lee, chair of the Public Safety Committee, saying it "will ensure efficiencies in LAPD hiring and align with commitments to a safe city." The city noted that the LAPD currently has "over 8,000 officers, around 2 officers for every 1,000 Los Angeles residents," and provided a city press site for more information.
City officials characterized the move as an administrative step to streamline recruitment procedures and staffing, not as a change in policy or budget reported in the segment. For details the segment directed listeners to mayor.lacity.gov/press.
No vote or ordinance was reported; the announcement was presented as an executive directive from the mayor's office and a departmental reorganization item to improve hiring throughput.
