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Committee reviews LAPD hiring dashboard; staff report large drop-off at polygraph and medical steps
Summary
Department of Personnel demonstrated a new dashboard tracking LAPD hiring; the panel showed thousands of applications but a steep attrition rate at polygraph and medical steps and average time-to-hire measured in months, prompting the committee to request further reporting and periodic updates.
City personnel staff demonstrated a new, nightly-updated dashboard that shows the Los Angeles Police Department's hiring pipeline, including applications, candidates advancing through steps and separations.
The dashboard covers applications submitted since July 1, 2022, and staff presented several figures during the meeting: the panel showed 9,489 total applications for the fiscal period reported; 4,293 candidates advanced to the first assessment step shown on the dashboard; and staff reported 1,147 hires in the fiscal year indicated. The presentation also showed 1,549 total sworn separations since the chart's start date, of which 263 were sworn police separations highlighted in the…
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