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Personnel unveils LAPD hiring dashboard; committee adopts motion to note, file and request quarterly updates
Summary
Personnel and LAPD staff showed a new public dashboard tracking LAPD sworn hiring metrics, including applications, tests, polygraph/medical appointments, hires and separations; the committee voted to note and file the report, adopt the underlying motion, and directed quarterly progress reports on the dashboard.
The Personnel Department and Los Angeles Police Department presented a newly published police‑officer hiring metrics dashboard to the Personnel Committee on March 11 and the committee voted to adopt the related motion, note and file the report, and direct quarterly updates.
What staff presented
Personnel analyst Melissa Hamamoto told the committee, "As of Tuesday, March 11, the dashboard is now available to the public." The dashboard draws data from the department’s candidate-relationship management system and Workday and is updated weekly (staff said they plan nightly updates once automation is complete).
The dashboard content and what it shows
Hamamoto and LAPD presenters walked members through tiles that show applications by fiscal year, step‑by‑step counts for assessments and hiring milestones, hires versus separations, geographic origin of applicants, and test‑stage metrics (application, reading & writing assessment, personal history statement, interview, polygraph, medical, physical fitness, background/field investigation and psychological review).
Key figures staff cited
Personnel said the executive summary tile shows 11,158 total applications since fiscal year 2022–23 and 9,489 applications in the most recent fiscal year window they demonstrated. Staff reported 4,200 candidates took the reading/writing assessment in the recent year and about 2,300 submitted personal history statements. For medical evaluations, personnel said the dashboard recorded more than 6,600 medical appointments scheduled and noted high no‑show and cancellation counts (567 no‑shows and 95 cancellations cited for one period). The hires tile showed 1,147 hires since fiscal year 2022–23; separation data from Workday showed roughly 1,500 sworn separations for the same window, with 263 classified as police officer separations and 155 of those separating within six months.
What the dashboard helped identify
LAPD and personnel staff said the dashboard makes attrition and process drop‑off points visible. Deputy Chief Mark Greeno and Captain Nicole Offenberg described the dashboard as a tool to set improvement targets: the department can use median and average-days metrics to set goals for investigators, polygraph appointments and medical scheduling. LAPD said changes already made — including tighter scheduling rules for polygraph appointments and increased background-investigation staffing — have reduced wait times.
Action taken and next steps
Committee Chair Tim McOsker moved that the committee adopt the motion and directed Personnel to report quarterly on the dashboard’s progress and trends; LAPD and Personnel agreed to present on future reports when requested. The committee voted, by roll call, to adopt the motion and note and file the report.
Ending
Members said they will use the dashboard to track whether reforms reduce candidate no‑shows and drop‑offs, shorten the time from application to hire, and help the city better match hiring pace to separations.
