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Committee hears LAPD communications staffing report; hiring timeline shortened to about six months
Summary
Personnel Department and LAPD officials told the Los Angeles City Council Personnel and Hiring Committee that changes to the police service representative (PSR) selection process cut the hiring timeline from about 40 weeks to 26 weeks, improved class sizes and produced 44 hires in 2024; the committee voted to re-note and file the report.
At a special meeting of the Los Angeles City Council Personnel and Hiring Committee at Van Nuys City Hall, personnel and Los Angeles Police Department officials reported reductions in selection and hiring time for police service representatives and described steps to increase recruitment and retention.
The Personnel Department said the PSR selection and hiring timeline has been reduced from about 40 weeks to roughly 26 weeks after process changes introduced in 2023 and updated in April 2024. Personnel and LAPD officials said the department hired 44 PSRs in 2024, the most recent class included 58 recruits, and the department currently shows about 59 PSR vacancies.
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