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Torrance HR reports improved hiring metrics but police ranks still below budgeted levels
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Human Resources presented its 2025 vacancy report, noting an approximate 13% vacancy rate across 1,387 budgeted positions and a series of recruitment and retention efforts; Police Chief Robert Dunn said the department is budgeted for 220 sworn officers and currently has 179.
City Human Resources Director Hedieh Khojabi presented the city's 2025 annual report on vacancy, recruitment and retention, highlighting recruitment campaigns, hiring bonuses for hard-to-fill roles and new recruitment pipelines.
Khojabi said the city had 1,387 budgeted positions and an approximate 13% vacancy rate as of Dec. 31, 2025, and reported 144 hires and 161 separations for the 2025 calendar year. Staff emphasized outreach strategies, revised job descriptions and collaboration with departments to improve hiring timelines and retention.
On police staffing, Chief Robert Dunn told the council the department is budgeted for 220 sworn officers and currently has 179. "We are budgeted for 220 sworn police officers. We currently have 179 sworn officers in our ranks," Dunn said, and described steps to accelerate recruit training including tapping a Los Angeles County academy that runs more frequently and an incentive program to secure early retirement notifications to plan hires.
Khojabi recommended the council accept the report and direct staff to continue retention and recruitment efforts, a motion the council approved. Staff said detailed follow-up on vacancy classification and municipal code updates for recruitment will proceed through the meet-and-confer process with labor groups.
