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Committee backs lowering police-aid entry age and shortening service requirement to speed path to sworn status
Summary
Staff proposed revising police-aid rules to require applicants be at least 17 and under 20 to start and to shorten the police-aid minimum from two years to one; commissioners supported the change and discussed a one-time waiver for two aides who would be two weeks shy of eligibility for the August recruit class.
The committee reviewed proposed amendments to FPC rules for the police-aid program that would (1) change the maximum starting age to under 20 (instead of under 21) and (2) shorten the minimum police-aid service from two years to one year.
Staff explained the change reflects shifting recruitment dynamics: faster testing and onboarding of police recruits means police aids no longer needed a two-year minimum to get a meaningful advantage toward appointment. "Really what…
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