As the Los Angeles Police Department reports not meeting its staffing goals, a graduation ceremony on Friday is giving the department some hope as 27 new officers get ready to join the force.
The graduating officers - 22 men and 5 woman - all completed 912 hours of training over the course of 24 weeks.
LAPD is currently underemployed by 176 officers, Moore said, citing 9,284 sworn officers on staff as of Aug. 13, while the department is authorized to have 9,460. Moore emphasized there is a high threshold for bringing in a new officer, noting that the department hires around just 5% of all applicants. He said last year, the department welcomed 576 new graduates. This year so far? Less than 100.
Last week, at a meeting of the City Council's Public Safety Committee, an LAPD representative said the department is facing a "declining amount" of applicants for both civilian and sworn positions. The committee directed the LAPD to report back on what structural changes would be necessary to relieve sworn personnel from having to fulfill civilian duties.
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