Police departments across the country are stretched thin and struggling to attract recruits. Now, one Bay Area city has just signed off on what appears to be the biggest hiring bonus in the country - $75,000 for new officers.
"We need to fill those vacancies and how do you compete with all these other departments in the area?" says Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft.
She says that's why the police chief suggested more than doubling the bonus. In a statement Alameda Police Chief Nishant Joshi said"A hiring incentive of $75,000 for new police officers is more than any other City in the Bay Area.... By aiming high, I can select the best officers for Alameda and continue to diversify our police department.""I really want what's best for our city and maybe other cities will get inspired and do the same," says Mayor Ashcraft.
"That is money that could be used for schools, for social justice programs, for mental health," says longtime Alameda resident Sarah Fairchild.
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