Recruiting Overview

www.dallaspolice.net David O. Brown

Chief Of Police

Public Safety Committee

April 13, 2015

Purpose

To review the Dallas Police Departments attrition and efforts towards recruiting.

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Goals

Presentation will provide information related to

Staffing levels

Historical data on attrition

Diversity

Recruiting efforts both current and planned

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Sworn Staffing Levels 2005 - 2015

End of

Fiscal

Year

Total

Sworn

Personnel

Attrition Attrition

Rate

14 - 15 3,511

(projected)

106 (estimated 217) 6.10%

13 - 14 3,496 204 5.80%

12 - 13 3,519 215 6.20%

11 - 12 3,511 188 5.40%

10 - 11 3,690 203 5.60%

09 - 10 3,597 191 5.30%

08 - 09 3,389 186 5.49%

07 - 08 3,186 173 5.43%

06 - 07 3,018 176 5.83%

05 - 06 2,972 174 5.80%

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Sworn Attrition 2010 - 2015

5

64

72

84 82

52

108

93

106

87

42

31

23 25

35

12

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

FY10-11 (203) FY11-12 (188) FY12-13 (215) FY13-14 (204) FY14-15 (106*)

Resigned

Retired

Other

Resignations by Tenure 2010 - 2015

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52

46

49 49

24

8

19

25

21

27

3 3 4

5

1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

FY10-11 FY11-12 FY12-13 FY13-FY14 FY14-15

0-5 Years

5-10 Years

10+ Years

Diversity

The department is continuing to become more reflective of the city demographics

African American 26%

Hispanic 19%

White 52%

Asian 2%

Female 17.6% (National Average 11.6% per FBI)

Hispanic representation has grown 3.5% over the past five years

African American staffing is reflective of the city population

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Diversity

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58.2

%

58.1

%

57.2

%

57.0

%

55.9

%

54.8

%

53.6

%

51.8

%

51.1

%

24

.8%

24

.5%

24

.3%

24

.2%

24

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24

.8%

25

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26

.0%

26

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14

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15

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16

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16

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17

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17

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18

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19

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19

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%

1.4

%

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%

1.4

%

1.7

%

1.7

%

1.8

%

2.0

%

2.1

%

0.8

%

0.8

%

0.9

%

0.8

%

0.8

%

0.8

%

0.8

%

0.7

%

0.7

%

0.1

%

0.1

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0.2

%

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0.4

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0.4

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0.3

%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

FY06-07 FY07-08 FY08-09 FY09-10 FY10-11 FY11-12 FY12-13 FY13-14 FY14-15

White

Black

Hispanic

Asian

NativeAmerican /Alaskan

Other

Current Recruiting Efforts

Team Dallas

Focus is on recruitment of residents of Dallas and/or the DFW metroplex

- Building Homegrown Applicants

Engage citizens at local universities, community events, and other relevant functions

Connecting with citizens in areas we traditionally have not recruited

Internet Traffic

Social media presence

Advertise events

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Applicant Recruiting

by Source

10

14%

15%

53%

18%

DPD Employee - 124

Recruiters - 139

Website - 488

Other - 167

Future Recruiting Efforts

I. Creation of Dynamic Recruiting Website

II. Internship Program

Attract high school and college applicants

Rotational assignments within department

- Ride-along opportunities

College credit

Minimal to no cost

III. Cadet Program

Create an internal hiring pipeline

Explorer Cadet Dallas Police

Duties similar to Public Safety Officer position

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Cadet Program Costs

Proposal

20 cadets per year

Cost

Based on Public Safety Officer pay

$11.67 per hour

20 hours per week

$12,146.00 annually

Total

$12,146.00 X 20 Cadets = $242,290.00 annual

Equipment/Clothing Est. $500.00 each

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