Police Department Hiring

Hiring and Maintaining a Quality Police Force

Live Webcast and Satellite Broadcast

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
October 24, 2006 • 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
A free, live, interactive webcast and satellite broadcast addressing issues involved with recruiting, hiring, and retaining qualified law enforcement officers. Viewers will learn how local law enforcement agencies and local governments are dealing with these issues. Some topics to be addressed are:

Major challenges to recruiting, hiring, and retaining quality
law enforcement officers.
How agencies have overcome those challenges.
How agencies are marketing the hiring of police officers in the spirit of service instead of in the spirit of adventure.
What training methods and incentives agencies are using to retain quality police officers and keep employee turnover low.
How agencies are partnering with communities to ensure quality policing.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Charles Hank, lieutenant in the Personnel Bureau, Employment Services Section of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
Ronald L. Davis, chief of police, East Palo Alto, California.
Albert Nájera, chief of police, Sacramento, California.
Major Jim Previtera, head of the Training Division of the Hillsborough County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office, and supervisor at the Recruitment and Screening Bureau.
Johnny L. Dupree, mayor, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

The webcast will also feature taped comments by:
Jerry Sanders, mayor, San Diego, California.
Dr. Edwin C. Daley, city manager, Winchester, Virginia.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Sign up today at http://www.DOJConnect.com. View the program live from any computer or via satellite broadcast and submit questions to our panel of experts by e-mail.

UNABLE TO VIEW THE WEBCAST OR SATELLITE BROADCAST LIVE?
The program will be archived at
http://www.DOJConnect.com for 12 months; watch anytime, 24/7.

HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF THE WEBCAST OR SATELLITE BROADCAST
Host a town hall meeting at your location where groups can watch together. Conduct discussion sessions after the program. Discussion guides will be available prior to the program on http://www.DOJConnect.com.
Tell your partners and colleagues about the webcast through your e-mail listserv and other communication methods or forward this e-mail.
Promote the webcast on your organization’s web site. Banners are available for use on your site at http://www.DOJConnect.com

For more information, visit http://www.DOJConnect.com
or call 800.421.6770.

Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).