If you’re a police chief who wants to create a targeted recruitment strategy for female police officers, then this question will help you save time and money.

What gaps does your agency have or expect to have in the next 5 years?

This means you don’t have a need specifically for women, consider other needs your agency has or expects to have in the next 5 years.

Answering this question will help you increase the number of female officers and add diverse skill sets to your agency at the same time.
If you need help with your budget – recruit at accounting schools.
If you need help with CBRNE – recruit students graduating from college with science degrees.

Projecting your upcoming gaps over the next 5 years will allow you to combine your recruitment of female police officers with those specific needs. This will reduce the time and money spent on recruitment.

3 Steps to get you started:
1. List gaps you have or are projecting to have at your agency in the next 5 years
2. List 10 places you have never recruited from where you could recruit to fill these gaps
3. Reach out to these places to find out about ways you can work together on recruitment.

One more thing before I forget. Did you know, if you want to create a targeted recruitment strategy, I do a presentation called, “Confused, Conflicted, and Disconnected: Recruiting and retaining women in policing” you can learn more about it on my speaking page: https://www.thechristinemaier.com/speaking/