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High turnover at small-town police departments poses logistical, accountability challenges

Via CLEAT, I noticed this recent item from the Waco Herald Tribune ("Small town police officers face different challenges," Jan. 4) describing high turnover rates among rural police departments. The story opens:Working for small-town Central Texas police departments has its advantages, but a high turnover rate among officers in rural areas is one issue that many of those departments regularly contend with. A small-town department might be a tight-knit group that experiences less threat in its day-to-day business. But the drawbacks of working for a small force include lower wages and less on-the-job training. Employee data gathered by the Tribune-Herald from 24 small forces in the area show that at least 30 officers switched to another force in the area in the past five years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).