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| The 24 new KCPD recruits filled out new-hire paperwork this morning, June 6. |
This morning, I welcomed
the 24 members of the 157th Entrant Officer Class to the Kansas City Missouri
Police Department. And just a few weeks ago, I swore in the 12 members of the 156th
Entrant Officer Class when they graduated from the Kansas City Regional Police
Academy. Those dozen officers are now out on the streets for their break-in
period with field training officers.
When I announced that we
would not fill many vacancies, some were under the
mistaken impression that we wouldn’t hire any more police officers. This is not
the case. We will continue to hire officers as the budget allows. We always are
accepting applications, and you can learn more about the law enforcement hiring
process on our web page. The newest recruits will undergo nearly eight
months of training in our Academy, on topics from constitutional law to
defensive tactics. (Here is more information about our curriculum).
We also are continuing to
hire for non-sworn positions. We’re looking for detention facility officers and
building operations technicians right now.
Eliminating positions –
some of which have been vacant for years – does not mean our hiring processes
have ground to a halt. It means we are doing the most we can with the budget we
have. We will continue to bring in officers and non-sworn staff to fill spots
vacated by attrition.
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