THE NEXT GOOD OFFICER

The next good officer may already be in your community. Give that person a credible path to the badge.

A promising candidate can lose interest during months of unexplained waiting, confusing requirements, or a career transition they cannot afford. For police leaders, improving recruitment means examining the entire journey-from the first invitation to the experience of serving inside the department.

The Next Good Officer: Evidence-Informed Police Recruitment and Implementation gives chiefs, sheriffs, recruiting teams, and human resources leaders a practical framework for attracting capable people, strengthening selection, and supporting new officers without lowering job-related standards.

Drawing on 27 years in law enforcement, retired Deputy Chief Jose H. Salcido connects recruitment to the decisions leaders control: the employment offer, candidate communication, hiring procedures, training pathways, supervision, and organizational trust.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Find where candidates leave and identify the problems worth fixing first.

• Make the employment offer clear, including compensation, expectations, and the realities of the first year.

• Reach people with transferable skills who may never have considered a policing career.

• Create realistic job previews that help candidates make informed decisions.

• Explore paid readiness pathways and candidate assistance that make a career transition more feasible.

• Strengthen assessment practices while examining requirements that may create unnecessary obstacles.

• Measure results beyond application counts, through academy preparation, field training, and early retention.

With 16 focused chapters, nine practical appendices, recruiting scripts, sample budgets, scorecards, and a 90-day implementation plan, this book gives leaders tools they can bring directly into a recruiting meeting.

Throughout, Salcido distinguishes research-supported practices, documented approaches, and new proposals that require local testing-helping departments make informed decisions and evaluate what actually works in their communities.

Build a recruitment process worthy of the officers you hope to hire.

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