City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0081R

• File #: 08-0081R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Police Department - Recruitment Efforts
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/27/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/4/2008
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Police Department - Recruitment Efforts FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Commissioner to report to the City Council on the status of recruitment efforts to maintain or increase the number of sworn police officers on the Baltimore Police Department force, the effect of looming budget cuts on maintaining an appropriate level of deployment in all divisions of the Department, and attempts to recruit Baltimore City high school graduates to participate in the Police Cadet program.
• Sponsors: President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Warren Branch, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Police, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/4/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
12/4/2008	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
11/17/2008	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/30/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/30/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/30/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/27/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
10/27/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - Baltimore Police Department - Recruitment Efforts

FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Commissioner to report to the City Council on the status of recruitment efforts to maintain or increase the number of sworn police officers on the Baltimore Police Department force, the effect of looming budget cuts on maintaining an appropriate level of deployment in all divisions of the Department, and attempts to recruit Baltimore City high school graduates to participate in the Police Cadet program.
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In July of last year, the Administration implemented a series of steps to enhance police recruitment. The 6-point plan called for increasing the Police Department’s recruitment goal from 240 to 300 new officers a year, studying and rejuvenating the recruitment and training process, providing tutoring and training for the required civil service test for those who failed, increasing marketing efforts, expanding the cadet program, and establishing a loan program for college students who commit to becoming police officers.

The 2007 6-point plan was the result of a shortage that, in 2006, drove the Baltimore Police to take the extraordinary measure of traveling to Puerto Rico to recruit officers. According to media reports, Baltimore police traveled to Puerto Rico for 2 reasons: (1) ...