A notice from the North Las Vegas Police Department advertising a hiring bonus up to $40,000 for new officers is tacked to the Penn Highlands Police Academy’s bulletin board.
Below it, there is a message from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police offering to bring its own recruitment and civil service testing teams to the academy at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Richland Township.
New job advertisements frequently arrive with starting pay in the range between $50,000 and $100,000. Departments call to ask if any soon-to-be graduates are ready for jobs.
And, of course, chiefs within the academy’s coverage area of Cambria, Somerset, Bedford and Blair counties often visit, hoping to convince cadets to pursue law enforcement careers close to home.