While the Pennsylvania State Police force is seeing increased interest from people wanting to become troopers, many suburban and rural departments in Western Pennsylvania are facing a challenge trying to attract new officers. Last year, Murrysville received 18 applications from people interested in becoming police officers for the municipality — half as many as it…
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has announced that the application window for the 37th cadet class to become game wardens is now open. “The entire training school is 44 weeks long,” recruiting specialist with the Game Commission Tyler Strohecker said. “The nice thing is once you’re seated in the class, that’s when your appointment starts. You…
Pennsylvania State Police this week reported another jump in the number of applicants to become cadets, six months after Governor Josh Shapiro waived the college credit requirement to apply. In the last cadet selection cycle, 1,830 applicants were eligible for the State Trooper Exam, which was another “substantive increase” in the number of applications, according to…
Being a police officer can be rewarding, but is also risky. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) released stats of officers shot and killed in the line of duty. “It’s a challenge for us because it’s dangerous,” Joe Regan, the president of the Pennsylvania FOP, said. 25 officers were shot in Pennsylvania in 2023. Five…
On Wednesday, January 3, Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) Secretary Reggie McNeil and Pennsylvania Capitol Police Superintendent Joe Jacob rang in the New Year by welcoming and swearing-in three new officers to the ranks of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Police. They are the second class to complete the Department’s Recruit Program, which covers the…
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…
Police departments across Pennsylvania have struggled to recruit cadets since the pandemic, and protests in the summer of 2020 over police brutality in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Now state officials are working to make police training an option for more people. The state House passed legislation last week that would lower the minimum fitness…
The Lancaster Bureau of Police is continuing recruitment efforts as the department faces a shortage of officers. On Friday, the department unveiled a new agility course. It’s part of a new test applicants must pass before advancing into the hiring process. The Lancaster police force is short 34 positions, ranging from street officers to specialty…
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced that a total of 1,217 applicants have applied for the Academy since college credit requirements for the position of trooper were removed one month ago. In comparison, 1,745 applications were received during the previous hiring cycle, which was open for a full six months. Of those 1,217 applications, 524 were from…