A new study finds that some police forces are losing officers at a faster pace since 2020. In New Orleans, there's a grudging acceptance that it's time to offload some duties to civilians.
Rank-and-file officers say they're less able to be a presence in crime hotspots, because of the personnel shortage.
Glasser blames the dwindling staff on officer mistrust of leadership, as well as stair-step financial incentives that can cause officers to retire early. There's also been intense pressure from other departments, who recruit NOPD away to quieter jobs in the suburbs. Regardless of the causes, Glasser says it's time to accept certain realities.
"Citizens still call 911, their call is still dispatched. However, it is dispatched to our agents," says Ethan Cheramie, founder of a company called On Scene Services . It employs unarmed, former police officers who go to the scenes of wrecks to take information and provide reports. And yet, the city's follow-through has been slow. Last year, NOPD pledged to hire civilians for 50 new positions doing traditional police jobs such as fingerprinting and property crime investigations. There were more than enough qualified applicants, but so far the department hasIn an email to NPR, NOPD cited the"multiple steps" involved in hiring civilians, but reaffirmed"how crucial it is to hire both commissioned and professional staff.
The problem with civilian hires, he says, is that they can do only the jobs they're hired to do. If the department suddenly needs extra personnel for, say, crowd control during Mardi Gras, they can't help.
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