Tucson Police Hiring 50-100 New Officers – Arizona Public Media

The Tucson Police Department will hire 50 to 100 new officers by the end of this year to fill its growing employment void, a department spokeswoman says.

“We realized as a department that we are losing a lot of people due to attrition, whether it be retirements or people finding other places to work,” Officer Liz Skeenes says.

In 2015, the department will lose even more officers though TPD’s incentive retirement program, Skeenes said. She says she doesn’t know how many officers TPD will lose, but it has been losing a few officers every month, she said.

“That’s why we are doing the hiring push right now,” she says. “Other agencies are in hiring freezes, so we’re trying to take advantage of that while we can.”

The department started accepting applications earlier this month, expecting to get more than 1,000 candidates during the hiring process. TPD has received numerous out-of-state applications and even some international ones already…

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