police recruits

The Columbus Division on Police on Saturday hosts a virtual recruiting event that comes amid a drop in applications and a wave of retirements by existing officers.

With major city police departments struggling with large numbers of retirements and departures, Ohio is launching a program to help encourage more young people to become law enforcement officers.

Like many large police forces in the U.S., Columbus has seen a sharp increase in the number of officers choosing to leave the division. Local leaders point to pandemic fatigue and frayed community relations, after a year marked by an escalating cycle of protest and harsh police response. Those departures put an even bigger emphasis on recruiting efforts.

Columbus' mayor and public safety director were back on the recruiting trail on Monday, this time welcoming a new class of fire recruits after visiting a police class last week.

Columbus leaders welcomed a new class of police recruits Monday as the division faces significant departures.

The Columbus Department of Public Safety says its new police academy class is the most diverse in recent history.There are 45 officers in the new class,…

The Columbus Division of Police received a higher percentage of "diverse" applicants to the department this year than it did last year, department…

Forty-five cadets have begun intensive training in the first Akron Police Academy since the city ended its training program in 2008 due to budget cuts.The…