Roundtable: Police Workforce Strategy: Ongoing Research by Partners of the Michigan State University Police Staffing Observatory (Sponsored by Division of Policing)

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

Police agencies around the world have been struggling to maintain their allocation levels, diversify their workforces, and meet workload and community demands. The COVID-19 pandemic, police reform movement, changing demographics and generational preferences are just some of the factors thought to contribute to the current police staffing challenge. The Michigan State University Police Staffing Observatory (PSO) is a global consortium of police staffing scholars and subject matter experts working collaboratively to develop and share research that informs police workforce strategy and development. In this session, PSO partners will offer insights from their ongoing work aimed at informing the multi-dimensional staffing challenge and providing practical lessons for the field. Among others, topics will include allocation, recruitment program building and strategy, selection, diversity, and turnover. PSO partners will also share future directions for their research, and encourage those in attendance to share their observations and ongoing work.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Chair

• Jeremy Wilson, Michigan State University

Discussants

• Erik Alda, Marymount University

• Shahidul Hassan, Ohio State University

• Jessica Huff, University of Cincinnati

• Tanya Meisenholder, New York University

Organized by a Division or external group?

Michigan State University Police Staffing Observatory