CMPD trains new recruits in effort to fill vacancies

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is addressing a problem it has been facing for some time by training just over 100 recruits.

Three recruit classes are bringing a potential 105 new officers to the force.

And officers said this could put a dent in the roughly 270 officer vacancies at CMPD. They said this problem isn’t new to the department, and it’s shared by departments across the country…

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