BOSSIER CITY, La. -In 2024, the International Association of Chiefs of Police released a survey on police recruitment and retention, with 70% of the agencies that participated reporting recruitment has become more difficult in the last five years.
Some of the local police departments are still struggling with being understaffed, but others, like the Bossier City Police Department, are 99% staffed.
Bossier City Police Department recruiters did a lot of work to help the department become almost fully staffed. They said it’s been close to 10 years since they have had this many officers, but it wasn’t easy getting to this point…