Chair Hudson asks how long peace officer vacancy rate has been high
Hudson asks how long the vacancy rate has been at 20%. Priester says it has been a challenge for a couple of years, was recently 25%, and is trending downward.
And how long has it been at 20%?
This has been a challenge.
It's constantly fluctuating.
We do really good at times and do really bad.
Sorry, pull the microphone.
No, absolutely.
So it's been a challenge for a couple of years.
We were at 25%.
A couple of years, like literally two or longer?
Probably a little bit longer, but we are currently trending downward.
So we was recently at 25% and now we're at 20% and we are doing everything that we can to work with agency partners, different workforce vendors, just to try to get individuals to come out and be a part of our
just our academy and our team.
Okay.