The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | November 2017
PoliceApp. Com is a Home Run for NJ Police Recruitment
Police Departments across the country are seeing a sharp drop in applications, with some cities reporting declines of up to 90 %. New Jersey public safety agencies, on the other hand, are receiving more applications than ever. The reason? PoliceApp. com.
Since partnering with PoliceApp in March 2015, participating departments have seen a significant increase in applications from a more diverse applicant pool. It’ s also saving time and money and has been able to reduce the resources necessary to manage the recruitment process. With PoliceApp, departments have two options: simply post positions, or take advantage of the full power of PoliceApp’ s online application and applicant tracking. The best part? Both options are free!
To date, 47 New Jersey police departments( and growing) have switched to PoliceApp. com to accept online applications, and 32 % of those departments have seen a 50 % increase in submissions.
PoliceApp has processed more than 16,000 applications for New Jersey, and more than 300 candidates have been hired for all positions including entry level, NJPCT certified dispatcher, and SLEO I and II.
How PoliceApp Improves the Recruiting Process
Promotion PoliceApp gives departments several ways to improve their promotional efforts to attract a broader, more diverse pool of quality applicants, including working with departments to reach their objectives and leveraging PoliceApp’ s vast applicant database, social media outlets, and other recruitment channels to help get the word out.
Process Management & Tracking Law enforcement recruitment is extremely time consuming, complete and costly. PoliceApp was custom-designed by law enforcement professionals and technology experts to address those issues, so it is uniquely suited to streamline law enforcement recruitment with an online application and candidate tracking system that keeps staff organized, and saves time and money.
Constant Innovation PoliceApp. com is always making program and system enhancements to improve the process for customers.
Exciting developments at PoliceApp include:
�� Recruitment Lead Management( RLM), a recent system upgrade that lets departments track promotional efforts( career fairs, etc.) and measure their effectiveness.
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What your NJ Colleagues are Saying:
“ PoliceApp is a win-win all around. Makes the initial application process so streamlined and painless.” Maywood PD
“ PoliceApp brings hiring into the 21st century. Everything is online and at your fingerprints with the click of a mouse – applications, background, scores, rankings, and exactly where candidates are in the process. The best move we’ ve made in hiring, and it didn’ t affect our budget.” Washington Twp. PD( Gloucester Twp.)
“ The time savings alone in organizing and tracking each applicant’ s progress through the process make it a worthwhile choice. Officers did not have to spend a lot of time organizing and reviewing applicant information. Instead of printing out form letters or calling each applicant, all communication was sent by email. This process logged all communications and even showed when the notification was opened and it was read.” Essex Fells PD
“ We were able to process 458 applications very easily. One person was able to handle the whole administrative process relatively easily. Without PoliceApp. com it would have easily taken 3-4 times the manpower to run the process.” River Vale PD
“ I wish I had this system throughout my career as an administrator. I highly recommend this product to all my fellow Law Enforcement colleagues.” Galloway PD
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