‘A Career Of Sacrifice’: Honolulu Police Grapple With Hiring New Officers While Keeping Veterans 0 Offering better pay, working conditions and flexible scheduling could help retain veterans, but challenges dealing with mental illness and providing affordable housing place roadblocks on recruiting new officers.
With the number of Honolulu Police Department vacancies hovering at around 350, Honolulu Police Chief Joe Logan and police union officials have their own ideas about how to retain veterans, increase recruitment and protect residents. Better pay, affordable housing and flexible scheduling are some of the top incentives when it comes to attracting people to join the force.
But for many new recruits, their incentive is more personal — to make our communities better places to live.
Logan told a group of West Oahu residents earlier this month that with increased training classes and incentives to retain existing officers, he expects the number of vacancies to drop in the next six to eight months.
