SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) — Cities across the region are all looking for police officers.
“That’s going to be a challenge, I think, for everyone,” Yankton City Manager Amy Leon said. “I just had a call yesterday with regional city managers from Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, and we all talked about how we all have openings in our police departments.”
Leon says the best recruiting often happens by word of mouth.
“Our best recruitment in my experience, for any position, whether for law enforcement or any other position in the city, has been current great employees that know someone else that would be a good fit,” Leon said.
Leon said filling the ranks will be a priority for incoming Police Chief Jason Foote, who starts his new job in July.
(Jerry Oster, WNAX, contributed this report.)
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