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Law enforcement agencies across Iowa and across the country have been seeing application numbers decrease for years, and in the last couple of years the change has been even more noticeable.
Cedar Rapids Police Department Opens Lateral Transfer Program The Cedar Rapids Police Department has been trying to hire a few good men and women to join their ranks but in the wake of growing hostilities between law enforcement and the public over the past year, it's been difficult to maintain or recruit qualified candidates. That's why, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, CRPD has implemented for the first time ever, a new lateral transfer program. In sports, they call it "free agency". Experienced, certified officers from other departments can be paid commensurate to their current pos...