Behind the Badge
Garden Grove PD looking for a few good women, and men as well, for academy
0Of the 200 or so applications for police officer the Garden Grove PD received in its latest recruitment process that closes today, July 18, nearly two-dozen are from females. That’s good, agency officials say, but there always could be more. Finding promising recruits has become increasingly challenging for police agencies, and that’s especially true when it comes to finding potential officers who are female. But law enforcement is a great and rewarding career for the right person, according to the GGPD’s nine full-time female police officers and two female reserve officers. The GGPD, which is authorized for 168 officers, currently…
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