Recruiting

Question 1

Opening

Answer 1

• I know a departmental goal is to Invest in Our People.
  
  • achieved through a performance measure:
    
    • RECRUIT AND HIRE THE BEST QUALIFIED
      WORKFORCE FROM ALL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY AND REFLECTIVE OF CALIFORNIA’S DIVERSITY.
• Our Department’s workforce is currently
  underrepresented
  
  • Females and minorities
  • Trust of our communities
    
    • best qualified workforce,
    • representative of the diversity of our State.
• Individuals have a choice in who they want to work for,
  so to recruit these individuals, we need to:
  
  • Make sure our Department is continued to be viewed as a premiere law enforcement agency.
  • Proactively engaged with our communities to
  • earn their trust
  • show them who we are
  • refute negative images or steryotypes.
  • Need to interact with
  • every age, every demographic,
  • every community
  • Proactively
    
    • identify and recruit these individuals from our communities; and mentor them through the hiring
      process.
• As a Lieutenant, I will lead by example and be actively
  engaged with our employees to demonstrate the need
  to work towards achieving each of these objectives; I know this is important to Public Trust and our
  Succession Plan.

Question 2

Summary

Answer 2

• To make sure we are continued to be viewed as a
  premier law enforcement agency:
  
  • demonstrate, adhere and hold employees to our
    PROFESSIONAL and ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.
  • Demonstrate our departmental integrity through
    transparency and accountability.
  • Ensure all of our employees are adhering to their code
    of honor, code of ethics, and oath of allegiance.
• Each day Execute our Department’s Mission, to Provide
  the Highest Level of Safety, Service, and Security by
  always working hard to execute our Departmental
  Goals

Question 3

Summary

Answer 3

• To be proactively engaged with our communities to
  earn their trust and show them who we are.
  
  • All of our employees, both uniformed and
    nonuniformed, understand and are fully committed to
    the Public Trust Campaign and they are working each
    day to earn and sustain the public’s trust by adhering
    to the 3 principles:
    
    • Individual Evaluation,
    • Respect and Dignity, and
    • Unified Vision.
      -Make sure we are promoting selflessness with our
      employees and leading by example.
  • Make sure we are maximizing use of our Community
    
    • Outreach programs such as:
      
      • Start smart
      • Designated Driver
      • El Protector
      • Explorer Program
      • Senior Volunteer

Question 4

Summary

Answer 4

• Make sure we are building relationships through:
  
  • County Supervisory Board Meetings and City Council
    Meetings.
  • Attending local community events and local school
    events
    
    • Job fairs
    • Career days,
    • military functions
    • church functions
• Take the time to speak about the Department, the
  professionalism of our employees, and our dedication
  to our communities and traffic safety.
• Active Public Affairs Officer
• Maximizing use of our Social Media accounts
  
  • showcase the good deeds
  • post recruitment related information.
• Host Open Houses
  
  • engage with the public
  • show them our dedication to Safety, Service, and
    Security
• Make sure we are never missing an opportunity to
  address the public and speak about the Department.

Question 5

Summary

Answer 5

• To make sure we are proactively recruiting from our
  communities, I will:
• Remind EVERY ONE of our employees, both uniformed
  and non-uniformed, of our recruitment efforts as a
  daily part of their duty,
• Remind them of the Recruitment Time Off Program
• Incentivze with CHP 100 form comments and allow
  them time to do this..
• Contacting prospective candidates
  
  • taking the time to talk about what the Department
    does on a daily basis and what a career with the
    highway patrol looks like.
• INFORMATIONAL ACTS: I want to make sure we are
  referring these candidates to our:
  
  • Department websites, Recruitment websites, and our
    departmental social media accounts;

Question 6

Summary

Answer 6

• Providing them with recruitment materials such as
  pamphlets and booklets,
• Highlighting our pay and benefits.
• PHYSICAL ACTS:
  
  • involve these candidates with the Department
  • Taking them on ride alongs or sit alongs
  • Getting them involved in the Explorer Program
  • Mentor them throughout the duration of the hiring
    process to keep them interested and involved;
    
    • invite to squad club events, open houses, and to
      help with training scenarios.
• inform our potential applicants of the job requirements;
• Using HQ Recruitment Unit
• Using Division Recruitment units as a resource,
• obtaining recruitment materials such as: pamphlets and
  booklets.
• ensure our employees have access to hiring packets and related information
• Refer these candidates to our Recruitment Units
• Candidate preparation workshops and interview
  preparation workshops.

Question 7

Closing

Answer 7

As a Lieutenant, I recognize the importance of proactively recruiting the best qualified candidates from all segments of society and I’ll work hard to ensure we are recruit these individuals to make sure our Department is continued to be viewed as premier law enforcement agency that is trusted by our communities.