Law Enforcement
Police recruiting, from application to academy
Municipal and state departments run the longest, most heavily screened hiring process in public employment, and lose more good candidates to silence than to the standards. Respond Capture is built for that pipeline.
Free for one active position · No sales call required
The pipeline
The stages you actually run
Twelve stages is normal for a sworn position, and the gap between the oral board and the academy start date is where most agencies lose their strongest applicants.
- 01Application
- 02Written test
- 03Physical ability test
- 04Oral board
- 05Conditional offer
- 06Background investigation
- 07Polygraph
- 08Psychological exam
- 09Medical exam
- 10Chief’s interview
- 11Final offer
- 12Academy
The problem
Where the candidates go
Background takes months
A thorough investigation runs 60 to 120 days. Without status updates, a candidate assumes they were passed over and takes the offer from the agency down the road.
Testing runs in cohorts
Written tests and PATs happen on fixed dates. Everything between them is dead air unless someone is deliberately filling it.
One recruiter, whole agency
Most departments run recruiting out of a single position. Manual follow-up does not scale past a few dozen active candidates.
The fit
A pipeline shaped like police hiring
Respond Capture is completely customizable for your agency's stages. Gate criteria on conditional offers, build integrated background tasks, and automate messaging to cover the long stretches, so recruiters can work the candidates who need a person.
Retain the best candidates all the way through your process.
Free for one active position · No sales call required