Atlanta police department heads to New York to recruit officers

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – The Atlanta Police Division goes up North to recruit officers.

The occasion shall be held from September 16 till September 18 on the New York Marriott Downtown.

Lt. Younger with the Atlanta Police Division informed CBS46 there are lots of causes New York officers ought to come to Atlanta.

There’s a relocation bonus, and room for progress within the division, amongst others.

“A great quantity of us are usually not from Atlanta,” she mentioned. “For our recruitment journeys, we wish to go the place loads of our candidates come from. “

In line with Lt. Younger, the last word purpose for the division is to recruit 250 officers by the top of the yr.

“Our course of is quite a bit faster, value of dwelling is cheaper, the climate is nice and town of Atlanta is the place to be,” Younger mentioned.

Joseph Rivera is a retired New York Police Division detective who now lives in Metro Atlanta and does investigations with police departments.

Rivera informed CBS46 it will be a sensible transfer on each ends.

“They’re top-notch law enforcement officials,” Rivera mentioned, about New York officers. “They’re going to get actually good law enforcement officials from New York.”

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