( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “with 36-percent previously.” The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits passing the entry physical fitness exam thanks to a new law that changed the standards. [CutID: <Cuts> POLICE-HIRING-CRISIS-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 27s Title: POLICE-HIRING-CRISIS-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: with 36-percent previously] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ———————— VERBATIM: It is […]
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With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened
( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “with 36-percent previously.”
The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits passing the entry physical fitness exam thanks to a new law that changed the standards.
[CutID: <Cuts> POLICE-HIRING-CRISIS-house-q-FRIam.mp3
Time: 27s
Title: POLICE-HIRING-CRISIS-house-q-FRIam
Out-cue: with 36-percent previously]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: It is part of a broader effort nationally to reevaluate policies that keep applicants out of the job pool amid a hiring crisis. To close the gap, police departments nationally are reconsidering policies on tattoos, previous drug use, physical fitness and college credits. Since the law took effect late last year in Philadelphia, 51% of people testing have passed the entry physical exam, compared with 36% previously.