NCJ Number
58654
Date Published
1977
Length
5 pages
Annotation
METHODS OF UTILIZING COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR SUCCESSFUL MINORITY RECRUITMENT ARE DISCUSSED AS PART OF A SERIES OF TRAINING AIDS PREPARED BY THE URBAN LEAGUE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT MINORITY MANPOWER PROJECT.
Abstract
A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIC AND SOCIAL GROUPS OR A MEETING WITH LOCAL LEADERS CAN BE USED TO INFORM AND TO ASK ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS IN A MINORITY RECRUITMENT DRIVE. POLICE DEPARTMENTS CAN MAKE USE OF PUBLIC SERVICE TIME FOR A RADIO PRESENTATION INVOLVING EITHER A BRIEF APPEAL TO MINORITIES CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF A PERSON ALREADY IN THE MINORITY PROGRAM. A LOCAL DISC JOCKEY WITH A LARGE MINORITY AUDIENCE OR A CELEBRITY FIGURE CAN ALSO BE USED TO ATTRACT MINORITY APPLICANTS. INNOVATIVE USE OF POSTER AND ADVERTISING DISPLAYS TO REACH MINORITIES IS AN EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUE. CONTACTS WITH YOUNG MEN/WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS (Y'S), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP'S), URBAN LEAGUE OFFICES, AND ESPECIALLY CHURCHES WILL ALL BE USEFUL IN ENLISTING MINORITIES. ALTHOUGH COMMUNICATION WITH MINORITY GROUPS BY THE POLICE WILL PROBABLY ELICIT AUDIENCE COMPLAINTS AND DERISIVE COMMENTS CONCERNING POLICE APATHY AND INJUSTICE, THESE COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE PATIENTLY ANSWERED AND THE ISSUE OF RECRUITMENT KEPT UPPERMOST IN THE MINDS OF THE AUDIENCE. NO REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.