The applicant pool has dropped 30% in the last year for correctional officers.
The council that sets and enforces standards for employment, training and certification of law enforcement officers in the state approved a proposal to lower the minimum age of state corrections officers from 21 to 18 years old on Thursday. The proposal will go out to public comment before any regulation change takes effect.
Applicants for correctional officer jobs have dropped 30% since last year, according to the department’s human resources director, Keri Johnson. “The quality of applicants has gone down. We are seeing more issues and background having to track down a lot of court paperwork, things like that,” she said.
“I think we’re all in the same boat. It’s the keeping people once we get them that’s the problem. And doing away with the defined benefit has really been a detriment to the retention piece for law enforcement within the state, whether it’s corrections or police,” he said.
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