Officers who join the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., could receive a hefty signing bonus under a new recruitment campaign launched by the mayor as the city seeks to crack down on rising crime rates.
The MPD will offer new recruits a $25,000 hiring bonus, which is a $5,000 increase from the current signing bonus that was implemented in the district last summer. The strategy comes as the city seeks to address a surge in violent crime that has resulted in widespread scrutiny as well as increased oversight from Congress.
The hiring bonuses will be implemented starting on April 24, which is the next hiring date for the MPD. The increased pay builds on the city’s efforts to bolster its law enforcement by reaching 4,000 sworn officers over the next 10 years. “Without delving into the granular details of how terrible these bills are, or how blatantly awful the rhetoric used by the Council was, I can assure the members of this Committee that the direct result was a mass exodus of police officers from the department,” D.C. Police Union Chairman Greg Pemberton testified before the House Oversight Committee last month.
Meanwhile, the city has reported a massive increase in crime over the last six years. Reports of homicide have increased by 75% since 2017, armed carjackings have increased by 227%, and armed robberies by 46%, according to Pemberton.
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