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2024 Recruitment Plan

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This document outlines the Riverdale Police Department's 2024 Recruitment Plan, designed to attract qualified individuals and achieve a departmental racial and gender composition that mirrors the municipality's service population. The plan operates under New Jersey Statutes Annotated 40:A:14-118, et seq., and municipal ordinance, and recruits from a candidate pool open to all New Jersey residents, emphasizing equal opportunity in the personnel process. Key recruitment activities include active engagement from all sworn personnel, proactive community outreach, establishing contacts with professional organizations and educational institutions, and utilizing social media. Particular attention is paid to attracting candidates proportional to the available workforce's racial, ethnic, and gender composition. Informational brochures, agency organizational charts, and hiring announcements distributed via police headquarters, North Jersey Police Academies, and websites like policeapp.com are integral to these efforts. The Chief of Police is responsible for the plan's administration and conducts an annual review, with necessary revisions made if the stated goals and objectives are not met. Additionally, the agency must submit annual law enforcement applicant data by January 31st each year, in compliance with N.J.S.A. 52:17B-4.10 et seq. and the New Jersey Attorney General Guideline on diversity in law enforcement recruiting.

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--- Document: 2024 Recruitment Plan Document ---
RIVERDALE POLICE RECRUITMENT PLAN 
2024 
 
 
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: 
The goal of the Riverdale Police Department Recruitment Plan is to attract qualified 
Individuals to pursue a career with the Riverdale Police that achieves an overall racial 
and gender composition of the department in comparison to the service population of 
the municipality. 
GENERAL: 
The Riverdale Police is subject to the provisions of New Jersey Statutes Annotated 
40:A:14-118, et seq. and municipal ordinance in all facets of the recruitment and 
selection process. The Riverdale Police Department recruits from a candidate pool 
open to all residents of New Jersey. 
Riverdale is an equal opportunity employer in all facets of the personnel process. 
CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS: 
The demographics composition of the service area and agency are represented in the 
following table: 


 
 
I. RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES 
A. The best law enforcement recruiters are personnel currently serving in sworn 
positions. Therefore, every member is charged with actively recruiting individuals they 
feel are qualified with the potential to be an asset to the Department. The 
Chief of Police is responsible for the administration of the Recruitment Plan. 
B. This agency will take a proactive role in programs intended to attract qualified 
people to apply for the position. The programs include but are not limited to: 
 


Establishing and maintaining contacts with the community and Professional 
organizations and educational institutions, and academies. 
 Citizen or junior police academies, or law enforcement explorer posts; and 
 Posting hiring announcements on social media. 
C. Particular attention should be paid to attracting candidates in approximate 
 proportion to the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of the available workforce 
 in the Borough. 
D. The following information should prove useful when participating in recruitment 
activities: 
 Recruitment/informational brochures 
Agency organizational chart 
 Current contractual agreements 
 Training catalogs 
 Demographic data 
 General Employment Applications 
E. This agency will distribute hiring announcement bulletins at police headquarters, 
North Jersey Police Academies, and websites such as policeapp.com, in an effort to 
encourage qualified individuals to apply. 
F. This Agency’s recruiting brochure will identify this agency as an equal opportunity 
employer and will include the following information: 
 Basic description of duties 
 Responsibilities 
 Requisite skills 
 Educational level 
 Other minimum qualifications and requirements 
G. Anyone submitting a resume’ or inquiry for employment prior to the examination 
process shall be advised of hiring notice. 
II. REVIEW & EVALUATION 
A. The Chief of Police shall conduct an annual review of the Recruitment Plan. 


B. As a result of the annual review, if necessary, the Recruitment Plan shall be revised if 
the goals and objectives are not achieved. 
C. N.J.S.A. 52:17B-4.10 et seq require that each law enforcement agency must report 
certain law enforcement applicant data annually by January 31st for the preceding 
year. The data required to be reported is listed in the New Jersey Attorney General 
Guideline “Promoting Diversity in Law Enforcement Recruiting and Hiring” in Paragraph 
III. 
 
Chief Charles Quant 
Riverdale Police Dept.