State patrol striving for even better recruitment results

One year later, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) has achieved its hiring goal of new trooper cadets; however, there is still a long way to go in order to keep up with attrition resulting from the baby-boom era.

A concern that WSP would not be able to meet its very much needed hiring goal of 52-trooper cadets for the December 2006 academy class lead to new marketing and recruitment initiatives, which started in August 2006.

In order to attract and educate the public of the hiring needs and career opportunities within WSP, the following new creative and innovative ideas were implemented: Academ...