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Want a real say in what police recruiting lessons you’ll be learning in 2026? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ I’ve got a simple way for you to do exactly that with this year’s Marketing ‘For Cops’ Reader Survey. Spare me a few minutes here and I’ll tell you all about it!  Keep reading...

Hey everyone, it’s Tom Sye your Police Marketing FTO,and this week, and this week I don’t want to take up a whole lot of your time…I just wanted to jump on here, wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season wherever you are and whatever you a celebrating.

You know how when you’re having problems in a certain area of your jurisdiction…you go out in the community and talk to a bunch of people and start asking questions so you can get things under control? 👍 Believe it or not…the same thing works for your police recruiting and finding more applicants. 🤯 Here are the three must ask questions for every candidate who walks through your door...keep reading! 👀

Have you seen the swipe through photo posts that have taken the social media world by storm lately? Those are called carousel’s…and Gen Z’ers can’t seem to get enough of them.  Here are three great social media carousel post ideas that will help you cash in on this applicant attracting trend...keep reading!

Been struggling to gain traction with your police recruiting on social media?  I’ve been there.  And what I’ve learned is there’s a big difference between what you should be doing and what you can realistically be doing.  Here are my five police marketing – should vs. reality - social media best practices…keep reading!

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times…police recruiting is a long game!  And with that concept in mind, I’m going to hit the pause button on recruiting like it’s 2025 to spread some gratitude.