Minneapolis Police Department wants to recruit more from HBCUs – CBS Minnesota

Jayla Hall never thought she would help recruit potential candidates for the Minneapolis Police Department on her campus at Alabama A&M University.

“A lot of time, people who are interested in law enforcement and that type of career field, they can easily be unmotivated if they don’t see people who look like them,” Hall said.

Hall is a criminal justice major working with MPD’s recruiting team at her school’s career fair. She learned about the department during her summer as a Police Executive Research Forum intern.

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