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Support Youth and Families

Goal 1: Partner with Local Organizations to Educate and Mentor
Objective 2: Retain Arlington Graduates and Improve Department Recruitment Pools
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
SYF Hometown Recruiting Hometown Recruiting Students Enrolled in Neighborhood Services (Police)
1.2.2 Program AISD, UTA, and TCC

Summary:
The Police Department views Arlington’s secondary and Hometown Recruiting
higher educational partners as a vital source of candidate Program Participants
pools for future officers. In Fiscal Year 2015, the Police
Department, in partnership with the Arlington 35
Independent School District (AISD) and the University 30
Texas at Arlington (UTA), began the inaugural class of the
Hometown Recruiting Program. This program is focused 25
on vocational education and real‐world experiences with 20
the department. This program also offered AISD students 15
the ability to earn college credit towards a bachelor’s
degree in criminal justice through dual credit courses. 10
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Open to high school seniors, the program is a yearlong
capstone class on policing and is taught by an APD officer. ‐
During the year, students can participate in training with FY19 FY19 FY19 FY19 FY20 FY20 FY20 FY20
APD officers on a variety of scenarios, including training 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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with APD’s specialized units.
AISD UTA TCC
Success of the program will be monitored as student’s
move through degree programs at UTA and Tarrant
County College, culminating with a fast track hiring
process with the Arlington Police Department.

Update:
APD’s partnership with AISD, UTA and TCC continues to We have seen a slight decrease in HRP membership activity
provide youth enrolled in the Hometown Recruiting toward the end of the quarter. Students are required to
Program (HRP) with a unique opportunity to learn about attend the academy in‐person for the remainder of the
the law enforcement profession. program due to the nature of the curriculum and training.
Some students and families have chosen to drop the HRP
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During the 4 quarter, the APD Hometown Recruiting course due to health safety concerns that they currently
Program has completed their first 6‐weeks curriculum have.
online and moved to in‐person learning at the Career &
th
Tech Center as of August 28 . Students are following
strict safety guidelines for these classes and managing
social distancing in and out of the buildings. The program
will continue to adjust expectations and standards as the
COVID‐19 Pandemic continues.

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