Seattle’s mayor said the exit of more than 460 officers over the past 2½ years slowed response times and affected investigations.
The police chief in Redding, Calif., last year increased signing bonuses to $7,500 from $5,000 to attract new recruits.
The plan didn’t work, so this year Chief Bill Schueller raised the offer to $40,000, more than half of an entire year’s starting salary at the agency.