
“As baby-boomers in departments look toward retirement, issues surrounding differences among officers who grew up as Generation X-ers or Millennials appear to be surfacing. Veteran SWAT officers within the group of attendees say that too many new recruits look at SWAT as a ‘stepping stone’ or ‘résumé builder’ to other areas of law enforcement, so finding new recruits who are willing to stay on SWAT teams for the long haul is becoming more difficult. Additionally, new recruits are likely to be college graduates with a different mindset than their predecessors of 20 to 45 years ago.”
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