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Hire an LEO: short playbooks

Practical guides for companies new to hiring current or former law enforcement officers — writing the post, interviews, how LE experience maps to your roles, and onboarding.

Several pages are DRAFT advisory notes, not legal advice. Have your counsel review hiring and EEO questions for your state and industry.

Writing a job post that attracts officers DRAFT How to describe the role so former and current law enforcement officers can see themselves in it. What to ask — and not ask — when interviewing officers DRAFT Practical interviewing tips and a reminder of common EEO boundaries. Advisory only; not legal advice. How law enforcement experience maps to sales, security, SIU and tech DRAFT A plain-language map from common LE backgrounds to private-sector roles you may be hiring for. Onboarding former officers into a company team DRAFT Practical tips for the first 90 days when someone is moving from an agency culture into yours.

Also see Beyond the badge (officer-facing career paths) and Help.