Staffing the Mission by Safeguard Recruiting
The podcast for public safety leaders and recruiters
Staffing the Mission by Safeguard Recruiting
Latest Episodes
PLECET Conference 2026: Lessons Learned
We come back from the PLECET conference with a reality check: no one we met is fully staffed, and the “recruiting is back” story does not match what agencies live every day. We share the simple framework we teach to stop panic spending, measure...
Public Safety Recruiting: The Key To Agency Success
This is part two of our five-year podcast special. In this episode, we break down why massive overtime budgets are a warning sign that staffing systems are failing, not a long-term fix. We lay out the numbers behind cost per hire, explain why h...
Safeguard Recruiting: How Success Was Built
We look back on the early days of Safeguard Recruiting and why Doug Larsen believes police hiring problems are mostly process problems, not a lack of interested candidates. We unpack what departments get wrong with marketing-first thinking and ...
Five Police Recruiting Myths Exposed
We react to a viral set of “five things marketing companies don’t want you to know” and explain where it’s true, where it’s incomplete, and what police agencies actually need to fix hiring. We lay out the difference between exposure and applica...
Tactical Concepts Is the Answer To Hiring Retention
We announce our new partnership with Brian Ellis of Tactical Concepts to help agencies keep more applicants moving through the law enforcement hiring process. We break down why candidates voluntarily drop out and how better education and cleare...