After a brief period of being fully staffed last year, the Clinton Police Department is once again in the hiring phase.

Clinton Police Chief Ben Lowers indicates the Department in the spring and through part of the summer was fully staffed but again is currently accepting applicants through the National Testing Network.

According to Chief Lowers, not only has the application process to become a police officer become much easier, but it has become much more streamlined where an applicant can apply to two or three departments online.

Small police departments struggle to retain staff because young officers begin out of the academy in those departments and then move up to higher-paying jobs in bigger departments. Chief Lowers believes for veteran officers, there are a lot of appeals to come to a small community like Clinton.

Chief Lowers encourages learning more about the application process by finding the Clinton Police Department on Facebook.