North Dakota law enforcement application rates down

(Bismarck, ND) -- Law enforcement application rates in North Dakota are down.

This year 86 people applied to the North Dakota Highway Patrol and 64 people made it to testing. A national survey from June 2021 found that departments across the country were only filling 93-percent of budgeted positions and resignations were up by 18-percent.

Officials say hesitancy to join, location, and the pandemic are likely factors in the decline in applications.