Concern with lack of candidates in WSP classes

I have a genuine concern about the young men and women of America! We have tens of thousands of young people in our state looking for work.

However, the Washington State Patrol is facing a crisis because they can’t find enough good candidates to fill a class.

They prefer to have 60 people in each class as that is the optimum size for their facilities and instructors. They recently advertised extensively, and they did not get enough candidates to fill a class.

The Chief of the WSP said in a recent interview that they had enough applicants but only three or four out of 100, qualified for the cla...