Posted on 04/26/2024 1:17:10 PM PDT by algore
MUKILTEO — Calling all unicorns.
Mukilteo police want you on the force.
What’s up with that?
A uniformed unicorn police officer with rainbow hair is featured in a new recruitment strategy that reads: “Unicorns may not be real but a career with the Mukilteo Police is pure magic.”
The city has two openings on its force slotted for 32 commissioned police officers. Entry-level pay is $81,544 to $105,295. Rookies must be at least 21 with a high school diploma or equivalent.
“There’s a whole population who would be amazing police officers that had probably never even thought about the job before,” Police Chief Andy Illyn said.
He wants to get the attention of prospective hires. Demand is high for officers nationwide. Mukilteo is competing with other local departments to fill positions.
On the other side of the Edgewater Bridge, base wage for Everett’s new officers is $94,104, increasing to $103,056 in the second year. Seattle officers start at $83,000, plus a $7,500 incentive.
Elsewhere, recruitment efforts have gotten creative, but not to the unicorn level.
Illyn said it is a way to differentiate from other agencies and build Mukilteo brand awareness.
He currently is attending the 10-week FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He presented the unicorn in a social media class there.
“They were the ones who prompted me to actually post it,” he said.
The public response has been mixed.
“Brilliant!!” was one reaction on Facebook.
“Bud Light is happy someone finally out did their marketing department,” another read.
Others included:
“Make that your patch.”
“Somebody dropped acid before coming in to work to write this.”
More recruitment ads are to come, Illyn said, but not with unicorns.
“I want to be known as a creative, unique department, not necessarily a unicorn department,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldnet.com ...
How about a faggot? Will a faggot do?
Looks suspiciously like a white privileged Unicorn.
Are they out of Skittles?
The design of the ad sucks. You can’t see the words in black.
I can see the coming storm: using white hair over pink skinned unicorns to be deemed racist, trigger for Trigger warnings...
Where is this Muckytoes and why would they need a unicorn?
I watched a video where a K9 grabbed on to this guy’s behinder and the guy screamed like a little girl.
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