LAPD offers recession proof jobs

Applications for Los Angeles police officer jobs surged last month as LAPD recruiters began advertising crime-fighting as one of the few recession-proof careers. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

The spike in interest, from 401 people taking the applicants' written test in December 2007 to 870 a year later, followed months of sharp but less eye-popping increases, recruiters said.

Recruiters' message to job seekers: Although being a police officer might not be completely safe, it is relatively secure.

"During these times of economic uncertainty," read a full-page advertisement that appeared in December in the Daily News and on job-hunting Web sites, "the (LAPD) is always looking for a few good women and men to protect and to serve our communities. Never have to face a layoff again! Start your new career today!"