First Sign® Retention Monitor

See Turnover Coming and Act Before it Happens

Enlists the same predictive science behind our early intervention work to identify the officers most at risk of leaving, so agencies can act while it still matters

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The Retention Challenge Facing Every Agency


Police agencies are losing officers faster than they can replace them, and the reasons are specific to policing: cumulative stress and the toll of the job. First Sign Retention Monitor was built for those realities, not generic workforce turnover, to help agencies see attrition coming and act before their best officers walk out the door.

Drive Officer Engagement and Retention

First Sign Retention Monitor helps agencies get ahead of turnover before it happens. Spot retention trends across the agency, pinpoint the individual officers most at risk of leaving, and give leaders what they need to act, while there’s still time to keep them.

Track Retention Trends Across the Agency

Track Retention Trends Across the Agency

Turnover can be agencywide or concentrated in a particular unit, rank, or tenure. First Sign® Retention Monitor identifies the specific factors driving attrition and how they shift over time.

Identify the Officers Most at Risk of Leaving

Identify the Officers Most at Risk of Leaving

Benchmark’s predictive model flags officers at risk of leaving based on behavioral and work-related signals, giving agencies the chance to address what’s driving them out, and keep them.

Act Early to Keep Them

Act Early to Keep Them

First Sign Retention Monitor helps leaders take a targeted approach at each phase of an officer’s career, adjusting support and assignments to retain the officers they can least afford to lose.

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Benchmark’s data-enabled solution helps agencies proactively address turnover challenges and minimize disruption to their police forces.

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Officer Turnover is a Universal Challenge

Agencies are working hard to rebuild their ranks, but staffing remains a real challenge, and the demand for officers continues to outpace supply.

  • Agencies are operating at just 91% of authorized staffing on average, and more than 70% say recruitment is harder than it was five years ago¹
  • Sworn staffing remained 5.2% below January 2020 levels as of January 2025²
  • Officer resignations in 2024 were 18.4% higher than in 2019, and at the smallest agencies, 60.4% higher²

¹ IACP 2024 Recruitment & Retention Survey (1,158 U.S. agencies). ² Police Executive Research Forum member survey, July 2025 (data through 2024).

In response, agencies are re-examining pay, bonuses, hiring standards, and recruitment processes. First Sign Retention Monitor adds the missing piece: seeing which officers are at risk of leaving before they go.

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Research-Based Prediction, Built for Law Enforcement


First Sign® Retention Monitor uses research-based machine learning to identify both individual patterns and agency-wide trends. Clear dashboards and customized alerts make retention something leaders can act on, not just analyze, so agencies can address the concerns of officers at risk of leaving before they’re gone.

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Officer retention software helps agencies see turnover risk early and act on it. First Sign Retention Monitor identifies officers at risk of leaving and the factors driving that risk, so leaders can intervene before resignations, rather than reacting to them.

Agencies nationwide face rising turnover driven by factors including cumulative stress and the toll of the job. First Sign Retention Monitor helps an agency understand which of these factors are affecting its own officers so it can respond with the right support.

First Sign Retention Monitor analyzes patterns across an agency’s personnel data to identify officers showing signs of disengagement or attrition risk. This predictive view lets leaders address the underlying drivers early, rather than discovering the problem when an officer resigns or retires.

Yes. Seeing turnover risk early lets agencies target retention efforts where they matter most, from wellness support to career development, instead of spreading resources thin or acting too late.

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