A lot of talk has been going on lately about hiring and retention rates for police departments and what can be done to improve both. There is a lot of speculation about the perceived dismal quantity and quality of applicants, with much blame being placed on the so-called millennials. Quite frankly, it is us old timers who are to blame. For starters, we are asking a lot of the wrong questions in oral boards. In fact, we are asking the same questions we were asked twenty-five,