Council backs multi-stage chief search; Stief votes against plan
Council supported a multi-stage process to select the next chief of police—internal candidates, an external chiefs panel, personnel-committee interviews, and a final commission vote—but recorded a 6–1 vote with Council Member Roger Stief opposed and a recommendation to consider chiefs from outside Berks County for the external panel.
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Council reviewed and supported a recommended search process for the next Chief of Police. The proposed process calls for hiring internally from three current candidates, convening a panel of three external chiefs to conduct the first round of interviews, having the police commission’s personnel committee conduct the second round, and a final vote by the full commission.
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