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Civil Service Commission approves multiple police staffing actions, advances chief assessment
Summary
The Lorraine Civil Service Commission approved reinstatement and new appointments in the police department, approved a new public information/community engagement job description, ratified an eligibility list for police sergeant and authorized an accelerated police chief assessment after the chief announced retirement.
The Lorraine Civil Service Commission on July 22 approved several personnel actions affecting the Lorraine Police Department and authorized the early administration of a police chief assessment after the department announced a retirement.
Commissioner Victor Tack and Commissioner Joseph Smith voted to reinstate Nitsa Cruz Pedraza to the position of police officer under Ohio Administrative Code 1231-25-02, approve a new job description for a Police Support Specialist 3 (public information consultant/community engagement specialist), waive testing provisions for an exceptional appointment, approve the appointment of Miguel Baez as a police officer under the Ohio Revised Code citation presented to the commission, and ratify an eligibility list for police sergeant.
The commission’s actions came during a meeting where Safety Service Director Kerian and members of the police command staff described staffing shortages and the need to expedite selection for a coming police chief vacancy. The commission also voted to advance the police chief assessment process following the announced retirement of Chief…
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