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Brentwood public-safety leaders outline hiring, promotions and fire training plans
Summary
Brentwood public-safety officials told the Public Safety Committee they are pursuing conditional hires and internal promotions, postpone some academy starts to manage overtime and are continuing work on a new fire training facility after a recent groundbreaking; fire staff also described recent flood rescues.
City public-safety leaders on July 23 described staffing moves intended to stabilize police and fire rosters while the city completes a new fire training facility.
Mitchell (Fire Department official): “We did make a conditional offer to an individual, and he completed all of his preemployment screening, as of Friday.”
The fire department said it made a conditional hire who must still attend the fire academy; staff plan to delay the new hire’s academy start until January to avoid exceeding this year's overtime budget. The department also…
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