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Council reviews change to police charter language and discovery‑funded administrative position
Summary
An ordinance would change a miswritten charter title from “discovery officer” to “administrative assistant (discovery),” aligning civil service classification with a governor‑funded discovery grant. Police leaders said the discovery workload is labor‑intensive and currently handled as part of a secretarial job.
Council considered RL25‑35, an ordinance amending charter language to correct a job title created for discovery work to an administrative assistant classification.
Police Chief Joe Sakowski said the phrase “discovery officer” was mistakenly placed in the charter; the position was reviewed with civil service and should be classified as an administrative assistant who performs discovery duties (gathering officer notes, body‑worn camera footage, reports and…
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