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Davenport City Civil Service Commission approves waiver to expand candidate pool for police major
Summary
The commission approved a waiver to Rule 2.2 and updated minimum qualifications to allow promotion to Police Major from either Police Captain (with one year in rank) or Police Lieutenant (with five years in rank), widening the eligible candidate pool.
The Davenport City Civil Service Commission on an affirmative vote approved a waiver to Rule 2.2 and updated the minimum qualifications for the Police Major promotion, allowing candidates to test from either Police Captain with at least one year in rank or Police Lieutenant with at least five years in rank.
The change, brought forward by HR staff, is intended to align police promotion rules with the Fire Department’s structure and expand the candidate pool for succession planning. HR staff told the commission the Police Department currently has three captains and nine lieutenants; under the previous rule only the three captains would have been eligible to…
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