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Panel considers bill to let municipal police chiefs hire lateral transfers and run cadet schools without civil service exam
Summary
House Bill 44 would let departments in statutory cities fill some vacant officer positions without a civil service exam when the competitive component is unnecessary and allow municipal chiefs to run cadet training aligned with academy standards; sponsors said the change would align statutory cities with charter cities and speed lateral hiring.
Sponsors told the House Public Safety Committee that House Bill 44 would give police chiefs in statutory cities discretion to waive a competitive civil service exam for hires when the department can show the exam's competitive component is unnecessary and the applicant has "exceptional qualifications." Joint sponsors said the measure also would permit municipal police chiefs to run locally controlled training schools that meet Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy standards, allowing graduates to be hired directly by departments.
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