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Civil Service Merit Board approves KPD plan to reclassify deputy chiefs as assistant chiefs
Summary
The Civil Service Merit Board voted unanimously March 12 to allow Knoxville Police Department to convert three deputy chief positions to assistant chief status, a change the department said is administrative and intended to align leave and managerial flexibility.
The Civil Service Merit Board approved a request from the Knoxville Police Department to reclassify three deputy chief positions as assistant chiefs, the board said March 12.
Chief (name not specified), Chief of Police, told the board the move would not add positions or change the department's management structure but would allow the department greater flexibility and more appropriate leave accruals for senior executives. "What I'm looking to do is convert my deputy chiefs into assistant chiefs," he said, adding the change is "purely administrative."
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