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Lake Stevens commission hears staffing update: police ranks below state and national averages
Summary
Commissioners were briefed on recruiting efforts, two conditional job offers, five vacancies and police staffing ratios (0.58 officers per 1,000 residents); commissioners asked staff to invite the police chief to brief them further.
The Lake Stevens Civil Service Commission on May 29 received a staffing and recruiting update that described current police vacancies, recent hiring steps and training pipeline metrics showing the department is well below state and national officer-per-population averages. Julie Kelch, chief examiner and senior human resources specialist for the City of Lake Stevens, told commissioners the department currently has five vacancies and that two entry-level candidates are moving forward: one accepted a conditional offer and the other is in background checks. “We extended a conditional offer to yesterday and they accepted,” Kelch said. She…
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