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Civil Service Commission reviews police staffing; minutes approved
Summary
The Civil Service Commission approved minutes from May 29 and received an update on police hiring: one new entry-level officer will start later this month, the council approved two additional positions raising authorized headcount to 38, and recruiting events and lateral applicants are underway.
The Civil Service Commission approved the minutes of its May 29 meeting and received a staffing and recruiting update for the police department at its July 10 meeting. Chair Ray Mitchell called the session to order and commissioners voted to accept the minutes as written.
The update, provided by Secretary Julie Kelp, outlined recent hires and recruiting activity and why the staffing changes matter to department capacity. Kelp said, “we just hired an entry level police officer who starts later this month and will go to the academy in August.”
Kelp told commissioners that the department had been operating with two vacancies, and that the…
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