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Yakima commission approves exception to fire hiring process to reinstate temporary Suncom trainee
Summary
The commission approved a request June 2 to credit probationary time and bypass parts of the full hiring sequence for a Suncom public-safety communications trainee who resigned briefly to train with the Washington State Patrol and then returned as a temporary employee; the union supported the request.
The City of Yakima Charter Civil Service and Police and Fire Civil Service Commissions on June 2 approved an exception that allows the fire department's public-safety communications center (Suncom) to credit prior probation time and bypass parts of the full civil-service testing sequence for a trainee who briefly resigned and then returned as a temporary employee.
Erica McNamara, public safety communications manager for Suncom (within the fire department under Chief Markham), presented the request. She said the employee had been an "exceptional trainee," left to be a Washington State Patrol trooper, quickly decided the role was not a fit, and returned after roughly three weeks.…
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