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Committee hears bill to allow lateral police hires without civil-service exams, expand regional chief training
Summary
Sponsors told the Ohio Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee that House Bill 44 would let municipal police departments bypass competitive civil‑service exams for lateral hires in some cases and permit regional training options for newly appointed chiefs.
House Bill 44, which the Ohio Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee heard in sponsor testimony, would permit municipal police departments to fill certain vacant civil‑service positions without administering a competitive exam if the department presents evidence that a competitive examination is unnecessary and the applicant has “exceptional qualifications.”
The bill’s sponsors told the committee the measure is intended to treat statutory cities the same as charter cities by allowing immediate lateral hiring, to speed placement of trained officers into service and to authorize chiefs of police to run cadet…
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