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Lacey police validate new written test; hiring portal to reopen but state $100 million hiring grant unlikely to help
Summary
The Lacey Civil Service Commission heard a police update that the department validated a new written test and expects to reopen its hiring portal soon; Chief Robert Almoda said language and process gaps make a proposed $100 million state hiring grant effectively inaccessible to the department now.
The Lacey Civil Service Commission heard Tuesday that the police department has validated a new written exam and expects to reopen its applicant portal in the coming days, while a proposed $100 million state grant for officer hiring is unlikely to be immediately available.
Chief Robert Almoda, Lacey’s chief of police, told the commission that public safety staff “did indeed validate” a new written test and that “the new written test has been put into service.” He said the department updated job descriptions and expects the hiring portal to reopen either by the end of the week or within the next couple of weeks.
The announcement matters because the department plans to resume oral boards and candidate selection after the portal reopens. “We will be running oral…
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