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Worcester research bureau urges local merit process after state allows chiefs to be exempt from civil service
Summary
The Worcester Regional Research Bureau presented a report to the City Council Public Safety Subcommittee outlining statewide civil service changes that allow cities to exempt police chiefs and deputy chiefs; the bureau recommended a local, merit‑based selection process and other steps. The subcommittee voted to accept and file the report.
Paul Matthews, executive director and CEO of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, told the Worcester City Council Public Safety Subcommittee that recent state reforms permit municipalities to exempt police chiefs and deputy chiefs from civil service and urged Worcester to adopt a clear, local, merit‑based selection process for those positions.
"The bureau is a 40 year old nonprofit that was established to provide objective, nonpolitical policy research to the public and policy makers," Matthews said while presenting the bureau's September analysis on civil service and police leadership. He said the state's Mass Leads Act included civil service reforms that remove the chief and deputy chiefs from civil service in communities…
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