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Revere council declines mayor's bid to open police chief job to outside candidates
Summary
The City Council rejected a Home Rule Petition to remove a residency/rank restriction for the police chief appointment after hours of debate and public testimony from the mayor, police union leaders and councilors. The council voted down the measure on a roll call.
The Revere City Council voted down a Home Rule Petition to repeal Section 3 of special Act Chapter 102, which would have removed a requirement that the city's police chief be chosen from within the Revere Police Department.
The proposal, introduced by the mayor, would have allowed the city to consider external candidates for police chief in addition to internal candidates. The council rejected the measure by roll call at the Jan. 27 meeting; the final tally recorded a majority voting no and the special act failed.
The mayor appeared before the council to explain the change as a succession-planning measure that would strengthen the candidate pool and make the…
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