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East Canton police report calls for service; council to interview candidates for chief
Summary
Village police reported recent calls for service and described a candidate interview process for the police chief position; council approved moving the hiring discussion to an executive session and planned work-session interviews.
Police reported 84 calls for service since the last meeting, including burglary and harassment reports, traffic-related incidents and investigations. The department said there had been one arrest tied to those calls and several investigators handled additional matters.
Police leadership told the council they have interviewed six candidates for the chief position and intend to forward a small number for council interviews. Two internal candidates (identified in the transcript as Sergeant Crouch and Officer Sailor) were mentioned by name as potential interviewees; additional external candidates were also part of the candidate pool.
Council members agreed that candidate interviews will occur in a posted work session; police leadership requested council availability so interviews could be scheduled. The chief hiring discussion and some personnel matters were scheduled to be discussed further in an executive session later in the meeting under the cited statute for employment/compensation/promotion.
The department also noted ongoing work to fill part-time positions and said one recent part-time finalist lacked the experience required. Staff said they will continue advertising to recruit qualified part-time officers.
Ending: Council directed staff to arrange interviews and agreed to consider the candidate slate during the scheduled executive session and follow-up work session.
