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Portland staff outline hiring plan, town‑hall testing and timeline for OVP, PSR and community safety leadership
Summary
Interim DCA and HR outlined multi‑stage recruitment plans for the Office of Violence Prevention, Portland Street Response and related community safety posts, including proposed hiring committees, public forums and projected timelines.
Interim Deputy City Administrator for Public Safety Bob Kaze and Bureau of Human Resources officials told the Community and Public Safety Committee that the city is launching multistage recruitments for the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) director and the Portland Street Response (PSR) director and outlined plans for hiring committees, candidate town halls and expected timelines.
Kaze said the city hopes to post the OVP director position by the end of the month and leave the recruitment open for about six weeks to maximize outreach. His proposed hiring committee would include two OVP representatives, a Ceasefire representative, two community representatives, an Oregon Bureau of Human Rights (OEHR) representative, a service‑area enterprise services representative, a Portland Police Bureau representative and Director Howard. Kaze said the…
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