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Hammond board approves police appointments, contract renewals and small capital allocations
Summary
The Hammond Board of Works approved multiple administrative items including police appointments, a workers’ compensation renewal, small CIB allocations for pedestrian safety and a final lighting-project change order that returns funds to the city.
The Hammond City Board of Works on Dec. 4 approved a slate of routine administrative actions, including police department appointments, insurance renewals and several small capital allocations.
In correspondence read at the meeting, Chief of Police William Short recommended appointing Stanley Thomas (Thompson Junior) as a probationary member for a one-year period effective Dec. 4, 2025, and promoting Officer Christopher Doty to corporal effective Nov. 15, 2025. The board moved to approve…
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