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Berkeley County commission reviews 70 applications, debates faster eligible-list process and background costs
Summary
Commissioners reviewed dozens of hiring applications (70 submitted, 47 eligible for the next test), advanced several applicants to the sheriff's office, rejected others, and debated a proposed process to give the sheriff top eligible names earlier to speed background checks; the policy draft was tabled for January.
Commissioners at the Berkeley County Deputy Sheriff Civil Service Commission meeting on Dec. 17 reviewed a large batch of recruitment applications and debated procedural changes intended to speed hiring for the sheriff's office.
Commission staff reported 70 total applications had been submitted during the current cycle; after withdrawals and disqualifications 47 applicants were eligible to take the upcoming physical agility test. Commissioners discussed specific candidate reviews, moved several individual applications forward to the sheriff's office for further investigation, and rejected others for rule-based violations.
"If the test was going to be given this coming Saturday, we have 47 applicants eligible to show up and do the physical agility test," said Commissioner Wilson (as recorded in the meeting). Commissioners noted eight…
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