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Franklin City commission authorizes lateral hires, approves testing vendor review and contract
Summary
The Police Merit Commission authorized the police chief to begin a lateral hiring process, approved an IPSP testing engagement subject to legal review, and set a March 3 executive session for test‑question selection as the department works to refill one vacant officer slot.
The Franklin City Police Merit Commission on Jan. 6 authorized the police chief to begin a lateral hiring process and approved a testing/vendor contract with IPSP contingent on legal review.
The commission voted to start a lateral hiring process immediately after the chief reported the department is one officer short of full staffing and that the most recent candidate on the certified list failed the department’s physical‑ability (PT) test. The chief said the new‑hire list was exhausted and that 2–4 promising lateral candidates have already been identified without further advertising. "We want the best candidates," the chief said, arguing for time to recruit and test rather than a rushed schedule.
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