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FPC committee advances plan to award promotional preference points for volunteer and leadership service
Summary
The Fire and Police Commission testing and recruiting committee discussed drafting a rule to give promotional preference points for verified community/volunteer work and for completion of leadership courses or service as a field training officer; staff will draft language for the full board after refining thresholds and verification standards.
The Fire and Police Commission testing and recruiting committee on Jan. 18 debated a proposal to award promotional preference points to candidates who complete verified community volunteer work or leadership training and to field training officers (FTOs).
Commissioner Ramey said the committee should “recognize” volunteer efforts and recommended the committee develop a rule to bring to the full board. Chief Parrish described the idea as a way to reward employees who have ‘‘contributed a substantial amount of time to the betterment of the Milwaukee…
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