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Blue Island council adopts Board of Fire and Police Commissioners ordinance to allow lateral police hires
Summary
The Blue Island City Council voted to replace existing civil-service language with an ordinance establishing a Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, enabling separate hiring lists and lateral entry to speed police staffing. One alderman abstained, and three board reappointments were slated for the next agenda.
Blue Island’s City Council on Jan. 28 adopted an ordinance to replace parts of the city code with language establishing a Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, a change city officials said would let the police department use separate hiring lists and accept lateral-entry candidates.
Supporters told the council the change would allow the city to maintain an initial list for new hires and a separate lateral-entry list for applicants with prior law-enforcement…
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