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Skagway committee flags recruiting, housing and retention challenges as local priority
Summary
Committee members reviewed recruitment hurdles for police and community service officers, noted two local CSO applicants, and discussed housing solutions and incentive structures to retain hires and mitigate an aging force.
The Skagway Public Safety Committee discussed persistent recruitment and retention challenges for the police department and proposed housing or incentive measures to attract candidates, members said.
Chief Reddick reported the department has two applicants for community service officer (CSO) positions and one applicant for a police officer vacancy; all applicants are local and would…
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