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Chief Hedlund outlines internal promotion to fill investigator vacancy; council to vote next meeting

East Grand Forks City Council · August 26, 2025
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Summary

Police Chief Hedlund said a July retirement opened an investigations position; the department selected an internal candidate through a promotion process and will ask the council to approve a lieutenant promotion and fill the investigator vacancy at the next meeting.

Police Chief Hedlund told the council that a retirement in July created an opening in the department’s investigations unit and that the department used an internal promotion process to identify a preferred candidate for a combined investigations/administration role.

Hedlund said the department had three applicants and selected an internal sergeant (identified in…

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