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Chief outlines plan to add deputy chief role; council asks for measurable outcomes and cost clarity
Summary
Chief Stevens proposed a departmental restructure to strengthen leadership and oversight — including adding a deputy‑chief role and reallocating staff — and said the change will require an ordinance amendment; council members sought measurable outcomes and discussed estimated incremental costs (base pay increase, pension implications).
Chief Stevens presented a proposal to the Committee of the Whole on Jan. 12 to reorganize the Washington Police Department’s administrative structure to better manage modernization, procedural justice, supervisory development and evidence systems. The plan would reallocate existing FTEs and add a deputy‑chief rank; the change would require amending the city code.
Stevens said the base salary change to create a deputy‑chief from a patrol rank would be about $32,000 annually (the figure was presented as…
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