Council approves Honorary Police Officer program and authorizes police hiring process
Summary
Lieutenant Scott Royer told council the department will annually name a youth as an honorary officer and requested permission to advertise for a new officer; the council approved both items unanimously.
Lieutenant Scott Royer presented a proposal to start an Honorary Police Officer program in which the police department would annually select a youth, swear them in at a council meeting, present a plaque and host a follow-up event with officers. Royer described the plan and council approved the department moving forward.
Royer additionally asked that the department be allowed to advertise and begin the hiring process for a new police officer. Council moved and seconded a direction for the police to proceed with notification and posting for recruitment; that action also received unanimous approval. Royer framed the program as a community-engagement effort to build relationships between youth and the department.
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