The names are confidential until the town decides to release them.
According to Anne OâConnor, the liaison from the Select Board, there have not been any responses to ads seeking applicants for the position. The three existing candidates had applied for the job before the advertisements ran in a variety of trade publications.
âThe whole goal is to help the [Police] Department â theyâre a little understaffed,â OâConnor said.
The Williamstown Police Department has been through a litany of issues since last summer, when Sgt. Scott McGowan filed suit against Police Chief Kyle Johnson and Town Manager Jason Hoch. McGowan alleged a series of incidents of sexual and racial harassment in the police station that, he said, occurred several years ago.